Occupational Therapist
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Job Description
Saratoga Medical is hiring a Occupational Therapist in Berkeley, CA. Package includes competitive rate, paid time off and benefit options.
Saratoga Medical has an exciting opportunity for a Occupational Therapist at Berkeley, CA. This is a great full-time opportunity, 40 hours work week schedule, Monday to Friday, excluding Federal holidays. Please see qualifications below and submit your resume if you are interested in being considered:
Qualifications
- Master’s degree or higher (MS+) in Occupational Therapy or related field
- Valid California (CA) Occupational Therapist license
- 3–5 years of relevant professional experience
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Demonstrated expertise in occupational therapy practices
Saratoga Medical Center, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate in recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, discharge, compensation or any other term or condition of employment on the basis of race, religion, color, age (over age 39), sex, national origin, or on the basis of disability if the employee can perform the essential functions of the job, with a reasonable accommodation if necessary.
Key Responsibilities
The Occupational Therapist will provide professional therapy services at the Berkeley facility. The role involves maintaining a full-time schedule while adhering to established occupational therapy practices.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Occupational Therapist Career Context
In California, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$117k (924 salary observations; 2,017 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 California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 50 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 24% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Occupational Therapist at Saratoga Medical Center a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Occupational Therapy — ranked against 9,285 active Occupational Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
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- No weekends
Living in Berkeley
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $1.54M
- Typical market rent
- $2,818/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 28 min
- 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.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.