Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling in West Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,863
after federal, FICA and West Virginia tax
Tax takes
$8,447
17.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,291
West Virginia costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in West Virginia — 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
$47,310
Kept after tax
$38,863
Worth in national money
$43,291
State rank
47
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in West Virginia. The middle earner gets $47,310. That is 47 of 47 states, and about 40.51% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in West Virginia, this sits in the middle: 267 of 473 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,310 you keep $38,863 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $43,291 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $52,600, since top earners drag the number up.
- For entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling, West Virginia sits in the lower band at $47,310, ranking 47 of 47 and trailing the national median by about 40.51%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling ranks 267 of 473 occupations in West Virginia by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay in West Virginia is $38,863 after the full tax stack, from $47,310. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $43,291 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $52,600 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,180 |
| This salary | $47,310 |
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 West Virginia | $38,863 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,194 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,929 |
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 | $45,654 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,333 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
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 West Virginia earn under $47,310 and half over. The published range runs $38,940 at the tenth percentile to $71,180 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In West Virginia the take-home figure of $38,863, from $47,310, 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 267 of 473 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $43,291, the adjusted value of that $47,310 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of West Virginia. 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 267 of 473 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling in West Virginia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $38,940 to $71,180; 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.
- Take-home for West Virginia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $38,863 from $47,310. 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 267 of 473 locally.
- This $43,291 adjusted figure, worked from $47,310, 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 267 of 473 in the state. The occupation ranks 267 of 473 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $52,600, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $38,940 at the bottom tenth to $71,180 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. West Virginia is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $43,291 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 West Virginia's own levy, $38,863 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 West Virginia is $52,600. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,940 to $71,180) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to West Virginia rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
West Virginia'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 $43,291 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 $38,863 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and West Virginia 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.