Occupational Therapy Assistant Family
Career series with 1 positions across 1 levels
New Jersey classifies Occupational Therapy Assistant 10 Months as non-competitive, which skips the exam-and-list step and turns on whether you meet the minimum requirements.
Qualifying turns on a professional license. The FY2027 range lands between $42,397 and $61,027.
Occupational Therapy Assistant is a single-title classification family: Occupational Therapy Assistant 10 Months is the only position in it. Occupational Therapy Assistant supervises titles such as Occupational Health Consultant and Occupational Therapist.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT 10 MONTHS (09056) $42,397 - $61,027/year
What the Occupational Therapy Assistant family covers
Occupational Therapy Assistant is a single-title family in the New Jersey civil service classification plan: one title code, with no numbered rungs above or below it. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Clinical titles staff the state psychiatric hospitals, the developmental centers, the veterans homes and the county health departments. Licensure usually does the gatekeeping that an exam does elsewhere, so the qualification text points at a board registration rather than a test score, and the competitive exam is often an evaluation of credentials. This is also the corner of the compendium where the state pays to fill vacancies faster: several health care titles can be hired above the bottom step under the special incentive program.
What each title does
The published specification opens with this definition of the work.
- Occupational Therapy Assistant 10 Months: Under the direction of a licensed occupational therapist in the Department of Human Service or Department of Health, assists in administering…
Getting in: the stated requirements
None of the specifications in this family names a degree requirement, which places these titles among the New Jersey positions open to applicants without formal higher education. Every title here carries a license or certification requirement, so the credential matters more than the exam score.
On how the jobs are filled: 1 is non-competitive, appointed on proof of the stated qualifications rather than by examination.
How the pay is set
Titles in this family are paid on the H salary schedule. See every step in that schedule. Bargaining is handled by AFSCME. Union contracts and rights are collected here.
Where these jobs exist
These are state titles, hired by New Jersey departments, commissions and boards through the Civil Service Commission's announcement and eligible list process rather than by an ordinary job posting. How state hiring works, and which agencies employ what.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
Nearby in the plan, ranked by how distinctive the shared terms are rather than by how many words happen to match.
- Occupational Therapy Assistant ($52,696 to $76,518, state jurisdiction)
- Occupational Therapy Assistant (local jurisdiction)
- Senior Occupational Therapy Aide (local jurisdiction)
- Director of Occupational Therapy ($95,955 to $141,386, state jurisdiction) — in the Director family
- Therapy Aide ($38,928 to $55,860, state jurisdiction)
- Therapy Program Assistant ($42,397 to $61,027, state jurisdiction)
Common questions about Occupational Therapy Assistant jobs
How many Occupational Therapy Assistant titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Occupational Therapy Assistant family holds 1 title code. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does an Occupational Therapy Assistant earn in New Jersey?
Occupational Therapy Assistant 10 Months is published at $42,397 to $61,027. Salary depends on the salary range assigned to the title and the step the employee has reached.
Do you need to take an exam to become an Occupational Therapy Assistant?
Not for the non-competitive titles in this family, of which there are 1. A non-competitive appointment is made on proof that you meet the stated requirements, without a competitive examination, though the position is still in the classified service with its own protections.
What qualifications does an Occupational Therapy Assistant need?
No degree requirement is parsed from the specifications in this family, which puts these titles among the New Jersey civil service jobs reachable without formal higher education. 1 of the titles require a license or certification.