In a January commentary we reviewed Recreational Therapist Pay in the Top 20 Metro Markets. As is the case with many healthcare professions, the major metro areas in the U.S. are the top centers for recreational therapist employment. However, smaller metro markets sometimes provide better pay opportunities for recreational therapists. May 2019 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reveals that less than half of the 20 largest metropolitan areas in the nation were among the 20 best metro markets for recreational therapist pay:
| Metropolitan Area | # Employed | Annual Mean Wages | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 90 | $83,590 | ||
| 2 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 60 | $82,800 | ||
| 3 | Fresno, CA | 60 | $82,170 | ||
| 4 | Salinas, CA | 30 | $80,550 | ||
| 5 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario (#) | 170 | $79,780 | ||
| 6 | Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade | 60 | $75,550 | ||
| 7 | San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward (#) | 120 | $74,200 | ||
| 8 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (#) | 510 | $72,740 | ||
| 9 | New Haven, CT | 50 | $69,090 | ||
| 10 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue (#) | 130 | $68,180 | ||
| 11 | Duluth, MN-WI | N/A | $64,620 | ||
| 12 | Urban Honolulu, HI | 30 | $64,240 | ||
| 13 | San Diego-Carlsbad, CA (#) | 150 | $62,770 | ||
| 14 | New York-Newark-Jersey City (#) | 1,360 | $59,750 | ||
| 15 | Hartford-West Harford-East Hartford, CT | 190 | $59,530 | ||
| 16 | Boston-Cambridge-Nashua (#) | 600 | $59,210 | ||
| 17 | Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 30 | $58,840 | ||
| 18 | Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 30 | $58,650 | ||
| 19 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 50 | $58,430 | ||
| 20 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington (#) | 240 | $57,590 | ||
| National | 19,070 | $51,130 | |||
(#) a top 20 U.S metro population area
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data extracted on January 1, 2021
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