Program Director (Recreation)
Impact: Community Development
Plans, organizes, and directs recreation programs and activities for a community, organization, or facility. This includes developing program content, managing budgets, supervising staff, and ensuring participant safety and satisfaction.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Extensive
- Team vs solo
- 70% Team, 30% Solo
- Client facing
- Always
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- Low
- Schedule flexibility
- Moderate
- Remote work
- Limited Remote
- Typical work hours
- 40
- Stress level
- Moderate
At a glance
- Median salary
- $65,000
- Entry-level
- $45,000
- Senior
- $90,000
- Growth by 2033
- 7%
- Demand
- Stable
- Freelance potential
- Low
- Salary growth potential
- 38%
- Typical student debt
- $25,000 - $40,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Program Management
- Budgeting
- Event Planning
Soft skills
- Leadership
- Communication
- Problem-Solving
Technical complexity: Moderate
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 5
- Years to senior
- 10
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Recreation Coordinator
- Program Manager
- Program Director
- Department Head
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 5%
- AI disruption risk
- Low
- Demand trend
- Stable
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 3.8/10
- Meaning
- 4/10
- Work-life balance
- 3.5/10
- Prestige
- 7.5/10
- Social perception
- Very High