Occupational Therapist
Listed compensation
$33.44-$44.3/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.
Job Description
Location: Samaritan Keep Home
Department: 02.7531 SKH OCCUPATIONAL THER
Pay Range
- 33.44 - 44.30
- Care for our community, and your career.
Graduation from a Occupational Therapy education program, with a minimum of a BS in Occupational Therapy. Successful completion of all Occupational Therapy student internships.
Minimum Experience Requirement
- Demonstrates ability to effectively interact with all age groups to which service is provided.
- Excellent interpersonal communication and public relations skills..
- Must have an understanding of the principles of growth and development to assess each patient’s / resident’s / registrant’s age specific needs and provide age specific treatment and care.
- New York State licensure and registration or eligible.
- BLS certification required at time of hire, or within 3 months of hire date.
Samaritan is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Women, Minorities, Disabled and Veterans are encouraged to apply.
Work Shift
Exempt (United States of America)
Position Hours
80
Samaritan is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, Minorities, Disabled, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.
Key Responsibilities
Assess patients’ and residents’ age-specific needs and provide appropriate occupational therapy treatment and care. Interact effectively with the age groups served and communicate professionally with patients, residents, and others.
Requirements
Requires graduation from an occupational therapy education program with at least a bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy and successful completion of all student internships. Applicants must have or be eligible for New York State licensure and registration, obtain BLS certification by hire or within three months, and demonstrate effective communication and understanding of growth and development.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Occupational Therapist Career Context
In New York, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$94k (399 salary observations; 865 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 New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$81k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $75k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 40 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 48% have no call, 63% 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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Living in Watertown
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $203k
- Typical market rent
- $1,565/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 16 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 87.7
- State income tax
- Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Watertown-Fort Drum, NY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.