Recreation Workers Salary

Median Salary
$36,560
per year
Hourly Rate
$17.58
per hour
Employment
331,490
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$27,600
25th percentile
$31,780
Median
$36,560
75th percentile
$43,470
90th percentile
$50,410

💰 Recreation Workers Salary by State

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StateMedianvs. National
District of Columbia$46,460+27.1%
Washington$44,890+22.8%
South Dakota$42,270+15.6%
Hawaii$41,000+12.1%
California$39,780+8.8%
Oregon$39,610+8.3%
Colorado$38,820+6.2%
Massachusetts$38,540+5.4%
New York$38,040+4.0%
Alaska$37,510+2.6%
Minnesota$37,510+2.6%
Maine$37,450+2.4%
Vermont$37,450+2.4%
North Dakota$37,310+2.1%
Maryland$37,200+1.8%
New Hampshire$37,040+1.3%
New Jersey$36,880+0.9%
Connecticut$36,610+0.1%
Rhode Island$36,340-0.6%
Virginia$36,120-1.2%
Arizona$35,800-2.1%
Pennsylvania$35,710-2.3%
Wisconsin$35,530-2.8%
Florida$35,490-2.9%
Illinois$35,480-3.0%
Michigan$35,090-4.0%
Montana$35,090-4.0%
Nebraska$34,590-5.4%
Missouri$34,320-6.1%
Delaware$33,790-7.6%
Iowa$33,700-7.8%
Tennessee$33,580-8.2%
Utah$32,890-10.0%
North Carolina$32,720-10.5%
Texas$32,720-10.5%
Georgia$32,540-11.0%
Ohio$32,420-11.3%
Kentucky$32,400-11.4%
New Mexico$31,900-12.7%
Kansas$31,760-13.1%
Oklahoma$31,580-13.6%
South Carolina$31,420-14.1%
Wyoming$30,720-16.0%
Indiana$30,190-17.4%
Nevada$30,150-17.5%
Idaho$30,100-17.7%
West Virginia$29,710-18.7%
Louisiana$28,580-21.8%
Alabama$28,360-22.4%
Mississippi$28,060-23.2%
Arkansas$27,770-24.0%

🏙️ Recreation Workers Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
Fairbanks-College, AK$61,040+67.0%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$57,580+57.5%
College Station-Bryan, TX$47,870+30.9%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$46,290+26.6%
Bend, OR$46,230+26.4%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$45,990+25.8%
Bozeman, MT$45,010+23.1%
Bellingham, WA$44,640+22.1%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$43,460+18.9%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$43,380+18.7%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$43,060+17.8%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$42,800+17.1%
Napa, CA$42,670+16.7%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$42,580+16.5%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$41,420+13.3%
Urban Honolulu, HI$41,000+12.1%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$40,380+10.4%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$40,330+10.3%
Walla Walla, WA$40,250+10.1%
Yuba City, CA$40,100+9.7%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$40,050+9.5%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$40,010+9.4%
Rapid City, SD$39,850+9.0%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$39,640+8.4%
Barnstable Town, MA$39,430+7.9%
Boulder, CO$39,260+7.4%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$39,260+7.4%
Santa Fe, NM$39,190+7.2%
Las Cruces, NM$39,140+7.1%
Warner Robins, GA$39,040+6.8%
Great Falls, MT$38,990+6.6%
Vallejo, CA$38,990+6.6%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$38,930+6.5%
Lexington Park, MD$38,880+6.3%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$38,870+6.3%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$38,820+6.2%
Yakima, WA$38,820+6.2%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$38,790+6.1%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$38,770+6.0%
Kenosha, WI$38,620+5.6%
Bismarck, ND$38,560+5.5%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$38,440+5.1%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$38,340+4.9%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$38,310+4.8%
Salinas, CA$38,260+4.6%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$38,230+4.6%
Portland-South Portland, ME$38,230+4.6%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$38,180+4.4%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$38,130+4.3%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$38,060+4.1%
Wausau, WI$38,030+4.0%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$37,960+3.8%
Worcester, MA$37,950+3.8%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$37,930+3.7%
Traverse City, MI$37,860+3.6%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$37,850+3.5%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$37,740+3.2%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$37,670+3.0%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$37,650+3.0%
