Top 100 Job : Occupational Therapist Summary Outlook
Long Term Growth Rate: 23%
Key Points:
- Employment of occupational therapists is expected to increase much faster than the average for all occupations through 2016.
- Occupational therapist assistants earned a median salary of $42,060 in 2006.*
- The need for specialty nurses, therapists and technicians of all kinds has stayed strong. Recruiters say health care reform could trigger even more growth.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, CNN, Wikipedia
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