First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services in Colorado
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,425
after federal, FICA and Colorado tax
Tax takes
$11,215
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,779
Colorado costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Colorado — 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
$58,640
Kept after tax
$47,425
Worth in national money
$46,779
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Colorado is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $58,640, which ranks 5 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 20.76% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 289 among 491 occupations Colorado publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $58,640, tax leaves $47,425, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $46,779 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $60,050, since top earners drag the number up.
- Colorado ranks 5 of 51 states publishing a median for first-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services, at $58,640 — about 20.76% 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.
- Position 289 of 491 in Colorado places first-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services 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.
- Because Colorado sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for first-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services — median $58,640 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $47,425 retained, $46,779 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $60,050 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,000 |
| This salary | $58,640 |
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 Colorado | $47,425 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,297 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,951 |
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 | $56,310 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,779 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $58,640 as a midpoint for Colorado, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,140 and the ninetieth is $85,000 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Colorado the take-home figure of $47,425, from $58,640, 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 289 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $46,779, the adjusted value of that $58,640 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Colorado. 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 289 of 491 locally.
- The Colorado median of $58,640 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,140 to $85,000. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Colorado is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $47,425 from $58,640. 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 289 of 491 locally.
- This $46,779 adjusted figure, worked from $58,640, 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 289 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 289 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $38,140 and the top tenth $85,000 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Colorado costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $46,779 rather than its face figure.
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; Colorado then takes its own share, leaving $47,425.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($38,140) and the ninetieth ($85,000) 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?
Colorado's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $46,779 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 $47,425 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Colorado 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.