Occupational Therapist (OT)

Occupational TherapistIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$85k-$116k

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Job Description

Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation

  • Position: Occupational Therapist (OT)Location: West Orange, NJSchedule: Monday - Friday 7:15 am - 3:15 pm (8a-4p on weekend/holiday)
  • Compensation: $84,500 - $115,928.49 a Year(Based on Experience)

Our inpatient rehabilitation hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas.

We Support Your Career Growth and Personal Well-being

Start Strong: Extensive and thorough Occupational Therapist (OT) orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.

  • Advance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement, and continuing education opportunities.
  • Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.
  • Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program.
  • Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings
  • Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO to maintain a healthy work-life balance
  • Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection
  • Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 nationwide committed to providing exceptional care.

Responsibilities

As a OT you will evaluate all assigned patients and develops, implements and modifies treatment plan in accordance with the patient’s need and physician direction. Responsible for delegation and direction of all discipline-specific therapy services for those assigned patients.

Ensures the design of functional treatment programs allowing for an effective return to community activities. Serves as an educator of patients, families, students, co-workers and self.

Performs other professional duties associated with the care of the patient, development of discipline-specific therapy services and design of program delivery.

  • Evaluates assigned patients and establishes appropriate treatment goals and treatment programs.
  • Participate in discharge planning including placement, patient and family education, and adaptive equipment

Minimum Requirements

  • Current state licensure or eligibility for state licensure as an Occupational Therapist
  • Certified BLS
  • Additional Data
  • Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Occupational TherapyPatient EvaluationTreatment PlanningTreatment ImplementationTreatment ModificationTherapy Service DelegationFunctional RehabilitationPatient EducationInterdisciplinary CollaborationBLS Certification

Occupational Therapist Career Context

In New Jersey, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$100k (154 salary observations; 491 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (4,667 salary observations; 26,845 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 Jersey is 108.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$100k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $92k in an average-cost state. 63.8% of New Jersey clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Occupational Therapy market look like in New Jersey?
MeasureThis jobMarket
New Jersey vs national$100k median in New Jersey$97k nationally (+3%)154 state / 4,667 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$92k in purchasing powerNew Jersey index 108.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Occupational Therapy listings in New Jersey161 active9,336 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 49% no call · 62% no weekends47 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedNew Jersey Occupational Therapist listings: 13% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 10% offer loan repayment187 active listings, Oct 2026
Occupational Therapy pay trend+2.7% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Occupational Therapist Jobs

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Salary Distribution

27 jobs · 17 employers
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$100k-115k
1
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1
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

26 jobs · 17 employers
401k / retirement match
92% this job
CME allowance
42% this job
Sign-on bonus
35%
Loan repayment
19%
PSLF eligible
8%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 3.9
Better work-life than 40% of Occupational Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 9,320 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - West (West Orange) logo

About Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - West (West Orange)

Hospitals and Health Care
West Orange
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Tuition reimbursement
Continuing education opportunities
Clinical ladder program
Student debt benefit program
Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan
Generous PTO
Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan
Life and disability protection

Living in West Orange

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$675k≈ 8.0× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,920/mo≈ 41% of gross pay
State income tax
Up to 10.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026).

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.