Asking for a raise as an agency based therapist

amother

Chicory

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 12:16 am

amother Hosta wrote:

Can you get private clients?
In Lakewood, the therapists that work privately make $150-$200 hourly, depending on their prices.
If you work for an agency you get much less; my agency pays $75-$85 hourly, but just raised some of their more senior therapists to between $90-$100 hourly. It’s not bad,

$75- $85 an hour sounds like a dream....in brooklyn the agencies pay 60-65

amother

Hosta

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 3:49 am

amother Turquoise wrote:

Wow I'm an OT in Lakewood. Would you be comfortable sharing which agency this is?

Not sure I’m comfortable posting publicly but they only have speech in my agency, no OT.

amother

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 5:43 pm

amother Latte wrote:

Where are you located? I know it's not typical but I got a 10$ raise per hour in one shot and then 5$ again the next year and then I realized no matter how much more I make per hour I still don't walk away with anything more by the end of the year so I changed my requests but even so I'm about to drop out of the field.

im in brooklyn but ill travel to queens or long island if it means actually making decent money.
what do you mean you dont walk away with anything more?

amother

Thu, Aug 03 2023, 5:43 pm

amother Chicory wrote:

$75- $85 an hour sounds like a dream....in brooklyn the agencies pay 60-65

which agency are you with?

amother

Chicory

Thu, Aug 17 2023, 4:05 pm

OP what ended up happening? Did the agency agree to your raise request?/

amother

Thu, Aug 17 2023, 9:02 pm

amother Chicory wrote:

OP what ended up happening? Did the agency agree to your raise request?/

yes bh! they raised me $12!

amother

Chicory

Thu, Aug 17 2023, 9:14 pm

amother OP wrote:

yes bh! they raised me $12!

Wow BH good for you!!

Now I'm wondering if I should try asking for a raise..I hate doing it...I'm not the assertive businesswoman type and have a hard time speaking up for myself...but $65 an hour is really not ok and I really need more

amother

Thu, Aug 17 2023, 9:17 pm

amother Chicory wrote:

its honestly pathetic. and even 77 is pathetic and not livable but im just biding my time until a new better position opens up

definitely ask for a raise you deserve it and SEITS are paid more than us which is crazy. you went to school for 5+ years

bsy

Thu, Aug 17 2023, 9:27 pm

amother OP wrote:

Is 77 for w2 or 1099?

amother

Thu, Aug 17 2023, 9:32 pm

bsy wrote:

Is 77 for w2 or 1099?

only w2.
I just interviewed by a different agency paying $110 on a w2. apparently some districts were rewarded a new contract from the DOE. its only the heimish agencies that get away with bad prices

bsy

Thu, Aug 17 2023, 9:37 pm

amother OP wrote:

only w2.
I just interviewed by a different agency paying $110 on a w2. apparently some districts were rewarded a new contract from the DOE. its only the heimish agencies that get away with bad prices

Can you pm me with the agency name?