Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,573
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$13,317
20.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,819
Michigan costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Michigan — 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
$65,890
Kept after tax
$52,573
Worth in national money
$55,819
State rank
41
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Michigan is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $65,890, ranking 41 of 47 states — about 17.14% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 183 among 493 occupations Michigan publishes pay for.
- Michigan is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $65,890 the take-home is $52,573; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $55,819 would nationally. The average comes to $74,450, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Michigan ranks 41 of 47 for entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling, with a median of $65,890 — about 17.14% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Position 183 of 493 in Michigan 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.
- Post-tax income for entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling in Michigan, on $65,890, is $52,573 — equivalent to $55,819 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $74,450 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $111,480 |
| This salary | $65,890 |
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 Michigan | $52,573 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,123 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$906 |
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 | $62,717 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,095 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $65,890 as a midpoint for Michigan, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $40,970 and the ninetieth is $111,480 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Michigan the take-home figure of $52,573, from $65,890, 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 183 of 493 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $55,819, the adjusted value of that $65,890 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Michigan. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 183 of 493 locally.
- The Michigan median of $65,890 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $40,970 to $111,480. 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 Michigan is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $52,573 from $65,890. 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 183 of 493 locally.
- This $55,819 adjusted figure, worked from $65,890, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 183 of 493 in the state. The occupation ranks 183 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $74,450 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $40,970 and the top tenth $111,480 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Michigan is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $55,819 in national terms.
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; Michigan then takes its own share, leaving $52,573.
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.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Michigan is $74,450. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($40,970) and the ninetieth ($111,480) 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.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Michigan's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $55,819 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $52,573 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Michigan 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.