City market profile
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ OT job market
Compare New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ using BLS occupational therapist wage, employment, density, and concentration data from the May 2025 OEWS release.
Metro rank #2$107,110 mean wage11,640 OT jobs1.17 location quotient
Market snapshot
How New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ compares for occupational therapists
The OT Index city score balances pay, role depth, role density, and occupational concentration. Raw source measures stay visible so the score can be audited.
Methodology
Why this metro scores where it does
Metro rankings are most useful when the score is read beside the raw measures. A high-wage city can still have a shallow market, while a dense market can still have weaker pay.
Mean annual wage40%
BLS OEWS mean annual wage for the metro.
Employment depth25%
Log-scaled employment count so deeper markets count without letting the largest metros dominate.
Employment density20%
Occupational therapist jobs per 1,000 local jobs.
Job concentration15%
BLS location quotient, used as a local concentration signal versus the national labor market.
Nearby comparisons
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