About
Assess, plan, and organize rehabilitative programs that help build or restore vocational, homemaking, and daily living skills, as well as general independence, to persons with disabilities or developmental delays. Use therapeutic techniques, adapt the individual's environment, teach skills, and modify specific tasks that present barriers to the individual.
New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$96.3k
Annual median Salary
Education
Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
86%
Master's degree
14%
Bachelor's degree
Careers
Typical Job Titles
Certified Hand Therapist (CHT)
Occupational Therapist (OT)
Pediatric Occupational Therapist (Pediatric OT)
Registered Occupational Therapist (OTR)