The Fitbit Flex, which retails for $99.95, costs $17.36 to make, including both materials and manufacturing costs, according to the teardown analysis. IHS projects that shipments of Fitbit Flex and similar activity monitors will triple within the next five years.
The BLS report from May 2014 states that most occupational therapists worked full-time and made an average of $78,810. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $52,670, and the top 10 percent more than $112,950. Many occupational therapists make more than the average mean wage by working in patientsâ homes, nursing homes, and hospitals. The highest average salaries can be found in Nevada, the District of Columbia, Texas, New Jersey, and California, where annual mean wages are over $84,000. The states that offer the lowest average salaries are Maine, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, and South Dakota. Each of these states has an annual mean wage of $64,000 or less. Puerto Rico offers the lowest annual mean wage, at $35,740.
Average salary. The average salary for occupational therapists working in the United States is $68,346 a year according to Payscaleâs salary data, $78,595 a year according to Salary.com, and $66,931 according to Jobstat.he hourly wage varies depending on work experience among other factors. Occupational therapists with 1 to 4 years of experience generally earn between $24.54 and $43.53 per hour, and those with 5 to 9 years of work experience are typically paid between $28.44 and $49.60 per hour.