The annual salary statistics of recreational therapists in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of recreational therapists in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 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 | $46,170 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $50,970 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $64,670 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $81,050 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $97,470 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for recreational therapists in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $97,470. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $64,670. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $46,170.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of recreational therapists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $64,670 | 6.59% | 18.54% |
| 2021 | $60,410 | 2.83% | - |
| 2020 | $58,700 | 0.83% | - |
| 2019 | $58,210 | 2.85% | - |
| 2018 | $56,550 | 3.06% | - |
| 2017 | $54,820 | -0.31% | - |
| 2016 | $54,990 | 1.16% | - |
| 2015 | $54,350 | 2.30% | - |
| 2014 | $53,100 | 1.68% | - |
| 2013 | $52,210 | -0.90% | - |
| 2012 | $52,680 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $64,670, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the second highest paying city for recreational therapists in state of New York, following the highest paying city Buffalo-Niagara Falls (median annual salary of $64,740). Compared with Buffalo-Niagara Falls, the median annual salary of recreational therapists in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is .1 percent (.1%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Buffalo-Niagara Falls | |
| New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island | |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | |
| Rochester | |
| Utica-Rome | |
| Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown | |
| New York-White Plains-Wayne | |
| Ithaca | |
| Syracuse | |
| Nassau-Suffolk | |
| Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Binghamton | |
| Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area | |
| Elmira |