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Occupational Therapy Assistants pay in Maryland and North Dakota
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Occupational Therapy Assistants is $82,010 per year in Maryland. It is $60,970 per year in North Dakota. Maryland is 34.5% above North Dakota 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 710 wage and salary jobs in Maryland and 130 in North Dakota. 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