Hi John: Best wishes with your decision; either way you will have no difficulty finding a job. As for salary, I am an OT and I make comparable to PTs with the same amount of experience, and one of them has a DPT, and I have a BS in OT. He has more debt from student loans and makes a similar salary to someone with a bachelors degree. That being said, I am returning to school for my OTD, however, not to increase my salary (I want to expand my knowledge base and complete OT related research/contribute to professional knowledge base). As for burnout, people are are speaking mostly in regards to geriatrics. SNF's are corporate environments and revenue is important to employers; pressure is placed on therapists due to the corporate environment. Therapists tend to make higher salaries at SNFs, vs. other service areas; so, higher productivity is the trade off. There are many different environments OTs work in and I love that I am always learning something new.
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