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Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers
Monitor recreational areas, such as pools, beaches, or ski slopes, to provide assistance and protection to participants.
What a lifeguard, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service worker does
Become a lifeguard, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service worker
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good lifeguard, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service worker
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
- Talking to others.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $21 per hour with an average salary of $33,500 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $17 and $21 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $2,000 and $7,400 per year.
- 19% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $20 per hour with an average salary of $11,900 per year.
Lifeguard, Ski Patrol, And Other Recreational Protective Service Worker job outlook
- There are 2,059 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 610 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 5% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 22% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.