Recreation Therapist

Across all employers in Maine, the median wage for Recreational Therapists — about 40 people — is $57,560. Department of Health&Human Services Rpc pays a median base salary of $64,445 for this role, 12% above that figure — about the 60th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Department of Health&Human Services Rpc is $81,232, 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.

Recreation Therapist is held in 2 Maine departments. In Department of Health&Human Services Rpc, the median of $81,232 ranks #1 of 2.

This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In Maine, the median of $78,358 ranks #3 of 5. See Recreation Therapist across all of Maine →