39 Series · SOC 39-9032

Recreation Workers

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$35,380

per year

Median Hourly

$17.01/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$37,170

average

Employment

309,640

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$25,640$30,460$35,380$41,120$49,460
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$12.33$14.65$17.01$19.77$23.78
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10th Percentile

$25,640

25th Percentile

$30,460

Median

$35,380

75th Percentile

$41,120

90th Percentile

$49,460

Salary by State

Highest Paying States

1. District of Columbia $45,760 2. Washington $43,850 3. South Dakota $41,380 4. Alaska $39,830 5. North Dakota $37,920

Lowest Paying States

50. Puerto Rico $21,060 51. Arkansas $26,520 52. Louisiana $26,530 53. Mississippi $27,200 54. Alabama $27,320
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# State Median Salary vs National
1 District of Columbia $45,760 +29% above national
2 Washington $43,850 +24% above national
3 South Dakota $41,380 +17% above national
4 Alaska $39,830 +13% above national
5 North Dakota $37,920 +7% above national
6 California $37,580 +6% above national
7 Minnesota $37,500 +6% above national
8 Oregon $37,440 +6% above national
9 New York $37,270 +5% above national
10 Vermont $37,160 +5% above national
11 Colorado $37,110 +5% above national
12 Massachusetts $36,960 +4% above national
13 Rhode Island $36,080 +2% above national
14 Maine $35,920 +2% above national
15 New Jersey $35,720 +1% above national
16 Connecticut $35,520 same as national
17 Arizona $35,340 same as national
18 Virginia $35,260 same as national
19 New Hampshire $35,180 1% below national
20 Maryland $34,200 3% below national
21 Florida $34,070 4% below national
22 Pennsylvania $34,050 4% below national
23 Wisconsin $33,910 4% below national
24 Illinois $33,830 4% below national
25 Michigan $33,520 5% below national
26 Montana $33,310 6% below national
27 Hawaii $32,610 8% below national
28 Virgin Islands $31,900 10% below national
29 North Carolina $31,680 10% below national
30 Tennessee $31,620 11% below national
31 Georgia $31,520 11% below national
32 New Mexico $31,510 11% below national
33 South Carolina $31,370 11% below national
34 Texas $31,290 12% below national
35 Wyoming $31,200 12% below national
36 Delaware $31,190 12% below national
37 Kentucky $31,100 12% below national
38 Utah $31,060 12% below national
39 Ohio $31,030 12% below national
40 Missouri $30,910 13% below national
41 Oklahoma $30,650 13% below national
42 Iowa $30,460 14% below national
43 Kansas $30,370 14% below national
44 Nebraska $30,110 15% below national
45 Indiana $29,140 18% below national
46 Nevada $29,130 18% below national
47 Idaho $29,120 18% below national
48 West Virginia $29,050 18% below national
49 Guam $28,030 21% below national
50 Alabama $27,320 23% below national
51 Mississippi $27,200 23% below national
52 Louisiana $26,530 25% below national
53 Arkansas $26,520 25% below national
54 Puerto Rico $21,060 40% below national

Salary by Metro Area

Highest Paying Metros

1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $54,990 2. Fairbanks-College, AK $46,480 3. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $45,170 4. College Station-Bryan, TX $45,110 5. Rapid City, SD $44,150

