Occupational Therapist
Listed compensation
$52.83/hr
Listing transparency1 of 6 stated
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations and weekend coverage.
- Employment & setting
- Contract
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
- Job Id: T-OT-47300
- Profession: Occupational Therapist
- Specialty: Occupational Therapist
- Job Type: Contract/Travel
- Start Date: Oct 12, 2026
- Duration: 13 weeks
- Location: Santa Barbara, CA
- Setting: Long-Term Care
- Shift Type: Days
- Shift Schedule: 8H Day; 35 hrs/week
- Rate: Local: $52.83/hr; $1,849.31/35-hours
- Travel: $54.88/hr; $1,921.06/35-hours
Requirements
- Current Occupational Therapist license in the state
- Graduate of an accredited Occupational Therapy program
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- BLS certification
Key Responsibilities
Provide occupational therapy services in a long-term care setting. The posting does not specify additional duties.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Occupational Therapist Career Context
In California, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$115k (548 salary observations; 1,678 listings), vs ~$96k nationally (4,072 salary observations; 22,315 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 60% have no call, 72% require no weekends.
Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$112k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $101k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Annual compensation range
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Listing-based score
Living in Santa Barbara
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $1.91M
- Typical market rent
- $3,692/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 17 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 108.8
- State income tax
- Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.