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Aegis Therapies
DeKalb, Illinois

Occupational Therapist / OTR

Occupational TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$50 per hour

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Job Description

Occupational Therapist

  • Job Type: Full-time
  • Schedule: Flexible Hours
  • Setting: Nursing Home, Skilled Nursing Facility
  • Location: Oak Crest - DeKalb, IL
  • Pay: state range up to $50 per hour (based on experience/location)

Aegis Therapies, one of the nation’s leading providers of rehabilitation and wellness services, is hiring an Occupational Therapist to join our supportive team and reap the benefits of some of the best career advantages in the industry.

Why Aegis Therapies

Career Growth & Development: We invest in your future with specialized, ongoing training, career advancement opportunities and the strongest clinical support in the industry.

Flexibility - Redefining Work-life Balance: We offer you the opportunity to maintain flexibility and a healthy work-life balance, so you never have to choose between your career and the things that make life worth living.

  • Impactful Work: Make a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients.
  • Supportive Environment: Collaborate with teams that value your expertise and dedication.

Benefits

  • Support, local clinical mentorship, clinical education and unlimited CEUs
  • Create your own career path: clinically, management, etc.
  • Flexible schedule, paid time off, plus one paid CEU day
  • Licensure and professional membership reimbursement
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration for providing the best patient care
  • Medical, dental, vision within 30 days or less
  • National opportunity to transfer while maintaining employment status
  • Multiple settings nationwide: CCRC, SNF, Assisted Living, Outpatient Clinics, Home Health
  • New Grads Welcomed!
  • And much more

Qualifications

Current license as an Occupational Therapist or ability to obtain in the state of practice.

If you enjoy working in geriatrics and have a current Occupational Therapy license, we would like to discuss what is most important to you. Aegis Therapies is committed to designing jobs to meet your needs.

Let us help find the career of your dreams! Apply Today.

EEO Statement

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Key Responsibilities

Provide occupational therapy services to patients within a nursing home and skilled nursing facility setting. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality patient care and wellness outcomes.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Geriatric careClinical documentation

Occupational Therapist Career Context

In Illinois, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$92k (327 salary observations; 943 listings), vs ~$97k nationally (5,716 salary observations; 28,639 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$104k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $104k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Occupational Therapy market look like in Illinois?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$104kOccupational Therapy median $95k (middle half $78k–$105k)22 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Illinois vs national$92k median in Illinois$97k nationally (−5%)327 state / 5,716 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$104k in purchasing powerIllinois index 100.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Occupational Therapy listings in Illinois296 active8,930 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 13% remote · 38% no call · 45% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedIllinois Occupational Therapist listings: 17% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 14% offer loan repayment355 active listings, Nov 2026
New Occupational Therapy listings3,166 in the last 30 days1,614 the 30 days before (+96%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Occupational Therapy pay trend+3.5% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Occupational Therapist Jobs

21 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

21 jobs · 15 employers
9
<$100k
8
$100k-120k
1
$131k
2
$140k-160k
1
$160k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

19 jobs · 15 employers
401k / retirement match
100%
CME allowance
32% this job
Sign-on bonus
26%
Loan repayment
16%
PSLF eligible
5%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Occupational Therapist (Home Health)

21st Century Home Health Services · Galt, California

$130k-$160k
#2

Pediatric Occupational Therapist

MGA Homecare · Grand Prairie, Texas

up to $150,000
#3

Occupational Therapist-Home Health

$96k-$141k
#4

SPED Teacher - ECE Occupational Therapist

$62k-$131k
+ 19 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 4.8
Better work-life than 50% of Occupational Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,973 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Aegis Therapies

Hospitals and Health Care
Frisco, Texas
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Support, local clinical mentorship, clinical education and unlimited CEUs
Create your own career path: clinically, management, etc.
Flexible schedule, paid time off, plus one paid CEU day
Licensure and professional membership reimbursement
Medical, dental, vision within 30 days or less
National opportunity to transfer while maintaining employment status

Living in DeKalb

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$258k
Typical market rent
$1,320/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.