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

Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers Salary in the High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.

Median annual wage$26,630
Median hourly wage$12.81

Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers in the High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $26,630 per year ($12.81 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $20,150 at the 10th percentile to $38,000 at the 90th.

Pay distribution

Half of Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers in the High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area earn more than $26,630 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $20,870 and $30,530.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$20,150$20,870$26,630$30,530$38,000
Hourly$9.69$10.03$12.81$14.68$18.27

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area
    $26,630 median for High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $20,870 to $30,530
  • Utahstate
    $28,720 median for Utah; middle half earns $25,280 to $36,080
  • $33,580 median for United States; middle half earns $28,880 to $37,520

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −7% vs Utah overall and −21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Other metro areas in Utah

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan areathis page
    $26,630 median for High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $20,870 to $30,530
  • $32,380 median for Salt Lake City metro area; middle half earns $28,720 to $37,610
  • $30,930 median for Ogden metro area; middle half earns $26,310 to $37,480
  • $26,360 median for Provo metro area; middle half earns $25,280 to $26,840
  • $24,270 median for St. George metro area; middle half earns $23,490 to $27,930

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.