Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers · SOC 33-9092
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers Salary in the Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers in the Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $26,860 per year ($12.91 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $23,300 at the 10th percentile to $30,830 at the 90th. BLS estimates 50 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers in the Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area earn more than $26,860 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $26,110 and $27,540.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $23,300 | $26,110 | $26,860 | $27,540 | $30,830 |
| Hourly | $11.20 | $12.55 | $12.91 | $13.24 | $14.82 |
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.
How this area compares
- Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$26,860 median for Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $26,110 to $27,540
- Ohiostate$27,770 median for Ohio; middle half earns $24,340 to $31,930
- United Statesnational$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 −3% vs Ohio overall and −20% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Ohio
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.
- Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan areathis page$26,860 median for Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $26,110 to $27,540
- $30,320 median for Cincinnati metro area; middle half earns $25,320 to $36,200
- $29,280 median for Sandusky metro area; middle half earns $28,550 to $31,850
- $29,260 median for Columbus metro area; middle half earns $27,510 to $35,730
- $28,800 median for Cleveland metro area; middle half earns $26,790 to $30,860
- $27,420 median for Akron metro area; middle half earns $25,670 to $32,380
- $26,220 median for Lima metro area; middle half earns $26,220 to $26,220
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workerss · Highest-paying occupations in Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area
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.