Occupational Therapist
Listed compensation
$43-$45/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.
Job Description
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- JOBID: PHS-8408
Position: Occupational Therapist
- Shift Schedule: 08:00 - 16:30
- Location: Detroit, MI, 48135
- Start date: 10/26/2026 - 12/20/2026
- Pay: $43-$45 PER HOUR
Requirements
- Bachelor or Master Degree in Occupational Therapy.
- Current state Occupational Therapy certification/license
- Current BCLS (AHA) certificate.
- National Board for Certification Occupational Therapy certification, AOTA and OTAC required
- Minimum 1 year experience
Precision Scans is an equal-opportunity employer, committed to cultural diversity. Precision Scans will provide equal consideration for employment to all qualified applicants without regard to their race, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, domestic partner status, or medical condition.
Key Responsibilities
Provide occupational therapy services in the assigned role. Specific duties are not detailed in the posting.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Occupational Therapist Career Context
In Michigan, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$90k (103 salary observations; 725 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (6,587 salary observations; 25,232 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$92k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $95k in an average-cost state. 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 44 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 41% have no call, 64% require no weekends.
Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
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Annual compensation range
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Listing-based score, 0–10, across 9,297 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.
Living in Detroit
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $80k
- Typical market rent
- $1,341/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 25 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 100.3
- State income tax
- Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.