State comparison · 2025
Occupational Therapists salary: Alabama vs California
Occupational Therapists in California earn a median of $124,510. In Alabama, $94,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.8% — not 24.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.5%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-5.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Occupational Therapists
- Median
- $94,050
- p25
- $82,500
- p75
- $107,650
- p10
- $76,670
- p90
- $123,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
California
Occupational Therapists
- Median
- $124,510
- p25
- $103,950
- p75
- $136,380
- p10
- $85,550
- p90
- $158,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.