Lowest Paying Metros

517. Owensboro, KY $19,570 518. Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area $19,760 519. Aguadilla, PR $19,760 520. Mayaguez, PR $20,030 521. Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area $20,370
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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $54,990 +55% above national
2 Fairbanks-College, AK $46,480 +31% above national
3 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $45,170 +28% above national
4 College Station-Bryan, TX $45,110 +28% above national
5 Rapid City, SD $44,150 +25% above national
6 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $44,070 +25% above national
7 Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $42,830 +21% above national
8 East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $42,800 +21% above national
9 North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area $42,630 +20% above national
10 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA $42,010 +19% above national
11 Alaska nonmetropolitan area $41,830 +18% above national
12 Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area $41,530 +17% above national
13 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $41,340 +17% above national
14 Longview-Kelso, WA $40,920 +16% above national
15 West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $40,770 +15% above national
16 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $40,560 +15% above national
17 Sioux Falls, SD-MN $40,230 +14% above national
18 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA $40,060 +13% above national
19 West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area $39,840 +13% above national
20 Bellingham, WA $39,780 +12% above national
21 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $39,780 +12% above national
22 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $39,510 +12% above national
23 Barnstable Town, MA $39,300 +11% above national
24 Napa, CA $39,220 +11% above national
25 Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area $39,150 +11% above national
26 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $38,940 +10% above national
27 North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area $38,900 +10% above national
28 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $38,500 +9% above national
29 Bend, OR $38,460 +9% above national
30 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $38,410 +9% above national
31 Kennewick-Richland, WA $38,380 +8% above national
32 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $38,350 +8% above national
33 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $38,330 +8% above national
34 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $38,180 +8% above national
35 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $38,160 +8% above national
36 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $38,160 +8% above national
37 Minot, ND $38,080 +8% above national
38 Rochester, MN $38,070 +8% above national
39 Yuba City, CA $38,020 +7% above national
40 Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $38,010 +7% above national
41 Walla Walla, WA $37,960 +7% above national
42 Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area $37,900 +7% above national
43 Yakima, WA $37,810 +7% above national
44 Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area $37,810 +7% above national
45 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA $37,800 +7% above national
46 Western Washington nonmetropolitan area $37,770 +7% above national
47 Fargo, ND-MN $37,760 +7% above national
48 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $37,680 +7% above national
49 Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area $37,680 +7% above national
50 Boulder, CO $37,540 +6% above national
51 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $37,390 +6% above national
52 Santa Fe, NM $37,380 +6% above national
53 Warner Robins, GA $37,380 +6% above national
54 Vallejo, CA $37,290 +5% above national
55 Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area $37,160 +5% above national
56 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $37,150 +5% above national
57 Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $37,150 +5% above national
58 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $37,130 +5% above national
59 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $37,110 +5% above national
60 Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area $37,070 +5% above national
61 East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area $37,050 +5% above national
62 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $37,020 +5% above national
63 Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area $37,000 +5% above national
64 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $36,990 +5% above national
65 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $36,960 +4% above national
66 Kenosha, WI $36,930 +4% above national
67 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $36,930 +4% above national
68 Bismarck, ND $36,920 +4% above national
69 Bozeman, MT $36,920 +4% above national
70 Portland-South Portland, ME $36,760 +4% above national
71 Dubuque, IA $36,750 +4% above national
72 Las Cruces, NM $36,560 +3% above national
73 Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $36,560 +3% above national
74 Kingston, NY $36,550 +3% above national
75 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ $36,510 +3% above national
76 Flagstaff, AZ $36,410 +3% above national
77 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $36,400 +3% above national
78 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $36,400 +3% above national
79 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ $36,390 +3% above national
80 Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area $36,380 +3% above national
81 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $36,370 +3% above national
82 Salinas, CA $36,370 +3% above national
83 Springfield, MA $36,350 +3% above national
84 Sebring, FL $36,340 +3% above national
85 Ithaca, NY $36,300 +3% above national
