Pay distribution $29,020 10th $29,820 25th $44,470 75th $51,630 90th
Half of Recreation Workers in the Detroit metro area earn more than $34,400 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $29,820 and $44,470.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $29,020 $29,820 $34,400 $44,470 $51,630 Hourly $13.95 $14.34 $16.54 $21.38 $24.82
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 Detroit metro areathis metro area
$34,400 median for Detroit metro area; middle half earns $29,820 to $44,470
$35,090 median for Michigan; middle half earns $31,290 to $39,970
$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 −2% vs Michigan overall and −6% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $21,840 $34,907 $47,973 $61,040 Aguadilla, PR — $21,840 Mayaguez, PR — $21,840 Arecibo, PR — $21,870 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $22,690 Montgomery, AL — $22,740 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,810 Dalton, GA — $22,980 Fond du Lac, WI — $22,980 Cleveland, TN — $23,010 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $23,720 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $24,240 Monroe, LA — $24,360 Rocky Mount, NC — $24,840 Jackson, MS — $24,900 Gadsden, AL — $25,370 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $25,690 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $25,800 Lafayette, LA — $25,950 Twin Falls, ID — $26,350 Lake Charles, LA — $26,370 Albuquerque, NM — $26,510 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $26,930 Rome, GA — $26,930 Owensboro, KY — $27,000 Idaho Falls, ID — $27,130 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $27,310 Hot Springs, AR — $27,770 Burlington, NC — $27,860 Laredo, TX — $27,860 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $27,900 Columbus, GA-AL — $27,930 Albany, GA — $28,070 Jonesboro, AR — $28,140 Spartanburg, SC — $28,280 Kokomo, IN — $28,320 Oklahoma City, OK — $28,320 Paducah, KY-IL — $28,380 Terre Haute, IN — $28,390 Charleston, WV — $28,420 Lubbock, TX — $28,430 Hattiesburg, MS — $28,460 Clarksville, TN-KY — $28,520 Baton Rouge, LA — $28,580 Tyler, TX — $28,700 Dothan, AL — $28,740 Hinesville, GA — $28,790 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $28,850 Muncie, IN — $28,930 San Angelo, TX — $29,020 Valdosta, GA — $29,090 Wichita, KS — $29,170 Bloomington, IN — $29,180 Bowling Green, KY — $29,180 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $29,180 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $29,180 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $29,210 Evansville, IN — $29,300 Greenville, NC — $29,320 Sandusky, OH — $29,320 Decatur, AL — $29,380 Lima, OH — $29,390 Beckley, WV — $29,430 Ogden, UT — $29,510 Wichita Falls, TX — $29,550 Williamsport, PA — $29,610 Canton-Massillon, OH — $29,620 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $29,700 Morristown, TN — $29,720 Cedar Rapids, IA — $29,740 Lewiston, ID-WA — $29,740 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $29,860 Alexandria, LA — $29,870 Mansfield, OH — $29,870 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $29,880 Manhattan, KS — $29,900 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $29,910 Logan, UT-ID — $29,910 Corpus Christi, TX — $29,950 Sumter, SC — $29,970 Fort Wayne, IN — $29,980 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $29,990 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $30,010 Birmingham, AL — $30,030 Gainesville, GA — $30,030 Johnson City, TN — $30,070 Abilene, TX — $30,120 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $30,130 Columbia, SC — $30,140 Sherman-Denison, TX — $30,140 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $30,160 Joplin, MO-KS — $30,190 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $30,190 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $30,190 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $30,200 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $30,240 Midland, TX — $30,320 Columbus, IN — $30,420 Pocatello, ID — $30,430 Amarillo, TX — $30,520 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $30,550 Toledo, OH — $30,550 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $30,570 Carson City, NV — $30,600 Boise City, ID — $30,620 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $30,640 Bay City, MI — $30,830 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $30,870 Midland, MI — $30,890 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $30,910 Tuscaloosa, AL — $30,980 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $31,030 Topeka, KS — $31,040 Wheeling, WV-OH — $31,050 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $31,080 Ames, IA — $31,110 Hammond, LA — $31,160 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $31,200 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $31,200 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $31,280 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $31,280 Cleveland, OH — $31,380 State College, PA — $31,450 Springfield, IL — $31,530 Huntsville, AL — $31,560 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $31,580 Decatur, IL — $31,590 Homosassa Springs, FL — $31,630 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $31,720 Iowa City, IA — $31,740 Lawrence, KS — $31,760 Casper, WY — $31,770 Pueblo, CO — $31,970 Lincoln, NE — $32,000 Missoula, MT — $32,150 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $32,150 Sheboygan, WI — $32,190 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $32,240 Yuma, AZ — $32,400 Erie, PA — $32,410 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $32,410 