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PARKS 



Salaries. 



There is a considerable variation in the salaries paid recreation workers. 

 A compilation of salaries made by the P. R. A. A. in a limited number of 

 cities shows the following facts: 



Salaries of recreation executives. 1 In 76 cities with population of over 

 50,000, ten women receive salaries ranging from $2,700 to $4,400, three 

 receiving $2,700, three $3,600; sixty-six men receive salaries ranging from 

 $2,500 to $6,500, eleven receiving $3,000, twelve, $3,600, and ten, $4,200 

 to $5,000. In 58 cities with population of 5,000 to 50,000, sixteen women 

 receive salaries ranging from $1,800 to $3,600, nine receiving from $2,400 

 to $3,000; forty-two men receive salaries ranging from $2,200 to $4,500, 

 eighteen receiving $2,200 to $3,000, twenty, $3,000 to $4,000. These figures 

 show that 97 cities of the 134 mentioned are paying salaries above $3,000. 

 The salaries of greatest frequency are between $3,000 and $4,000. For 

 other staff positions the salary range in the city study is as follows: Recre- 

 ation supervisor, from $1,200 to $3,500; recreation director, from $100 a 

 month to $2,500 a year. Play leader or recreation assistant, from $60 a 

 month to $1,800 a year. 



The following table shows the salaries paid in a few of the cities in 

 which community recreation is under the administration of the Park 

 Department: 



SALARIES OF RECREATION WORKERS 



* Per month, t Per week. + Per hour. Per day. 



1 Athletic Directors. 



2 Boat Attendants. 



Training of Workers. 



Even when workers of experience are secured, it is important that a 

 continuous process of education be kept up. In some instances it is not 

 possible to secure thoroughly trained workers, and intensive training methods 

 must be used. Frequently before the opening of the summer playground 

 season, institutes a few days in duration are held. Very often such institutes 

 are opened to volunteers to carry back to their own groups churches, 



1 These figures include cities in which park departments are conducting recreation, but in many of them the 

 workers are under the administration of other bodies. 



