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

Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers Salary in the Washington Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area

Figures describe the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Washington city limits.

Median annual wage$34,710
Median hourly wage$16.69

Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area earned a median of $34,710 per year ($16.69 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $29,120 at the 10th percentile to $44,000 at the 90th. BLS estimates 4,600 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers in the Washington metro area earn more than $34,710 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $31,380 and $37,160.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$29,120$31,380$34,710$37,160$44,000
Hourly$14.00$15.09$16.69$17.87$21.16

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

  • Washington metro areathis metro area
    $34,710
  • District of Columbiastate (DC)
    $60,400
  • United Statesnational
    $33,580

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

The median here is −43% vs District of Columbia overall and +3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

$20,720$35,157$49,593$64,030Morristown, TN — $20,720Lafayette, LA — $21,040Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $21,100Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $21,390Montgomery, AL — $21,940Amarillo, TX — $22,120Baton Rouge, LA — $22,240Mansfield, OH — $22,260San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,620Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $22,880Jackson, MS — $22,970Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $23,170Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $23,190Tulsa, OK — $23,210Bowling Green, KY — $23,430Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $23,450Canton-Massillon, OH — $23,630Ames, IA — $23,640Columbus, IN — $23,640Oklahoma City, OK — $23,730St. George, UT — $24,270Wheeling, WV-OH — $24,320Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $24,480Idaho Falls, ID — $24,670Springfield, OH — $24,720Toledo, OH — $24,820Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $24,880New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $24,960Altoona, PA — $25,170Lake Charles, LA — $25,210Chambersburg, PA — $25,410McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $25,420Cleveland, TN — $25,440Youngstown-Warren, OH — $25,440Charleston, WV — $25,480Columbus, GA-AL — $25,540Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $25,580Anchorage, AK — $25,600College Station-Bryan, TX — $25,690Wausau, WI — $25,690Janesville-Beloit, WI — $25,790Bay City, MI — $25,960Jackson, MI — $25,960Athens-Clarke County, GA — $26,000Sherman-Denison, TX — $26,080Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $26,100Lima, OH — $26,220Winston-Salem, NC — $26,300Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $26,360Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $26,480Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $26,530Spartanburg, SC — $26,670Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $26,680Columbia, SC — $26,720Terre Haute, IN — $26,730Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $26,840Knoxville, TN — $26,920Evansville, IN — $27,020Reading, PA — $27,050Wilmington, NC — $27,070Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $27,130Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $27,260Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $27,280Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $27,380Raleigh-Cary, NC — $27,380Akron, OH — $27,420Lancaster, PA — $27,500Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $27,540Pittsburgh, PA — $27,640Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $27,700La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $27,780Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $27,790Rochester, MN — $27,810Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $27,890Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $27,940Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $28,080Chattanooga, TN-GA — $28,090Eau Claire, WI — $28,090Niles, MI — $28,170Albuquerque, NM — $28,240Birmingham, AL — $28,320Appleton, WI — $28,480Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $28,500Topeka, KS — $28,540Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $28,560Richmond, VA — $28,590Columbia, MO — $28,600Lynchburg, VA — $28,650Fort Wayne, IN — $28,720Corpus Christi, TX — $28,730Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $28,740Muncie, IN — $28,750Flint, MI — $28,780Cleveland, OH — $28,800Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $28,810Winchester, VA-WV — $28,840San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $28,870Huntsville, AL — $28,900Greenville, NC — $28,930Boise City, ID — $29,000Bismarck, ND — $29,030Grand Forks, ND-MN — $29,050Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $29,060Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $29,100Longview, TX — $29,110Asheville, NC — $29,120Gainesville, GA — $29,120Springfield, MO — $29,120Lexington-Fayette, KY — $29,180Lawrence, KS — $29,190Columbus, OH — $29,260Sandusky, OH — $29,280Omaha, NE-IA — $29,300Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $29,440South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $29,500Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $29,540Roanoke, VA — $29,580Duluth, MN-WI — $29,710York-Hanover, PA — $29,730Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $29,770Charlottesville, VA — $29,800Fargo, ND-MN — $29,830Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $29,870Greensboro-High Point, NC — $30,100Lincoln, NE — $30,100Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $30,270Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $30,320Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $30,510Green Bay, WI — $30,560Yuma, AZ — $30,580Kansas City, MO-KS — $30,590Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $30,610Iowa City, IA — $30,620St. Louis, MO-IL — $30,730Burlington, NC — $30,790Grand Junction, CO — $30,800Killeen-Temple, TX — $30,830Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $30,830Madison, WI — $30,830Ogden, UT — $30,930Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $30,960Kenosha, WI — $30,980Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $31,090Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $31,200Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $31,200Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $31,200Peoria, IL — $31,200Rockford, IL — $31,200Springfield, IL — $31,250Eugene-Springfield, OR — $31,330Cedar Rapids, IA — $31,460Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $31,470St. Cloud, MN — $31,560Midland, TX — $31,640Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $31,720Port St. Lucie, FL — $31,820Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $31,860Harrisonburg, VA — $31,980Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $32,130Colorado Springs, CO — $32,180Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $32,220Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $32,240Binghamton, NY — $32,240Kingston, NY — $32,240Utica-Rome, NY — $32,240Erie, PA — $32,330Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $32,380Savannah, GA — $32,400Bangor, ME — $32,740Syracuse, NY — $32,870Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $33,070Greeley, CO — $33,080Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $33,170El Paso, TX — $33,180Bloomington, IL — $33,270Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $33,390Albany, OR — $33,410Jacksonville, FL — $33,500Salem, OR — $33,570Reno, NV — $33,640Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $33,750Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $33,820Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $33,920Rapid City, SD — $34,010Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $34,080Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $34,090Springfield, MA — $34,110Ocala, FL — $34,130Chico, CA — $34,320El Centro, CA — $34,320Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $34,320Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $34,370Ithaca, NY — $34,430Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $34,580Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $34,600Salinas, CA — $34,620Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $34,650Yakima, WA — $34,650Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $34,710North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $34,770Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $34,830Lewiston, ID-WA — $34,940Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $35,010Portland-South Portland, ME — $35,050Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $35,150Rochester, NY — $35,170Fayetteville, NC — $35,230Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $35,310Pittsfield, MA — $35,340Kennewick-Richland, WA — $35,460Boulder, CO — $35,500Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $35,610Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $35,710Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $35,770New Haven, CT — $35,800Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $35,800Fresno, CA — $35,820Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $35,860Tucson, AZ — $35,860Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $35,870Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $35,960Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $35,990Worcester, MA — $36,010Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $36,300Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $36,350Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $36,360San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $36,360Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $36,360Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $36,430New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $36,600Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $36,620Naples-Marco Island, FL — $36,740Flagstaff, AZ — $36,830Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $36,930Modesto, CA — $36,960Vallejo, CA — $37,010Bellingham, WA — $37,110Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $37,180Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $37,230Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $37,320Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $37,650Barnstable Town, MA — $37,710Bend, OR — $37,930Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $38,070Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $38,130Stockton-Lodi, CA — $38,480Medford, OR — $38,790Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $38,900San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $39,120Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $39,160Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $39,240Traverse City, MI — $39,270Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $39,580Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $39,970Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $41,310Ann Arbor, MI — $42,330San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $42,460San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $43,050Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $43,260Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $43,800Bozeman, MT — $44,610Urban Honolulu, HI — $49,730Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $64,030

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Washington metro area has the 65th-highest published median for this occupation among the 263 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Security Guards$46,830Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$84,000Firefighters$66,980First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives$125,960Detectives and Criminal Investigators$156,750Correctional Officers and Jailers$70,570

Highest-paying metro areas for lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workerss · Highest-paying occupations in Washington Metro

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.