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Average Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, And Other Recreational Protective Service Workers Salary in Missouri

Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, And Other Recreational Protective Service Workers in Missouri earn a median annual salary of $29,190, which is -13.4% compared to the national median. There are 3,230 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Missouri (state).

$29,190
Missouri median annual wage
$14/hour median
-13.4%
Difference vs national median
National median is $33,720
3,230
Local employment
1.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.19
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$26,170
25th
$27,420
Median
$29,190
75th
$31,110
90th
$33,910

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Missouri, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
90.8%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$32,142
Goods: 96.3%
Services: 79.4%
Rents: 69.9%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
District of Columbia$58,640Compare350
Hawaii$55,540Compare620
California$42,520Compare21,730
Washington$38,510Compare3,870
Massachusetts$36,830Compare2,340
Colorado$36,290Compare5,220

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Missouri

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Nurse Anesthetists$221,5501.27
Dentists, All Other Specialists$217,4000.27
Family Medicine Physicians$216,9901.21
Pediatricians, General$215,0400.21
Physicians, Pathologists$213,4302.95
Physicists$180,4500.22
Chief Executives$158,9301.01
Judges, Magistrate Judges, And Magistrates$156,2101.13

Missouri has salary data for 751 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, And Other Recreational Protective Service Workers in Missouri

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, And Other Recreational Protective Service Workers are projected to change by +5.8% from 2024 to 2034, with 42,700 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.