86 Stockton-Lodi, CA $36,300 +3% above national
87 Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $36,230 +2% above national
88 Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area $36,210 +2% above national
89 Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area $36,210 +2% above national
90 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $36,200 +2% above national
91 Elkhart-Goshen, IN $36,190 +2% above national
92 Mankato, MN $36,190 +2% above national
93 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $36,160 +2% above national
94 Hanford-Corcoran, CA $36,130 +2% above national
95 Burlington-South Burlington, VT $36,120 +2% above national
96 Salem, OR $36,080 +2% above national
97 Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area $36,050 +2% above national
98 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $36,030 +2% above national
99 Worcester, MA $36,030 +2% above national
100 Traverse City, MI $35,970 +2% above national
101 Albany, OR $35,930 +2% above national
102 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $35,900 +1% above national
103 Wildwood-The Villages, FL $35,890 +1% above national
104 Glens Falls, NY $35,870 +1% above national
105 Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area $35,870 +1% above national
106 Athens-Clarke County, GA $35,860 +1% above national
107 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $35,850 +1% above national
108 Lebanon, PA $35,830 +1% above national
109 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $35,830 +1% above national
110 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $35,790 +1% above national
111 Farmington, NM $35,780 +1% above national
112 Medford, OR $35,770 +1% above national
113 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY $35,730 +1% above national
114 Wausau, WI $35,720 +1% above national
115 Visalia, CA $35,700 +1% above national
116 Asheville, NC $35,690 +1% above national
117 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $35,680 +1% above national
118 Anchorage, AK $35,660 +1% above national
119 Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $35,630 +1% above national
120 Manchester-Nashua, NH $35,580 +1% above national
121 Corvallis, OR $35,570 +1% above national
122 Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $35,530 same as national
123 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA $35,510 same as national
124 Connecticut nonmetropolitan area $35,510 same as national
125 Modesto, CA $35,500 same as national
126 Redding, CA $35,490 same as national
127 Grand Junction, CO $35,400 same as national
128 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $35,390 same as national
129 Pittsfield, MA $35,380 same as national
130 St. Cloud, MN $35,370 same as national
131 Central East New York nonmetropolitan area $35,360 same as national
132 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $35,320 same as national
133 Rochester, NY $35,320 same as national
134 Duluth, MN-WI $35,250 same as national
135 Grants Pass, OR $35,220 same as national
136 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI $35,200 1% below national
137 Macon-Bibb County, GA $35,190 1% below national
138 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $35,140 1% below national
139 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $35,100 1% below national
140 Eugene-Springfield, OR $35,080 1% below national
141 Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area $35,070 1% below national
142 Charlottesville, VA $35,030 1% below national
143 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ $35,010 1% below national
144 Jackson, MI $34,990 1% below national
145 Tucson, AZ $34,980 1% below national
146 East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area $34,900 1% below national
147 Helena, MT $34,860 1% below national
148 Vineland, NJ $34,840 2% below national
149 Great Falls, MT $34,730 2% below national
150 Lewiston-Auburn, ME $34,730 2% below national
151 Merced, CA $34,720 2% below national
152 Decatur, AL $34,660 2% below national
153 Saginaw, MI $34,650 2% below national
154 Mobile, AL $34,630 2% below national
155 Port St. Lucie, FL $34,630 2% below national
156 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI $34,630 2% below national
157 Arizona nonmetropolitan area $34,610 2% below national
158 Battle Creek, MI $34,590 2% below national
159 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $34,590 2% below national
160 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $34,590 2% below national
161 Tulsa, OK $34,570 2% below national
162 Chambersburg, PA $34,500 2% below national
163 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $34,490 3% below national
164 Columbia, MO $34,460 3% below national
165 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $34,440 3% below national
166 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $34,410 3% below national
167 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $34,390 3% below national
168 Wilmington, NC $34,390 3% below national
169 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area $34,350 3% below national
170 Michigan City-La Porte, IN $34,320 3% below national
171 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area $34,300 3% below national
172 Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area $34,300 3% below national
173 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $34,280 3% below national
174 New Haven, CT $34,270 3% below national
175 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area $34,270 3% below national
176 Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $34,270 3% below national
177 Chico, CA $34,250 3% below national
178 Lexington Park, MD $34,250 3% below national
179 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC $34,240 3% below national
180 Lancaster, PA $34,220 3% below national
181 Fresno, CA $34,200 3% below national
182 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $34,190 3% below national
183 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI $34,190 3% below national
184 Toledo, OH $34,170 3% below national
185 Altoona, PA $34,150 3% below national
