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Recreational Therapists pay in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC and Stockton-Lodi, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Recreational Therapists is $52,010 per year in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. It is $115,330 per year in Stockton-Lodi, CA. Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC is 54.9% below Stockton-Lodi, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1125 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 40 wage and salary jobs in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC and 50 in Stockton-Lodi, CA. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings