Recreation Workers Salary in Durham, NC

Recreation Workers pay range in Durham

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $23,190 a year or less, while the top 10% make $51,780 or more. The middle half of recreation workers in Durham earn between $24,000 and $39,690.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Recreation Workers salary after taxes in Durham

On the average salary of $35,140, a single filer in Durham takes home about $29,522 a year, or $2,460 a month and $1,135 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Durham a good place for recreation workers? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Durham area are 2% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 97.6), so the average $35,140 buys what about $36,014 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.5 times the median wage of all jobs in Durham ($60,720). A typical home costs $414,340, or 11.8 years of this average salary before tax.

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Recreation Workers salary in other North Carolina cities

Durham ranks 8th of 15 North Carolina metro areas for this job; Asheville pays the most ($39,420).

All Recreation Workers salaries in North Carolina

Highest-paying cities for recreation workers

Fairbanks, AK pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($61,070).

Recreation Workers salary by city

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• First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$52,650 a year
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