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Career Information for Occupational Therapists in Illinois

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Fast Facts for Occupational Therapists in Illinois

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Champaign, Chicago, and Rockford
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Springfield, Bloomington, and Peoria
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Chicago, Peoria, and Rockford

Salaries for Occupational Therapists in Illinois

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Champaign, Chicago, and Peoria. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Occupational Therapists in Illinois are listed below.

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Illinois Occupational Therapy Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Chicago State UniversityChicagoDoctorate & First Professional6,810
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright CollegeChicagoAssociate10,993
Eureka CollegeEurekaBachelor672
Governors State UniversityUniversity ParkDoctorate5,692
Illinois Central CollegeEast PeoriaAssociate11,804
John A Logan CollegeCartervilleAssociate7,559
Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfreyAssociate7,875
Lincoln Land Community CollegeSpringfieldAssociate6,655
McKendree UniversityLebanonMasters3,312
Midwestern University Downers GroveDowners GroveDoctorate & First Professional1,978
Parkland CollegeChampaignAssociate9,407
Rend Lake CollegeInaAssociate4,821
Rush UniversityChicagoDoctorate & First Professional1,596
Shawnee Community CollegeUllinAssociate2,176
South Suburban CollegeSouth HollandAssociate6,260
Southeastern Illinois CollegeHarrisburgAssociate2,606
University of Illinois at ChicagoChicagoDoctorate & First Professional25,747

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Occupational Therapists

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Illinois. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Occupational Therapists

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Occupational Therapists relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

ILLINOIS

   
Champaign70$75,7701.2
Chicago2,840$74,5601
Rockford90$71,6000.9
Peoria100$71,8800.9
Bloomington30$61,9100.7
Springfield30$61,4400.4
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