Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling in Hawaii
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,201
after federal, FICA and Hawaii tax
Tax takes
$19,959
24.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,350
Hawaii costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Hawaii — 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
$81,160
Kept after tax
$61,201
Worth in national money
$56,350
State rank
18
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Hawaii pays this job around $81,160 at the midpoint, 18 of 47 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 130 among 437 occupations Hawaii publishes pay for.
- Hawaii is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $81,160 the take-home is $61,201; in national-average money that behaves like $56,350. The average lands at $80,660, below the middle of the range.
- For entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling the Hawaii median is $81,160, ranking 18 of 47 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 130 of 437 in Hawaii places entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Take-home for entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling in Hawaii, on $81,160, is $61,201; deflated by the state's price level, $56,350. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $80,660 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $107,740 |
| This salary | $81,160 |
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 Hawaii | $61,201 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,926 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,493 |
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 | $74,444 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,724 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $81,160 as a midpoint for Hawaii, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,820 and the ninetieth is $107,740 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Hawaii the take-home figure of $61,201, from $81,160, 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 130 of 437 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $56,350 uses one figure for the whole of Hawaii. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 437 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 130.
- The Hawaii median of $81,160 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,820 to $107,740. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Hawaii is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $61,201 from $81,160. 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 130 of 437 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $56,350, worked from $81,160, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Hawaii address, on work sitting at 130 of 437 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $50,820 and the top tenth $107,740, so most people doing this work in Hawaii sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Hawaii run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $56,350 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Hawaii then takes its own share, leaving $61,201.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 47 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($50,820 to $107,740) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Hawaii rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Hawaii's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $56,350 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 $61,201 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Hawaii 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.