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Recreational therapist pay at Select Medical

Select Medical posts $27–$32 an hour for recreational therapists, a median of $27 across 5 open jobs that state their pay, $6.25 below the $33.25 other employers post. Read from Select Medical's own job board.

$27
Median posted /hr
$27–$32
Lowest to highest /hr
$56,200
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$33.25
Other employers' median

The jobs themselves: Select Medical jobs · Recreational therapist pay nationwide · About Select Medical

What recreational therapists are paid at Select Medical

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Posted hourly rates of 5 open jobs at Select Medical. Lowest posted $27, highest $32.

Posted on open jobs at Select Medical

$27–$30/hr

Middle half of the employer's 5 jobs stating pay, median $27. 83% of the 6 open recreational therapist jobs at Select Medical state an hourly rate.

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Every range Select Medical posts

Each distinct hourly range on its open jobs, with how many jobs post it. Pay differs by unit, shift and experience.

Select Medical recreational therapist pay by state

StateMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Texas$27$273
Arizona$30$301
New Jersey$32$321

A state's name opens what every employer posts for recreational therapists there, when enough do.

Against other employers

Select Medical's own jobs beside every other employer's rates for recreational therapists (each of their advertised ranges once).

Select Medical

$27/hr median

Middle half $27–$30, from 5 jobs stating pay.

23 other employers

$33.25/hr median

Middle half $27–$39, from 28 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open recreational therapist jobs at Select Medical

Its open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight.

Recreational therapist pay at Select Medical: common questions

How much does Select Medical pay recreational therapists?

Select Medical's open recreational therapist jobs post $27–$32 an hour, a median of $27 over 5 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Full time that is about $56,200 a year. Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does Select Medical pay recreational therapists more than other employers?

Its posted median ($27) is $6.25 below the median of 23 other employers' rates for recreational therapists ($33.25, middle half $27–$39). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where does Select Medical pay recreational therapists the most?

By the median of its jobs in each state: New Jersey ($32, 1 jobs), Arizona ($30, 1 jobs) and Texas ($27, 3 jobs).

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 5 of 6 open recreational therapist jobs at Select Medical (83%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Other pay at Select Medical

Recreational therapist pay at other employers

Recreational therapist salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint, every job of the employer counted once. The other employers' figures count each of their advertised ranges once. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. An employer has a page while it states a rate on at least 5 open jobs in the occupation. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Recreational therapist pay at Select Medical. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/recreational-therapist/select-medical

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