The annual salary statistics of recreational therapists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of recreational therapists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $66,570 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $72,050 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $79,490 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $85,570 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $98,710 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for recreational therapists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $98,710. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $79,490. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $66,570.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of recreational therapists from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $79,490 | 0.67% | 8.48% |
| 2016 | $78,960 | 2.93% | - |
| 2015 | $76,650 | 2.18% | - |
| 2014 | $74,980 | 1.00% | - |
| 2013 | $74,230 | 1.99% | - |
| 2012 | $72,750 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $79,490 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for recreational therapists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of recreational therapists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 18.2 percent (18.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Stockton and 54.1 percent (54.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.