186 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $34,100 4% below national
187 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $34,100 4% below national
188 Punta Gorda, FL $34,100 4% below national
189 Maryland nonmetropolitan area $34,100 4% below national
190 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $34,070 4% below national
191 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $34,050 4% below national
192 Utica-Rome, NY $34,010 4% below national
193 Syracuse, NY $33,980 4% below national
194 Columbus, OH $33,960 4% below national
195 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $33,920 4% below national
196 Naples-Marco Island, FL $33,920 4% below national
197 Greeley, CO $33,900 4% below national
198 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $33,890 4% below national
199 Johnstown, PA $33,880 4% below national
200 Jefferson City, MO $33,870 4% below national
201 Lewiston, ID-WA $33,860 4% below national
202 Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area $33,820 4% below national
203 Grand Island, NE $33,810 4% below national
204 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL $33,810 4% below national
205 State College, PA $33,810 4% below national
206 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $33,790 4% below national
207 West Montana nonmetropolitan area $33,780 5% below national
208 Appleton, WI $33,740 5% below national
209 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $33,740 5% below national
210 Bay City, MI $33,680 5% below national
211 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area $33,680 5% below national
212 Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area $33,650 5% below national
213 El Centro, CA $33,640 5% below national
214 Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $33,620 5% below national
215 Kansas City, MO-KS $33,560 5% below national
216 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $33,540 5% below national
217 Binghamton, NY $33,530 5% below national
218 Ann Arbor, MI $33,520 5% below national
219 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $33,520 5% below national
220 Madison, WI $33,500 5% below national
221 Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $33,500 5% below national
222 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $33,470 5% below national
223 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $33,440 5% below national
224 Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $33,440 5% below national
225 Dover, DE $33,410 6% below national
226 St. George, UT $33,320 6% below national
227 Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $33,320 6% below national
228 Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $33,310 6% below national
229 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $33,290 6% below national
230 Green Bay, WI $33,280 6% below national
231 Morgantown, WV $33,270 6% below national
232 Elmira, NY $33,240 6% below national
233 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $33,230 6% below national
234 Gainesville, FL $33,190 6% below national
235 Janesville-Beloit, WI $33,150 6% below national
236 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $33,140 6% below national
237 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV $33,070 7% below national
238 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $33,060 7% below national
239 Winchester, VA-WV $33,050 7% below national
240 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI $32,970 7% below national
241 Colorado Springs, CO $32,960 7% below national
242 Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area $32,910 7% below national
243 Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area $32,820 7% below national
244 Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $32,760 7% below national
245 Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area $32,750 7% below national
246 Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $32,740 7% below national
247 Niles, MI $32,610 8% below national
248 Urban Honolulu, HI $32,610 8% below national
249 Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area $32,610 8% below national
250 Bangor, ME $32,560 8% below national
251 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area $32,510 8% below national
252 Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $32,450 8% below national
253 Winston-Salem, NC $32,290 9% below national
254 South Florida nonmetropolitan area $32,200 9% below national
255 Harrisonburg, VA $32,180 9% below national
256 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $32,130 9% below national
257 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI $32,050 9% below national
258 Jacksonville, FL $32,030 9% below national
259 Midland, TX $32,030 9% below national
260 Gettysburg, PA $31,980 10% below national
261 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $31,980 10% below national
262 Richmond, VA $31,970 10% below national
263 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $31,930 10% below national
264 Pittsburgh, PA $31,930 10% below national
265 Bloomington, IL $31,910 10% below national
266 Chattanooga, TN-GA $31,830 10% below national
267 Eau Claire, WI $31,830 10% below national
268 Grand Forks, ND-MN $31,830 10% below national
269 North Florida nonmetropolitan area $31,830 10% below national
270 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $31,820 10% below national
271 Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area $31,810 10% below national
272 Knoxville, TN $31,720 10% below national
273 Longview, TX $31,700 10% below national
274 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL $31,650 11% below national
275 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $31,610 11% below national
276 Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $31,570 11% below national
277 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $31,530 11% below national
278 Jonesboro, AR $31,520 11% below national
279 Springfield, MO $31,520 11% below national
280 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA $31,510 11% below national
281 Peoria, IL $31,510 11% below national
282 St. Louis, MO-IL $31,510 11% below