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Occupational Therapy Assistants pay in Delaware and Maryland
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Occupational Therapy Assistants is $78,640 per year in Delaware. It is $82,010 per year in Maryland. Delaware is 4.1% below Maryland on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 31-2011 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 220 wage and salary jobs in Delaware and 710 in Maryland. 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