Exactly 110 of North Carolina's 3,650 occupational therapy professionals work in Hickory. Between 2006 and 2010, in Hickory, there has been a 21% decline in the number of occupational therapy professionals. As the employment for occupational therapy professionals in Hickory has decreased, overall employment in Hickory has also decreased.

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In Hickory, salaries for occupational therapy professionals have increased. In 2010 occupational therapy professionals in Hickory reportedly earned an average salary of $56,770 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, occupational therapy professionals in Hickory made an average salary of $51,875 per year. The growth in the salary of occupational therapy professionals in Hickory is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Occupational therapy professionals in Hickory earn a median salary of $56,320 per year. The 10% of occupational therapy professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $41,105 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 83% higher salaries.

On average occupational therapy professional salaries in Hickory are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

Many of Hickory's occupational therapy professionals are graduates of the only accredited occupational therapy school in the city.

Hickory's occupational therapy schools offer 2 occupational therapy degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 33 students completed occupational therapy courses in 2010.