Recreation Therapist Duties and Responsibilities: Recreation therapists employ leisure activities to help patients with disabilities or illnesses. Salary: $45,890 Education:Bachelor's degree in therapeutic recreation or recreation with a therapeutic concentration Demand for this particular career: This career is expected to grow 12% Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not? No I would not like to be one because they require to much schooling for me. I also wouldn't because they don't make that much money.