Recreation Workers · SOC 39-9032
Recreation Workers Salary in the Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Recreation Workers in the Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $31,200 per year ($15.00 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $28,760 at the 10th percentile to $43,940 at the 90th. BLS estimates 370 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Recreation Workers in the Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area earn more than $31,200 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $28,810 and $37,790.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $28,760 | $28,810 | $31,200 | $37,790 | $43,940 |
| Hourly | $13.83 | $13.85 | $15.00 | $18.17 | $21.13 |
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
- Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$31,200 median for Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $28,810 to $37,790
- Missouristate$34,320 median for Missouri; middle half earns $29,850 to $38,600
- United Statesnational$36,560 median for United States; middle half earns $31,780 to $43,470
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −9% vs Missouri overall and −15% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Missouri
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for recreation workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Central Missouri nonmetropolitan areathis page$31,200 median for Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $28,810 to $37,790
- $37,470 median for St. Joseph metro area; middle half earns $31,560 to $38,080
- $36,860 median for Columbia metro area; middle half earns $32,740 to $43,690
- $35,710 median for Jefferson City metro area; middle half earns $30,210 to $39,020
- $35,090 median for Kansas City metro area; middle half earns $30,040 to $39,540
- $34,740 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $29,120 to $39,830
- $33,750 median for St. Louis metro area; middle half earns $31,200 to $37,920
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 recreation workerss · Highest-paying occupations in Central Missouri 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.