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.
The median annual salary for occupational therapists was $78,810 in 2014, according to the BLS. The best-paid 10 percent in the profession made $112,950, while the bottom 10 percent made $65,020.