Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling in Missouri
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,664
after federal, FICA and Missouri tax
Tax takes
$18,956
22.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,469
Missouri costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Missouri — 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
$83,620
Kept after tax
$64,664
Worth in national money
$70,469
State rank
12
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Missouri pays this job a middle wage of $83,620, ranking 12 of 47 states and sitting about 5.16% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 488 occupations Missouri reports, this job comes in at 87 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Missouri is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $83,620 the take-home is $64,664; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $70,469 would nationally. The average comes to $88,010, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Missouri's median for entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling is $83,620, about 5.16% above the national figure and 12 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.
- Entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling ranks 87 of 488 occupations by median in Missouri, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling in Missouri, on $83,620, is $64,664 — equivalent to $70,469 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 $88,010 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 | $48,740 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $130,830 |
| This salary | $83,620 |
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 Missouri | $64,664 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,657 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$846 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $79,366 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,168 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $83,620 as a midpoint for Missouri, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $48,740 and the ninetieth is $130,830 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $64,664 take-home in Missouri comes from $83,620. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 87 of 488.
- One number stands for prices across all of Missouri, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $70,469, the adjusted value of that $83,620 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 87 of 488 in the state.
- The Missouri median of $83,620 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $48,740 to $130,830. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $64,664, from $83,620, assumes a single Missouri filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 87 of 488 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 47 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Missouri, so $70,469 — the adjusted value of that $83,620 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 87 of 488 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 $88,010 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $48,740 at the bottom tenth to $130,830 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Missouri sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $70,469 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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; Missouri then takes its own share, leaving $64,664.
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 Missouri is $88,010. 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 ($48,740) and the ninetieth ($130,830) 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?
Missouri'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 $70,469 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 $64,664 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Missouri 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.