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Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers pay in Fort Wayne, IN and Kahului-Wailuku, HI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers is $28,720 per year in Fort Wayne, IN. It is $64,030 per year in Kahului-Wailuku, HI. Fort Wayne, IN is 55.1% below Kahului-Wailuku, HI 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 270 wage and salary jobs in Fort Wayne, IN and 110 in Kahului-Wailuku, HI. 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.