Occupational Therapist pay range
State of North Carolina · class code 32000637
- Class code
- 32000637
- Pay group
- MH17
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- North Carolina
- The State of North Carolina published pay range for Occupational Therapist is $66,696 to $110,049 per year.
- North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) keys this classification as class code 32000637.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The OSHR class specification for this class is published by North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR). The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 06/2018.
What the state says the job is
This is highly skilled rehabilitative work with patients whose abilities to cope with tasks of living are threatened or impaired by developmental deficiencies, the aging process, poverty or cultural differences, physical injury or illness, sensory modulation dysregulation, or psychological and social disability. Employees serve as therapists in a State institution. Work involves initial evaluation of physician referred patients through interaction, behavioral assessments, sensory testing, perceptual testing and/or anatomical and functional examination depending on the disability, and in designing and implementing a treatment plan that is rehabilitatively specific for each patient.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
Considerable knowledge of the principles, techniques, and methods of occupational therapy as applicable to patients with psycho-social dysfunctions and sensory modulation dysfunction. Working knowledge of functional anatomy, physiology, and skeletal biomechanics, whichever applicable area of work. Working knowledge of the psychiatric aspects of various mental handicaps and disabilities. Skill in the design and fabrication of a variety of splints and self-help devices rehabilitatively specific to individual patients with bodily injury and skill in the design of craft and interactional treatment programs rehabilitatively specific in a variety of individual cases. Skills in general craft techni ...
Minimum qualifications
Licensed to practice as an Occupational Therapist in the State of North Carolina. <h2
Quoted from the OSHR class specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
North Carolina Office of State Human Resources (OSHR) publishes this figure in OSHR salary schedules, joined to Class Specifications. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
Job titles and their salary grades come from the Class Specifications, joined to the salary schedule.
Nearby classes in North Carolina
Occupational Therapist in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | $59,273 | $99,670 | $59,273 to $99,670 |
| Arkansas | $94,387 | $139,693 | $94,387 to $139,693 |
| California | $4,938 | $9,700 | $59,256 to $116,400 |
| Illinois | $70,008 | $105,636 | $70,008 to $105,636 |
| Kentucky | $4,444 | $7,110 | $53,329 to $85,326 |
| Mississippi | $61,417 | $107,936 | $61,417 to $107,936 |
| Missouri | $45,984 | $94,272 | $45,984 to $94,272 |
| Nebraska | $33.42 | $49.27 | $69,524 to $102,488 |
| New Jersey | $63,663 | $92,953 | $63,663 to $92,953 |
| New York | $74,193 | $94,121 | $74,193 to $94,121 |
| Ohio | $36.01 | $50.37 | $74,901 to $104,770 |
| South Carolina | $68,748 | $123,726 | $68,748 to $123,726 |
Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.