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $32,450 Akron, OH — $32,540 Cheyenne, WY — $32,620 Flint, MI — $32,650 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $32,700 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $32,720 Fayetteville, NC — $32,720 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $32,720 Gainesville, FL — $32,750 Killeen-Temple, TX — $32,750 Peoria, IL — $32,750 Ocala, FL — $32,890 Longview, TX — $32,910 Winston-Salem, NC — $32,920 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $32,940 El Paso, TX — $32,960 Rockford, IL — $32,980 Billings, MT — $33,130 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $33,130 Niles, MI — $33,140 Roanoke, VA — $33,210 Florence, SC — $33,250 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $33,380 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $33,420 Gettysburg, PA — $33,480 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $33,510 Reading, PA — $33,510 Jackson, TN — $33,550 Waco, TX — $33,580 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $33,640 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $33,660 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $33,670 Columbus, OH — $33,690 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $33,690 Jacksonville, NC — $33,700 Tallahassee, FL — $33,710 St. Louis, MO-IL — $33,750 Winchester, VA-WV — $33,770 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $33,780 Tulsa, OK — $33,780 Bangor, ME — $33,790 Helena, MT — $33,790 Lawton, OK — $33,830 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $33,860 Utica-Rome, NY — $33,890 Springfield, OH — $33,900 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $33,910 Dover, DE — $33,970 Lynchburg, VA — $33,970 Harrisonburg, VA — $34,000 Reno, NV — $34,020 Madison, WI — $34,030 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $34,130 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $34,140 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $34,160 Texarkana, TX-AR — $34,240 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $34,270 Odessa, TX — $34,300 Grand Junction, CO — $34,350 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $34,400 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $34,470 Altoona, PA — $34,520 Elmira, NY — $34,560 Eau Claire, WI — $34,580 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $34,580 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $34,590 Monroe, MI — $34,610 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $34,620 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $34,620 Omaha, NE-IA — $34,630 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $34,640 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $34,660 Saginaw, MI — $34,680 Richmond, VA — $34,700 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $34,700 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $34,710 Jacksonville, FL — $34,710 Springfield, MO — $34,740 Ithaca, NY — $34,770 Syracuse, NY — $34,800 Glens Falls, NY — $34,840 Knoxville, TN — $34,850 Lebanon, PA — $34,860 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $34,900 El Centro, CA — $34,900 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $34,970 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $34,980 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $34,980 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $34,990 Chambersburg, PA — $35,050 Ann Arbor, MI — $35,090 Kansas City, MO-KS — $35,090 York-Hanover, PA — $35,090 Corvallis, OR — $35,210 Flagstaff, AZ — $35,210 Redding, CA — $35,230 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $35,250 Salisbury, MD — $35,310 Chico, CA — $35,320 Punta Gorda, FL — $35,330 Appleton, WI — $35,390 Goldsboro, NC — $35,400 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $35,410 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $35,450 Elizabethtown, KY — $35,460 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $35,460 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $35,460 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $35,490 Green Bay, WI — $35,540 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $35,600 Minot, ND — $35,610 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $35,620 Lancaster, PA — $35,640 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $35,700 Vineland, NJ — $35,700 Jefferson City, MO — $35,710 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $35,710 Kingston, NY — $35,730 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $35,780 Farmington, NM — $35,780 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $35,790 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $35,830 Rochester, NY — $35,840 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $35,880 Sebring, FL — $35,940 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $35,950 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $35,950 St. George, UT — $35,950 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $35,970 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $35,970 Pittsburgh, PA — $35,980 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $35,990 Bloomington, IL — $36,030 Tucson, AZ — $36,050 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $36,080 Duluth, MN-WI — $36,080 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $36,150 Binghamton, NY — $36,170 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $36,190 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $36,200 Battle Creek, MI — $36,220 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $36,230 Kankakee, IL — $36,270 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $36,280 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $36,320 