Salem, OR$37,630+2.9%
Colorado Springs, CO$37,600+2.8%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$37,600+2.8%
Springfield, MA$37,500+2.6%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$37,470+2.5%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$37,460+2.5%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$37,460+2.5%
Longview-Kelso, WA$37,450+2.4%
Pittsfield, MA$37,450+2.4%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$37,420+2.4%
Medford, OR$37,400+2.3%
Greeley, CO$37,350+2.2%
Rochester, MN$37,280+2.0%
Anchorage, AK$37,240+1.9%
Modesto, CA$37,230+1.8%
Fargo, ND-MN$37,190+1.7%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$37,130+1.6%
Fresno, CA$37,080+1.4%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$37,050+1.3%
Savannah, GA$37,030+1.3%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$37,010+1.2%
Port St. Lucie, FL$36,910+1.0%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$36,870+0.8%
Columbia, MO$36,860+0.8%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$36,860+0.8%
St. Cloud, MN$36,840+0.8%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$36,840+0.8%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$36,830+0.7%
Asheville, NC$36,820+0.7%
Merced, CA$36,790+0.6%
Wilmington, NC$36,730+0.5%
Dubuque, IA$36,660+0.3%
Jackson, MI$36,660+0.3%
Morgantown, WV$36,650+0.2%
Visalia, CA$36,630+0.2%
Albany, OR$36,590+0.1%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$36,550-0.0%
Grants Pass, OR$36,530-0.1%
Mobile, AL$36,530-0.1%
New Haven, CT$36,470-0.2%
Mankato, MN$36,440-0.3%
Charlottesville, VA$36,360-0.5%
Johnstown, PA$36,330-0.6%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$36,320-0.7%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$36,280-0.8%
Kankakee, IL$36,270-0.8%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$36,230-0.9%
Battle Creek, MI$36,220-0.9%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$36,200-1.0%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$36,190-1.0%
Binghamton, NY$36,170-1.1%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$36,150-1.1%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$36,080-1.3%
Duluth, MN-WI$36,080-1.3%
Tucson, AZ$36,050-1.4%
Bloomington, IL$36,030-1.4%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$35,990-1.6%
Pittsburgh, PA$35,980-1.6%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$35,970-1.6%
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$35,970-1.6%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$35,950-1.7%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$35,950-1.7%
St. George, UT$35,950-1.7%
Sebring, FL$35,940-1.7%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$35,880-1.9%
Rochester, NY$35,840-2.0%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$35,830-2.0%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$35,790-2.1%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$35,780-2.1%
Farmington, NM$35,780-2.1%
Kingston, NY$35,730-2.3%
Jefferson City, MO$35,710-2.3%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$35,710-2.3%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$35,700-2.4%
Vineland, NJ$35,700-2.4%
Lancaster, PA$35,640-2.5%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$35,620-2.6%
Minot, ND$35,610-2.6%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$35,600-2.6%
Green Bay, WI$35,540-2.8%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$35,490-2.9%
Elizabethtown, KY$35,460-3.0%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$35,460-3.0%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$35,460-3.0%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$35,450-3.0%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$35,410-3.1%
Goldsboro, NC$35,400-3.2%
Appleton, WI$35,390-3.2%
Punta Gorda, FL$35,330-3.4%
Chico, CA$35,320-3.4%
Salisbury, MD$35,310-3.4%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$35,250-3.6%
Redding, CA$35,230-3.6%
Corvallis, OR$35,210-3.7%
Flagstaff, AZ$35,210-3.7%
Ann Arbor, MI$35,090-4.0%
Kansas City, MO-KS$35,090-4.0%
York-Hanover, PA$35,090-4.0%
Chambersburg, PA$35,050-4.1%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$34,990-4.3%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$34,980-4.3%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$34,980-4.3%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$34,970-4.3%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$34,900-4.5%
