Hiring/Louisiana/Occupational Therapists
Occupational Therapists hiring difficulty in New Orleans, LA
Occupational Therapists in New Orleans, LA lands at 7.8 out of 10, in the hard band of the public market difficulty score. This occupation is a smaller share of jobs in New Orleans than it is nationwide. The location quotient is 0.83 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). In Louisiana, the December 2025 job openings rate for all industries, statewide, was 4.8%, above the U.S. rate of 4.0% that same month. The statewide hiring pace was 39.4 days, longer than the U.S. pace of 37.8 days (BLS JOLTS, total nonfarm). The metro median of $102,520 a year is within 3 percent of the U.S. median of $100,330 and above the Louisiana median of $98,490 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). OEWS counts 390 jobs in this occupation in the metro (May 2025). No workplace count is shown for New Orleans. The provider-registry extract was built from Oklahoma and Texas city queries and stops at those metros. This set of 80 metros places New Orleans at rank 58 for healthcare employment in practitioner and support occupations.
Average of three ranked components, shown to one decimal. How this score is built
Key numbers
JOLTS on this page is a statewide, all-industry figure. It is the same number for every role in Louisiana. It is a December 2025 print, matched to the U.S. total-nonfarm print for that month.
Annual pay
Metro employment 390 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Location quotient 0.83. Metro area: New Orleans-Metairie, LA.
| Percentile | Metro | LA | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25th | $78,770 | $72,350 | $82,510 |
| Median | $102,520 | $98,490 | $100,330 |
| 75th | $109,210 | $107,880 | $116,670 |
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Unpublished cells stay blank here.
Score components
| Component | Input | Score | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local supply | 0.83 | 7.2 | Location quotient, BLS OEWS, May 2025. Lower quotient, higher component. Ranked among the 1,953 published pages. |
| Statewide openings rate | 4.8% | 9.2 | Total nonfarm, all industries, Louisiana, December 2025. Higher rate, higher component. Ranked among 51 states and DC. |
| Statewide hiring pace | 39.4 days | 7.0 | Openings ÷ hires × 365.25 ÷ 12, from 101 thousand openings and 78 thousand hires. Higher days, higher component. |
Shown score 7.8 is the average, rounded half up to one decimal. Full method
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