Occupational Therapist
Listed compensation
$80,662 - $125,029/year
Listing transparency2 of 6 stated
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
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Position Summary
- Responsible for evaluating, establishing and implementing the plan of care to restore function and prevent disability following disease, injury or loss of a body part.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy
Licenses and Certification
- Illinois license in Occupational Therapy or eligible
- BLS
Experience and Skills
- Technical Experience: N/A
Role Specific Responsibilities
- Performs thorough evaluation
- Develops appropriate Plan of Care
- Implements Plan of Care
- Documentation is accurate, complete and timely
- Provides supervision to assistants, rehab techs, and students
Compensation (Commensurate with Experience)
- $38.78
- To
- $60.11
To access our Benefits Guide/Plan Information, please click the link below: http://www.sih.net/careers/benefits
Key Responsibilities
Responsible for evaluating patients and implementing plans of care to restore function and prevent disability. This includes providing supervision to assistants, rehab techs, and students while maintaining accurate documentation.
Requirements
Requires a Bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy and a valid Illinois license or eligibility for one. BLS certification is also required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Occupational Therapist at Southern Illinois Healthcare a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Occupational Therapy — ranked against 9,045 active Occupational Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.
Occupational Therapist Career Context
In Illinois, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$93k (247 salary observations; 830 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, 6% are remote, 60% have no call, 78% 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 Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$49k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $49k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in Herrin
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $157k
- Median resident rent
- $1,002/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 22 min
- State income tax
- Up to 5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.