Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,777
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$15,593
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,857
Nevada costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Nevada — 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
$82,370
Kept after tax
$66,777
Worth in national money
$68,857
State rank
16
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nevada is 16 of 47 states for this job, with a middle wage of $82,370. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Nevada. It ranks 115 out of 485 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Nevada does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $82,370 you keep $66,777, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $68,857 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $89,080, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Nevada ranks 16 of 47 for entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling at $82,370. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Nevada, entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling ranks 115 of 485 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 federal, FICA and Nevada income tax, retained pay for entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling on $82,370 is $66,777. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $68,857 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $89,080 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $130,010 |
| This salary | $82,370 |
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 Nevada | $66,777 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $66,777 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$138 |
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 | $82,370 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$191 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Nevada earn less than $82,370. The published range is $35,410 up to $130,010, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nevada's $66,777, worked from $82,370. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 115 of 485.
- Two cautions on $68,857, the adjusted value of that $82,370 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Nevada. 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 115 of 485 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling in Nevada the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,410 to $130,010. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Nevada take-home of $66,777, on $82,370 for work ranking 115 of 485 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 115 of 485 in the state.
- This $68,857 adjusted figure, worked from $82,370, 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 115 of 485 in the state. The occupation ranks 115 of 485 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 $89,080 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $35,410, the highest tenth $130,010, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $68,857.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $66,777 survives, because Nevada levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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.
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 Nevada is $89,080. 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 ($35,410) and the ninetieth ($130,010) 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?
Nevada'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 $68,857 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Nevada levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $66,777 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.