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Recreation Aide pay range

State of Ohio · class code 18531

Published per hour range, State of Ohio

Class code: 18531
Pay range: 4
Pay unit: Hour
Bargaining unit: 4
State: Ohio

The State of Ohio published pay range for Recreation Aide is $20.78 to $22.29 per hour.
That works out to about $43,222 to $46,363 a year at full time.
Ohio Department of Administrative Services (DAS) keys this classification as class code 18531.
This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.

Step progression

Ohio Department of Administrative Services (DAS) assigns this class to pay range 4 in the DAS Pay Range Booklet. The range pays 4 steps; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated. It sits in bargaining unit code 4.

Basis	1	2	3	4
Annual	$43,222	$44,262	$45,406	$46,363
Hourly	$20.78	$21.28	$21.83	$22.29

Steps as published. The hourly figure is the state's own; the annual row is that rate at 2080 hours a year, which the state does not publish.

The same range, converted

Basis	Minimum	Maximum
Per hour	$20.78	$22.29
Per week at 40 hours	$831.20	$891.60
Per year at 2080 hours	$43,222	$46,363

Conversions are arithmetic on the published rate at a standard full-time basis. The plan publishes only the per hour figure.

Where this comes from

Ohio Department of Administrative Services (DAS) publishes this figure in DAS Pay Range Booklet, published 2026-09-08. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.

Nearby classes in Ohio

Data Technician 1 $20.30 to $22.29 Mail Clerk/Messenger $20.78 to $22.29 Commissary Worker 1 $20.78 to $22.29 Mechanical Stores Clerk $20.78 to $22.29 Campground Attendant $20.30 to $22.29 Food Service Coordinator 1 $20.78 to $22.29 Activities Aide $20.78 to $22.29 Maintenance Repair Worker 1 $20.78 to $22.29

Recreation Aide in other states

State	Minimum	Maximum	Per year at full time
Kentucky	$2,281	$3,649	$27,370 to $43,792
Nebraska	$15.35	$22.62	$31,920 to $47,054
New Jersey	$38,928	$55,860	$38,928 to $55,860

Each state publishes its own range for a classification with this exact title. Duties, grade structures and bargaining units differ between states, so read each class page before comparing.

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