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Occupational Therapy Aides pay in Cleveland, OH and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Occupational Therapy Aides is $38,860 per year in Cleveland, OH. It is $68,550 per year in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA. Cleveland, OH is 43.3% below Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 31-2012 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 60 wage and salary jobs in Cleveland, OH and 30 in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings