Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers · SOC 33-9092

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (3 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 263 metro areas

Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$64,030	110	1.5
2	Urban Honolulu, HI	$49,730	Not published	Not published
3	Bozeman, MT	$44,610	100	1.4
4	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$43,800	11,640	1.9
5	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$43,260	1,800	1.4
6	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$43,050	2,480	1.6
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$42,460	1,020	0.9
8	Ann Arbor, MI	$42,330	390	1.8
9	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	$41,310	50	0.4
10	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$39,970	340	3.5
11	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$39,580	260	1.3
12	Traverse City, MI	$39,270	120	1.8
13	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$39,240	3,060	1.5
14	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$39,160	1,070	0.6
15	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$39,120	2,000	0.8
16	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	$38,900	310	1.4
17	Medford, OR	$38,790	70	0.8
18	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$38,480	210	0.7
19	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$38,130	290	1.7
20	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$38,070	1,000	0.9
21	Bend, OR	$37,930	120	1.1
22	Barnstable Town, MA	$37,710	50	0.5
23	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$37,650	460	1.4
24	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$37,320	150	0.7
25	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$37,230	2,730	1.0

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.