State comparison · 2025
Occupational Therapists salary: Arizona vs California
Occupational Therapists in California earn a median of $124,510. In Arizona, $103,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.5% — not 16.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.7%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-8.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Occupational Therapists
- Median
- $103,660
- p25
- $85,980
- p75
- $122,900
- p10
- $78,160
- p90
- $131,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.