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Recreation Therapist Supervisor pay range

State of Washington · class code 306L

$59,760 to $80,496 per year$59,760$80,496MINIMUM · MIDPOINT $70,128 · MAXIMUM

Published per year range, State of Washington

Class code
306L
Salary range
53
Pay unit
Year
State
Washington

Step progression

Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) assigns this class to salary range 53 in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 13 steps; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.

BasisABCDEFGHIJKLM
Annual$59,760$61,332$62,880$64,512$66,072$67,704$69,348$71,136$72,900$74,748$76,608$78,504$80,496
Monthly$4,980$5,111$5,240$5,376$5,506$5,642$5,779$5,928$6,075$6,229$6,384$6,542$6,708
Hourly$28.62$29.37$30.11$30.90$31.64$32.43$33.21$34.07$34.91$35.80$36.69$37.60$38.55

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

Coordinates clinical activities and student fieldwork programs within a recreation therapy division. Supervises recreation therapists and/or others; directs the work of recreation therapy students and volunteers. Performs assessments; plans and directs recreational therapy clinical services.

Examples of the work

Performs complex assessments of patients in a specialty service and recommends appropriate and/or performs therapeutic recreation plan of care; Develops and monitors treatment protocols, clinical programs, and quality assurance activities; Develops, markets, implements, and evaluates student programs; instructs, directs the work of, and evaluates recreation therapy students; Assists with the development and submission of budget requests; oversees the division's budget; solicits external funding to support therapeutic programs in conjunction with other medical center departments; Assists in ensuring compliance with relevant accreditation and other standards; Interviews and recommends selectio ...

Minimum qualifications

Graduation from an accredited Therapeutic Recreation Program AND Three years of clinical experience as a Recreation Therapist 2, one year of which must be in a specialty service 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.

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