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What recreation therapists make
Typical
$62,000
Diploma grad, care home
$45,000
Senior hospital therapist
$85,000
These are estimates. Job Bank has no page for this job; it pools recreation therapists with other therapy technicians, where the national median is $26.85 an hour, about $56,000 a year. Alberta's own survey puts recreation therapists higher, at an average of about $37 an hour, roughly $77,000 at full-time hours, with a start near $29. Ontario hospital and care-home grids fall between the two.