State comparison · 2025
Occupational Therapists salary: Arkansas vs California
Occupational Therapists in California earn a median of $124,510. In Arkansas, $106,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.8% — not 14.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.6%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
+8.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Occupational Therapists
- Median
- $106,360
- p25
- $81,810
- p75
- $128,220
- p10
- $65,160
- p90
- $144,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.