Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$68,340
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$21,250
23.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$62,764
New Jersey costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New Jersey — 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
$89,590
Kept after tax
$68,340
Worth in national money
$62,764
State rank
8
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Jersey is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $89,590, which ranks 8 of 47 states with published figures. That is about 12.66% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations New Jersey reports figures for, this is number 138.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $89,590 the take-home is $68,340; in national-average money that behaves like $62,764. The average comes to $100,930, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New Jersey ranks 8 of 47 states publishing a median for entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling, at $89,590 — about 12.66% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In New Jersey's occupational distribution, entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling sits at 138 of 490 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Take-home for entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling in New Jersey, on $89,590, is $68,340; deflated by the state's price level, $62,764. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $100,930 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 | $62,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $89,590 |
| Top tenth earn over | $161,580 |
| This salary | $89,590 |
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 New Jersey | $68,340 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $71,857 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,181 |
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 | $84,591 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,445 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in New Jersey earn less than $89,590. The published range is $62,500 up to $161,580, 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 New Jersey's $68,340, worked from $89,590. 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 138 of 490.
- Two cautions on $62,764, the adjusted value of that $89,590 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New Jersey. 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 138 of 490 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling in New Jersey the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $62,500 to $161,580. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The New Jersey take-home of $68,340, on $89,590 for work ranking 138 of 490 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 138 of 490 in the state.
- This $62,764 adjusted figure, worked from $89,590, 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 138 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 138 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $100,930, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $62,500 at the bottom tenth to $161,580 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $62,764 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and New Jersey's own levy, $68,340 remains.
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 New Jersey is $100,930. 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 ($62,500) and the ninetieth ($161,580) 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?
New Jersey's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $62,764 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 $68,340 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New Jersey 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.