Activity Therapist 3

Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.

75 employees hold this title in Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of. Median total compensation for the role is $52,007, above the department median of $43,959.

Employees: 75
Total payroll: $3.4M
Role median: $52,007
Agency median: $43,959
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$2,167$63,105+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 75 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Activity Therapist 3 pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Recreational Therapists — about 530 people — is $52,010. Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of pays a median base salary of $52,007 for this role, in line with that figure — about the 50th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$29,330

$47,340

$52,010

$64,360

$92,500

Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of median · $52,007

The bar is the range of annual wages for Recreational Therapists across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Recreational Therapists — about 14,930 people — is $61,960. Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of’s median base salary is 16% below that national figure, about the 29th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$40,990

$50,240

$61,960

$79,930

$100,420

Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of median · $52,007

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 Georgia range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 77 of 90 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Department Of is $50,957, 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 jurisdictions

Activity Therapist beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $50,350 ranks #3 of 3. See Activity Therapist across all of Georgia →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Illinois

$72,400 · 41

South Carolina

$59,035 · 9

Median total compensation for comparable Activity Therapist 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.

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