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Occupational Therapy Assistants salary in Philadelphia, PA

The median occupational therapy assistants in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD earns $76,440 a year, 6% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $5,022 a month.

10th percentile
$60,900
25th percentile
$65,080
Median percentile
$76,440
75th percentile
$76,790
90th percentile
$80,820

Based on 940 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$60,259 take-home a year
Gross pay$76,440
Federal income tax−$7,987
Social Security + Medicare−$5,848
Pennsylvania income tax (approx.)−$2,347
Monthly take-home$5,022
Every two weeks$2,318

Does it go far here?

$74,536Median pay in Philadelphia, PA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 102.6 vs 100).
29%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,480 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Philadelphia, PA

JobMedian pay
Radiologists$452,940
Family Medicine Physicians$294,430
Chief Executives$292,770
Psychiatrists$279,410
Physicians, All Other$245,810
Nurse Anesthetists$238,540
Pediatricians, General$226,440
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$180,330

All occupational therapy assistants salaries · Take-home pay in Pennsylvania