Recreation Workers · SOC 39-9032
Recreation Workers Salary in the Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Recreation Workers in the Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $36,360 per year ($17.48 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $27,060 at the 10th percentile to $51,990 at the 90th.
Pay distribution
Half of Recreation Workers in the Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area earn more than $36,360 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $30,480 and $45,690.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $27,060 | $30,480 | $36,360 | $45,690 | $51,990 |
| Hourly | $13.01 | $14.65 | $17.48 | $21.97 | $25.00 |
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
- Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$36,360 median for Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $30,480 to $45,690
- Virginiastate$36,120 median for Virginia; middle half earns $31,370 to $44,100
- 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 +1% vs Virginia overall and −1% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Virginia
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for recreation workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan areathis page$36,360 median for Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $30,480 to $45,690
- $37,050 median for Virginia Beach metro area; middle half earns $30,840 to $39,500
- $36,360 median for Charlottesville metro area; middle half earns $30,060 to $40,860
- $34,700 median for Richmond metro area; middle half earns $27,680 to $41,780
- $34,000 median for Harrisonburg metro area; middle half earns $30,850 to $39,780
- $33,970 median for Lynchburg metro area; middle half earns $31,460 to $41,760
- $33,770 median for Winchester metro area; middle half earns $28,750 to $38,360
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 Southside Virginia 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.