Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,246
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$10,194
17.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,548
Ohio costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Ohio — 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
$58,440
Kept after tax
$48,246
Worth in national money
$52,548
State rank
45
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Ohio is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $58,440, ranking 45 of 47 states — about 26.51% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 249 among 494 occupations Ohio publishes pay for.
- Here is where Ohio does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $58,440 you keep $48,246, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $52,548 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $64,760, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Ohio ranks 45 of 47 for entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling, with a median of $58,440 — about 26.51% 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 249 of 494 in Ohio 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.
- After federal, FICA and Ohio income tax, retained pay for entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling on $58,440 is $48,246. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $52,548 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 $64,760 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 | $39,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,250 |
| This salary | $58,440 |
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 Ohio | $48,246 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,137 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,983 |
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 | $57,331 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,399 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling in Ohio earn under $58,440 and half over. The published range runs $39,760 at the tenth percentile to $98,250 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $48,246 take-home in Ohio comes from $58,440. 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 249 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $52,548 uses one figure for the whole of Ohio. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 494 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 249.
- Figures are distribution medians for entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $39,760 to $98,250; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $48,246, from $58,440, assumes a single Ohio 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 249 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 47 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $52,548, worked from $58,440, 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 Ohio address, on work sitting at 249 of 494 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 $64,760 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 $39,760 and the top tenth $98,250 — 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. Ohio is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $52,548 in national terms.
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 Ohio's own levy, $48,246 remains.
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 Ohio is $64,760. 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 ($39,760) and the ninetieth ($98,250) 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?
Ohio'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 $52,548 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 $48,246 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Ohio 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.