Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers
SOC 33-9092 · 2024-2034
Monitor recreational areas, such as pools, beaches, or ski slopes, to provide assistance and protection to participants.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $43,802per year
- Projected openings
- 65,250
- Projected change
- +7.6%
- Usually needs
- No formal educational credential
Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth
The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Monitoring
- Speaking
- Social Perceptiveness
- Service Orientation
- Learning Strategies
- Active Listening
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $46,475 | 3,570 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $45,092 | 2,920 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $44,795 | 17,020 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $44,685 | 200 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $44,524 | 17,440 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $44,418 | 8,250 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $43,472 | 450 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $42,412 | 510 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $41,585 | 490 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $40,386 | 1,250 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $40,335 | 3,870 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $40,276 | 3,480 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $39,975 | 1,030 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $39,852 | 880 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $39,471 | 670 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $38,792 | 240 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $38,669 | 540 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $38,587 | 750 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $37,918 | 2,500 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $36,982 | 610 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $36,725 | 860 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $36,067 | 230 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $35,769 | 210 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $34,771 | 260 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | Not reported | 290 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | Not reported | 210 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firefighters | $87,276 | 25,610 | +5% |
| Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians | $36,941 | 1,770 | +7.1% |
| Emergency Medical Technicians | $47,678 | 19,450 | +15% |
| Security Guards | $44,335 | 264,160 | +3.3% |
| Occupational Health and Safety Specialists | $105,719 | 19,550 | +16.4% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers | $130,863 | 5,620 | +4.9% |
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