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Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers pay in District of Columbia and West Virginia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers is $60,400 per year in District of Columbia. It is $24,670 per year in West Virginia. District of Columbia is 144.8% above West Virginia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 33-9092 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 290 wage and salary jobs in District of Columbia and 450 in West Virginia. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.