Occupational Therapist vs Surgeon

Put two roles head to head — any role, in any location or worldwide-remote.

Side A

Side B

Surgeon pays about 318% more at the median.

Side-by-side distribution

Occupational Therapist Surgeon
$101.4k
$423.9k
$-11.7k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $882.9k

Occupational Therapist

$48.77/hr

per hour · USD

Median over time ▲ +5.3%
$96,380 $101,442
$44.00/hr 25th
$48.77/hr Median
$59.03/hr 75th
$40.25/hr
$70.00/hr
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $7.96/hr – $200.00/hr · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
40.6%
Live roles
2,823
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Surgeon

$423,939

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▲ +82.5%
$232,250 $423,939
$150.4k 25th
$423.9k Median
$615k 75th
$50k
$821.2k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $8k – $2,600k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
27.9%
Live roles
596
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Highest-paying jobs

WA

Occupational Therapist I

WCB-Alberta · Edmonton, Alberta

$86,722 – $4,000,000 Pinnacle Senior Living

Occupational Therapist - Home Health

Pinnacle Senior Living · Colorado Springs, Colorado

$83,200 – $416,000
AH

Occupational Therapist (OT)

Adaptive Home Health · Las Vegas

$312,000 – $390,000 Trinity Health

Occupational Therapist - Home Health Part Time

Trinity Health · St. Agnes Home Health & Hospice -…

$180,960 – $364,000 Virtua Health

Occupational Therapist (OT), Early Intervention Program - Per Visit

Virtua Health · Lippincott - 303 Lippincott Drive

$145,600 – $348,400
AD

Occupational Therapist, PT Days, StaffFlex contract

AdventHealth · GD AH HOME HEALTH/EMS BLDG

$31,200 – $270,400
AD

Home Health Occupational Therapist Contract

AdventHealth · WA LAKE SUMTER STATE COLLEGE

$31,200 – $270,400
AD

Occupational Therapist (Acute), FT, Days, $63.70/hr, StaffFlex contract

AdventHealth · ADVENTHEALTH OCALA

$31,200 – $270,400
AD

Occupational Therapist Days contract, $63.70/hr

AdventHealth · ADVENTHEALTH WATERMAN

$31,200 – $270,400
AD

Occupational Therapist, FT Days, StaffFlex contract

AdventHealth · GD AH HOME HEALTH/EMS BLDG

$31,200 – $270,400

Highest-paying jobs

Aspen Dental

Oral Surgeon

Aspen Dental · 7107 Rochester, NY - ClearChoice

$1,560,000 – $2,600,000 Adventist HealthCare

Cardiovascular Surgeon

Adventist HealthCare · Silver Spring, MD

$104,000 – $1,404,000
HM

Cardiac Surgeon Clinical Associate

Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians · BIDMC - Main Campus

$150,000 – $1,200,000 Frontier Dermatology Provider Careers

Mohs Surgeon - Established Volume - Seattle/Puget Sound

Frontier Dermatology Provider Careers · Washington - Central Region +1

$900,000 – $1,200,000
HM

Thoracic Surgeon

Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians · BIDMC - Main Campus

$150,000 – $1,164,900
HM

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon

Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians · BIDMC - Main Campus

$350,000 – $1,150,000
HM

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon

Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians · BIDMC - Main Campus

$350,000 – $1,150,000
AD

Cardiac Surgeon – AdventHealth Heart & Vascular Institute

AdventHealth · ADVENTHEALTH LITTLETON

$1,027,000 – $1,027,000 Essentia Health

Physician - Orthopedic Hand and Upper Extremity Surgeon - Fargo, ND

Essentia Health · Fargo, ND

Essentia Health

PHYSICIAN - Pediatric Surgeon - Duluth, MN - 29733BR

Essentia Health · Duluth, MN

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
CenterWell $135,200 154
PACS $119,600 81
LP Liquid Personnel $98,711 73
Ivy Rehab $86,500 56
Advocate Health $99,320 52
AD AdventHealth $93,850 50
Sanford Health $85,800 45
Aegis Therapies $95,680 35

Top companies hiring

Occupational Therapist salary by location

Location Median Roles
San Francisco $154,523 5
Denver $122,060 6
Toronto $105,000 7
New York $100,770 10
Boston $95,493 5
London $95,132 10
Chicago $94,000 8

Surgeon salary by location

Location Median Roles
New York $350,000 5
London $67,485 3

Occupational Therapist vs Surgeon: which pays more?

The median for Occupational Therapist is $48.77/hr per year (typically $44.00/hr–$59.03/hr), versus $423,939 for Surgeon ($150,407–$614,969). That puts Surgeon about 318% ahead at the median.

Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Occupational Therapist and Surgeon are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.

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