How much do activity directors make?

To earn these salaries, activity directors manage the events that facilities put on; this can include organizing group activities, such as craft classes, musical performances, or sporting events.

The biggest employer of activity directors is local governments, which paid a mean salary of about $42,000 per year, or over $22 per hour. Other big employers are nursing care facilities as well as civic and social organizations.

The best-paying jobs for activity directors are with the federal government, which typically pays around $50,000 per year. This is followed by the state government, averaging $45,000 per year.

Areas of high population density offered the most job opportunities and the highest pay. The most populous state is California, where pay for activity directors is around $50,000 a year. New York, Florida, Illinois, and Ohio followed. Topping the list for high pay was in the city of San Mateo, CA, which had an average salary of around $70,000 per year.