Recreation, sports and fitness facilities present unique challenges to the folks who run them every day. Some of those challenges are minor and relatively simple to fix, while others are big problems that require big investments.

Lately I've been thinking a lot about aging and curiosity—how as our numbers of years on the planet increase, for many of us, our curiosity and excitement over trying new things (or rediscovering old things) fades away and we become more rigid about what (we think) we like and dislike.

In our annual Salary Survey, based on responses from more than 2,100 professionals in the recreation, sports and fitness industry, we see how salaries are inching up, along with happiness at work.

The other day, on one of my regular walks through the woods by the house I've lived in for more than a decade, I suddenly realized that I'd never been to the top of "Mt. Trash."

More than 2,100 professionals responded to our call for information about their facilities, operations, programming, staffing and more. Here, we summarize their responses.