Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling in District of Columbia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$82,264
after federal, FICA and District of Columbia tax
Tax takes
$31,666
27.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,243
District of Columbia costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in District of Columbia — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$113,930
Kept after tax
$82,264
Worth in national money
$74,243
State rank
1
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. District of Columbia pays this job a middle wage of $113,930, ranking 1 of 47 states and sitting about 43.27% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in District of Columbia. It ranks 67 out of 390 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $113,930, tax leaves $82,264 — and because District of Columbia is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $74,243 would nationally. Averages run higher here, $114,770, since top earners drag the number up.
- District of Columbia's median for entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling is $113,930, about 43.27% above the national figure and 1 of 47 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within District of Columbia, entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling ranks 67 of 390 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After tax, $82,264 remains from the District of Columbia median of $113,930 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $74,243 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $114,770 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,430 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $113,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $166,430 |
| This salary | $113,930 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in District of Columbia | $82,264 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $88,980 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$17,324 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $104,384 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$23,929 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 111 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling in District of Columbia earn under $113,930 and half over. The published range runs $60,430 at the tenth percentile to $166,430 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In District of Columbia the take-home figure of $82,264, from $113,930, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 67 of 390 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of District of Columbia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $74,243, the adjusted value of that $113,930 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 67 of 390 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling in District of Columbia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $60,430 to $166,430; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for District of Columbia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $82,264 from $113,930. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 67 of 390 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for District of Columbia, so $74,243 — the adjusted value of that $113,930 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 67 of 390 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $60,430, the highest tenth $166,430, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in District of Columbia run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $74,243 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and District of Columbia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $82,264 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($60,430) and the ninetieth ($166,430) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
District of Columbia's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $74,243 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $82,264 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and District of Columbia income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.