El Centro, CA$34,900-4.5%
Lebanon, PA$34,860-4.6%
Knoxville, TN$34,850-4.7%
Glens Falls, NY$34,840-4.7%
Syracuse, NY$34,800-4.8%
Ithaca, NY$34,770-4.9%
Springfield, MO$34,740-5.0%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$34,710-5.1%
Jacksonville, FL$34,710-5.1%
Richmond, VA$34,700-5.1%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$34,700-5.1%
Saginaw, MI$34,680-5.1%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$34,660-5.2%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$34,640-5.3%
Omaha, NE-IA$34,630-5.3%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$34,620-5.3%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$34,620-5.3%
Monroe, MI$34,610-5.3%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$34,590-5.4%
Eau Claire, WI$34,580-5.4%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$34,580-5.4%
Elmira, NY$34,560-5.5%
Altoona, PA$34,520-5.6%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$34,470-5.7%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$34,400-5.9%
Grand Junction, CO$34,350-6.0%
Odessa, TX$34,300-6.2%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$34,270-6.3%
Texarkana, TX-AR$34,240-6.3%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$34,160-6.6%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$34,140-6.6%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$34,130-6.6%
Madison, WI$34,030-6.9%
Reno, NV$34,020-6.9%
Harrisonburg, VA$34,000-7.0%
Dover, DE$33,970-7.1%
Lynchburg, VA$33,970-7.1%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$33,910-7.2%
Springfield, OH$33,900-7.3%
Utica-Rome, NY$33,890-7.3%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$33,860-7.4%
Lawton, OK$33,830-7.5%
Bangor, ME$33,790-7.6%
Helena, MT$33,790-7.6%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$33,780-7.6%
Tulsa, OK$33,780-7.6%
Winchester, VA-WV$33,770-7.6%
St. Louis, MO-IL$33,750-7.7%
Tallahassee, FL$33,710-7.8%
Jacksonville, NC$33,700-7.8%
Columbus, OH$33,690-7.9%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$33,690-7.9%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$33,670-7.9%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$33,660-7.9%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$33,640-8.0%
Waco, TX$33,580-8.2%
Jackson, TN$33,550-8.2%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$33,510-8.3%
Reading, PA$33,510-8.3%
Gettysburg, PA$33,480-8.4%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$33,420-8.6%
Virgin Islands$33,400-8.6%
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$33,380-8.7%
Florence, SC$33,250-9.1%
Roanoke, VA$33,210-9.2%
Niles, MI$33,140-9.4%
Billings, MT$33,130-9.4%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$33,130-9.4%
Rockford, IL$32,980-9.8%
El Paso, TX$32,960-9.8%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$32,940-9.9%
Winston-Salem, NC$32,920-10.0%
Longview, TX$32,910-10.0%
Ocala, FL$32,890-10.0%
Gainesville, FL$32,750-10.4%
Killeen-Temple, TX$32,750-10.4%
Peoria, IL$32,750-10.4%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$32,720-10.5%
Fayetteville, NC$32,720-10.5%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$32,720-10.5%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$32,700-10.6%
Flint, MI$32,650-10.7%
Cheyenne, WY$32,620-10.8%
Akron, OH$32,540-11.0%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$32,450-11.2%
Erie, PA$32,410-11.4%
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$32,410-11.4%
Yuma, AZ$32,400-11.4%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$32,240-11.8%
Sheboygan, WI$32,190-12.0%
Missoula, MT$32,150-12.1%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$32,150-12.1%
Lincoln, NE$32,000-12.5%
Pueblo, CO$31,970-12.6%
Casper, WY$31,770-13.1%
Lawrence, KS$31,760-13.1%
Iowa City, IA$31,740-13.2%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$31,720-13.2%
Homosassa Springs, FL$31,630-13.5%
Decatur, IL$31,590-13.6%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$31,580-13.6%
Huntsville, AL$31,560-13.7%
Springfield, IL$31,530-13.8%
State College, PA$31,450-14.0%
Cleveland, OH$31,380-14.2%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$31,280-14.4%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$31,280-14.4%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$31,200-14.7%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$31,200-14.7%
Hammond, LA$31,160-14.8%
