Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers

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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 $16 per hour with an average salary of $33,500 per year.
  • Half of workers earn between $15 and $16 per hour.
  • Half of workers earn an annual salary between $30,200 and $34,300 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.

Growth rate by year

Education needed

These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

Programs to get you there

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