City of Las Vegas / Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs Parks Recreation and Cultural Affairs / Recreation Leader
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
1 employee holds this title in Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs Parks Recreation and Cultural Affairs. Median total compensation for the role is $81,703, above the department median of $81,703.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV area, the median wage for Recreation Workers — about 1,700 people — is $28,850. Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs Parks Recreation and Cultural Affairs pays a median base salary of $50,501 for this role, 75% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Recreation Workers across every employer in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs Parks Recreation and Cultural Affairs’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Recreation Workers — about 331,490 people — is $36,560. Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs Parks Recreation and Cultural Affairs’s median base salary is 38% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs Parks Recreation and Cultural Affairs is $81,703, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
Recreation Leader is held in 7 City of Las Vegas departments. In Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs Parks Recreation and Cultural Affairs, the median of $81,703 ranks #3 of 7.
Median total compensation for the Recreation Leader role in other City of Las Vegasdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 10 jurisdictions. In City of Las Vegas, the median of $83,870 ranks #1 of 10. See Recreation Leader across all of City of Las Vegas →
Median total compensation for comparable Recreation Leader roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Recreation Leader/Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs Parks Recreation and Cultural Affairs
Source-specific fields
Teresa Alvarez works as a Recreation Leader for Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs Parks Recreation and Cultural Affairs within Cea. Teresa earned $81,703 in 2022.