Senior-Level

Park Worker Supervisor

At a city or county park system, state park, or comparable outdoor-recreation organization, you supervise park workers โ€” overseeing maintenance crews, ground staff, and seasonal workers, managing the operational work that keeps parks safe and functional.

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Conventionalorganizing, detail-oriented
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Job markets for Park Worker Supervisors
Employment concentration ยท ~400 areas
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What it's like

What it's like to be a Park Worker Supervisor

Most days mix crew supervision, operational rounds, and the steady cadence of facility-maintenance work โ€” sitting with crews on the day's tasks, walking the parks to check conditions, coordinating with park leadership on capital and maintenance priorities, handling visitor-service issues that surface. Park-condition standards, safety performance, and team development shape the visible measures.

What gets demanding is the seasonal-cycle pattern โ€” park supervision compresses dramatically around summer peak visitor season and major events, and the supervisor carries operational responsibility through those periods. Variance across employers is wide: large urban park systems run with mature operations; smaller parks concentrate the work on a smaller team; specialized parks (botanical gardens, historic sites) run with distinct operational rhythms.

This role tends to fit folks who carry outdoor-operations comfort, supervisory craft, and the patient relational instincts that managing seasonal workforces requires. Parks-and-recreation credentials and growing supervisory experience anchor advancement. The trade-off is the outdoor-work conditions through all seasons and the seasonal-intensity that park operations involve.

IndependenceAbove avg
SupportModerate
AchievementModerate
RelationshipsModerate
Working ConditionsModerate
RecognitionLower
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Career Paths

Where this role sits in the broader career landscape โ€” and where it can take you.

$239K$179K$119K$60K$0KLower paying387 metro areas, sorted by salary level
All experience levels1
This level's estimated range
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1 BLS OEWS May 2024 covers all Park Worker Supervisors (SOC 11-9072.00, 39-1014.00, 45-1011.00), not just this title ยท BEA RPP 2023
* Top salaries exceed this figure. BLS caps reported wages at ~$240K to protect individual privacy in high-earning roles.
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The Broader Landscape

Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape โ€” helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.

$33Kโ€“$135K
Salary Range
10th โ€“ 90th percentile
159K
U.S. Employment
+5.5%
10yr Growth
27K
Annual Openings

How this category is changing

$74K$71K$68K$65K$62K201920202021202220232024$62K$74K
BLS OEWS May 2024 ยท BLS Employment Projections 2024โ€“2034

Skills & Requirements

SpeakingActive ListeningCoordinationService OrientationCritical ThinkingCoordinationReading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingSocial PerceptivenessSpeaking
O*NET OnLine ยท Bureau of Labor Statistics
11-9072.0039-1014.0045-1011.00

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Federal data: BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (May 2024) ยท BLS Employment Projections ยท O*NET OnLine
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