Recreation Therapist 2 pay range
State of Washington · class code 306J
- Class code
- 306J
- Salary range
- 49
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Recreation Therapist 2 is $54,204 to $72,900 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 306J.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Step progression
Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) assigns this class to salary range 49 in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 13 steps; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.
| Basis | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $54,204 | $55,596 | $56,952 | $58,392 | $59,760 | $61,332 | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 |
| Monthly | $4,517 | $4,633 | $4,746 | $4,866 | $4,980 | $5,111 | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 |
| Hourly | $25.96 | $26.63 | $27.28 | $27.97 | $28.62 | $29.37 | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 |
Steps as published. The monthly and hourly rows are the state's own, not conversions of the annual row.
Class specification
The OFM classified job specification for this class is published by Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM). The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications.
What the state says the job is
Provides therapeutic recreational services to patients with complex conditions or injuries in a specialty service such as burns, brain injury, pain, and mental health. Assesses, plans, develops, implements, and modifies therapeutic recreation services as referred by a physician. Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary team.
Examples of the work
Performs complex assessments of patients in a specialty service; plans, organizes and implements therapeutic recreation plan of care to meet individual patient needs; implements intervention techniques to bring about specific behavioral change or improvement in patients; Facilitates improvement of social, cognitive, emotional and physical functional abilities; Instructs the patient in adapting to the recreational and community environment; Organizes and leads recreational therapy activities both in and outside of the hospital environment; Confers with the interdisciplinary team, individual patients, and family members to develop and recommend patients' therapeutic recreational program; Direc ...
Minimum qualifications
Graduation from an accredited Therapeutic Recreation Program AND 18 months of professional therapeutic recreation experience OR Equivalent education/experience.
Quoted from the OFM classified job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) publishes this figure in Classified Job Listing joined to the OFM salary schedules effective July 1, 2026. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The dollar figures come from the salary schedule the listing assigns this range to.
Nearby classes in Washington
Recreation Therapist 2 in other states
| State | Minimum | Maximum | Per year at full time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | $3,631 | $5,434 | $43,572 to $65,208 |
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.