Ames, IA$31,110-14.9%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$31,080-15.0%
Wheeling, WV-OH$31,050-15.1%
Topeka, KS$31,040-15.1%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$31,030-15.1%
Tuscaloosa, AL$30,980-15.3%
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$30,910-15.5%
Midland, MI$30,890-15.5%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$30,870-15.6%
Bay City, MI$30,830-15.7%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$30,640-16.2%
Boise City, ID$30,620-16.2%
Carson City, NV$30,600-16.3%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$30,570-16.4%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$30,550-16.4%
Toledo, OH$30,550-16.4%
Amarillo, TX$30,520-16.5%
Pocatello, ID$30,430-16.8%
Columbus, IN$30,420-16.8%
Midland, TX$30,320-17.1%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$30,240-17.3%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$30,200-17.4%
Joplin, MO-KS$30,190-17.4%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$30,190-17.4%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$30,190-17.4%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$30,160-17.5%
Columbia, SC$30,140-17.6%
Sherman-Denison, TX$30,140-17.6%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$30,130-17.6%
Abilene, TX$30,120-17.6%
Johnson City, TN$30,070-17.8%
Birmingham, AL$30,030-17.9%
Gainesville, GA$30,030-17.9%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$30,010-17.9%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$29,990-18.0%
Fort Wayne, IN$29,980-18.0%
Sumter, SC$29,970-18.0%
Corpus Christi, TX$29,950-18.1%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$29,910-18.2%
Logan, UT-ID$29,910-18.2%
Manhattan, KS$29,900-18.2%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$29,880-18.3%
Alexandria, LA$29,870-18.3%
Mansfield, OH$29,870-18.3%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$29,860-18.3%
Cedar Rapids, IA$29,740-18.7%
Lewiston, ID-WA$29,740-18.7%
Morristown, TN$29,720-18.7%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$29,700-18.8%
Canton-Massillon, OH$29,620-19.0%
Williamsport, PA$29,610-19.0%
Wichita Falls, TX$29,550-19.2%
Ogden, UT$29,510-19.3%
Beckley, WV$29,430-19.5%
Lima, OH$29,390-19.6%
Decatur, AL$29,380-19.6%
Greenville, NC$29,320-19.8%
Sandusky, OH$29,320-19.8%
Evansville, IN$29,300-19.9%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$29,210-20.1%
Bloomington, IN$29,180-20.2%
Bowling Green, KY$29,180-20.2%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$29,180-20.2%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$29,180-20.2%
Wichita, KS$29,170-20.2%
Valdosta, GA$29,090-20.4%
San Angelo, TX$29,020-20.6%
Muncie, IN$28,930-20.9%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$28,850-21.1%
Hinesville, GA$28,790-21.3%
Dothan, AL$28,740-21.4%
Tyler, TX$28,700-21.5%
Baton Rouge, LA$28,580-21.8%
Clarksville, TN-KY$28,520-22.0%
Hattiesburg, MS$28,460-22.2%
Lubbock, TX$28,430-22.2%
Charleston, WV$28,420-22.3%
Terre Haute, IN$28,390-22.3%
Paducah, KY-IL$28,380-22.4%
Kokomo, IN$28,320-22.5%
Oklahoma City, OK$28,320-22.5%
Spartanburg, SC$28,280-22.6%
Jonesboro, AR$28,140-23.0%
Albany, GA$28,070-23.2%
Columbus, GA-AL$27,930-23.6%
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$27,900-23.7%
Burlington, NC$27,860-23.8%
Laredo, TX$27,860-23.8%
Hot Springs, AR$27,770-24.0%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$27,310-25.3%
Idaho Falls, ID$27,130-25.8%
Owensboro, KY$27,000-26.1%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$26,930-26.3%
Rome, GA$26,930-26.3%
Albuquerque, NM$26,510-27.5%
Lake Charles, LA$26,370-27.9%
Twin Falls, ID$26,350-27.9%
Lafayette, LA$25,950-29.0%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$25,800-29.4%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$25,690-29.7%
Gadsden, AL$25,370-30.6%
Jackson, MS$24,900-31.9%
Rocky Mount, NC$24,840-32.1%
Monroe, LA$24,360-33.4%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$24,240-33.7%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$23,720-35.1%
Cleveland, TN$23,010-37.1%
Dalton, GA$22,980-37.1%
Fond du Lac, WI$22,980-37.1%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$22,810-37.6%
Montgomery, AL$22,740-37.8%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$22,690-37.9%
Puerto Rico$22,210-39.3%
Arecibo, PR$21,870-40.2%
Aguadilla, PR$21,840-40.3%
Mayaguez, PR$21,840-40.3%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.