Recreation Workers Salary in Salem, OR

Recreation Workers pay range in Salem

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $31,170 a year or less, while the top 10% make $56,440 or more. The middle half of recreation workers in Salem earn between $33,280 and $47,260.

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

Recreation Workers salary after taxes in Salem

On the average salary of $41,760, a single filer in Salem takes home about $32,885 a year, or $2,740 a month and $1,265 every two weeks. Taxes take 21% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). Portland-area Metro and Multnomah County taxes and the 0.1% statewide transit tax are not included.

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

Prices in the Salem area are 4% above the U.S. average (BEA price parity 103.6), so the average $41,760 buys what about $40,290 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Salem ($55,310). A typical home costs $454,689, or 10.9 years of this average salary before tax.

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Recreation Workers salary in other Oregon cities

Salem ranks 4th of 8 Oregon metro areas for this job; Bend pays the most ($46,360).

All Recreation Workers salaries in Oregon

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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