Average Occupational Therapist OT Salary in Canada

The line graph shows Occupational Therapist (OT) salary in Canada on an annual basis. In this graph specifically, it is indicated that as the years of experience increases, so does their wages.

For Occupational Therapist (OT) working less than a year in a company, you notice that their annual salary starts around $63,247.02.

As the years of experience reaches 1 to 4, there is a significant increase of $3,967.63 which would give a total wage of CAD67,214.65.

Once the experience reaches 5-9 years Occupational Therapist (OT) salary would increase again to a total of $74,020.88, adding $6,806.23 from the last salary increase.

After reaching the 10-19 year experience in their career, another increase in salary will be added to a total of $80,673.77.

And finally, once the Occupational Therapist (OT) gains 20 years of experience or more, their salary would reach $84,743.58.

The bar graph data indicates the importance of specific skills which can have a direct impact on Occupational Therapist (OT)'s salary. It clearly highlights the skills needed for a post of Occupational Therapist (OT) when hired by an employer.

The most vital skill expected of Occupational Therapist (OT) is Psychiatric which impacts the most than the rest of the skills indicated with a staggering 31% comparatively. Therefore, one’s salary would greatly depend on their skills in Psychiatric.

The skill least likely to affect one’s pay would be Geriatrics with 1%. It can be said that Geriatrics skill will unlikely impact the salary.

This combination of a line and the bar graph shows how the experience affects the salary of Occupational Therapist (OT). Companies are considering factors like training and education directly affecting the salary offered to you as an employee. The line graph shows the salary increment with the increase in experience whereas the bar graph shows the comparision of how the salary is getting affected based on experience level.

As shown in the trends, lowest earning is $64,070.00 whereas the highest earning is $84,488.00 which clearly shows the salary increases with the level of expertise.

Experienced person will earn the maximum salary of $84,488.00 at 20%. So to summerize, Entry Level earns 9% less than the average salary, Early Career earns 2% less than the average salary, Mid Carrer earns 7% more than the average salary, Late Career earns 16% more than the average salary, Experienced earns 20% more than the average salary.