Johnstown, PA — $36,330 Charlottesville, VA — $36,360 Mankato, MN — $36,440 New Haven, CT — $36,470 Grants Pass, OR — $36,530 Mobile, AL — $36,530 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $36,550 Albany, OR — $36,590 Visalia, CA — $36,630 Morgantown, WV — $36,650 Dubuque, IA — $36,660 Jackson, MI — $36,660 Wilmington, NC — $36,730 Merced, CA — $36,790 Asheville, NC — $36,820 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $36,830 St. Cloud, MN — $36,840 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $36,840 Columbia, MO — $36,860 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $36,860 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $36,870 Port St. Lucie, FL — $36,910 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $37,010 Savannah, GA — $37,030 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $37,050 Fresno, CA — $37,080 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $37,130 Fargo, ND-MN — $37,190 Modesto, CA — $37,230 Anchorage, AK — $37,240 Rochester, MN — $37,280 Greeley, CO — $37,350 Medford, OR — $37,400 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $37,420 Longview-Kelso, WA — $37,450 Pittsfield, MA — $37,450 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $37,460 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $37,460 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $37,470 Springfield, MA — $37,500 Colorado Springs, CO — $37,600 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $37,600 Salem, OR — $37,630 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $37,650 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $37,670 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $37,740 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $37,850 Traverse City, MI — $37,860 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $37,930 Worcester, MA — $37,950 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $37,960 Wausau, WI — $38,030 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $38,060 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $38,130 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $38,180 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $38,230 Portland-South Portland, ME — $38,230 Salinas, CA — $38,260 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $38,310 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $38,340 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $38,440 Bismarck, ND — $38,560 Kenosha, WI — $38,620 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $38,770 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $38,790 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $38,820 Yakima, WA — $38,820 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $38,870 Lexington Park, MD — $38,880 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $38,930 Great Falls, MT — $38,990 Vallejo, CA — $38,990 Warner Robins, GA — $39,040 Las Cruces, NM — $39,140 Santa Fe, NM — $39,190 Boulder, CO — $39,260 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $39,260 Barnstable Town, MA — $39,430 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $39,640 Rapid City, SD — $39,850 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $40,010 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $40,050 Yuba City, CA — $40,100 Walla Walla, WA — $40,250 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $40,330 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $40,380 Urban Honolulu, HI — $41,000 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $41,420 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $42,580 Napa, CA — $42,670 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $42,800 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $43,060 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $43,380 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $43,460 Bellingham, WA — $44,640 Bozeman, MT — $45,010 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $45,990 Bend, OR — $46,230 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $46,290 College Station-Bryan, TX — $47,870 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $57,580 Fairbanks-College, AK — $61,040 Detroit metro area 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 Detroit metro area has the 188th-highest published median for this occupation among the 387 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”.
Other metro areas in Michigan Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for recreation workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Detroit metro areathis page
$34,400 median for Detroit metro area; middle half earns $29,820 to $44,470
$37,860 median for Traverse City metro area; middle half earns $30,170 to $42,640
$36,660 median for Jackson metro area; middle half earns $29,430 to $45,550
$36,220 median for Battle Creek metro area; middle half earns $33,460 to $39,620
$35,970 median for Grand Rapids metro area; middle half earns $31,020 to $45,660
$35,090 median for Ann Arbor metro area; middle half earns $35,090 to $39,970
$34,970 median for Muskegon metro area; middle half earns $29,610 to $46,470
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:
Childcare Workers $31,060 Amusement and Recreation Attendants $29,320 Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists $34,960 Animal Caretakers $31,040 Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors $46,880 Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers $32,840 Highest-paying metro areas for recreation workerss · Highest-paying occupations in Detroit 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 .