First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,565
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$7,975
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,761
Michigan costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Michigan — 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
$43,540
Kept after tax
$35,565
Worth in national money
$37,761
State rank
42
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Michigan. The middle earner gets $43,540. That is 42 of 51 states, and about 10.34% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 493 occupations Michigan publishes, this job lands at 390. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Michigan is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $43,540 the take-home is $35,565; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $37,761 would nationally. The average comes to $47,290, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For first-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services, Michigan sits in the lower band at $43,540, ranking 42 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 10.34%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Michigan, this work ranks 390 of 493 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Post-tax income for first-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services in Michigan, on $43,540, is $35,565 — equivalent to $37,761 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $47,290 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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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 | $33,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,420 |
| This salary | $43,540 |
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 Michigan | $35,565 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,164 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$484 |
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 | $41,549 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$585 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
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 first-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services in Michigan earn under $43,540 and half over. The published range runs $33,200 at the tenth percentile to $71,420 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Michigan's $35,565, worked from $43,540. 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 390 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Michigan, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $37,761, the adjusted value of that $43,540 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 390 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services in Michigan, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,200 to $71,420; 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.
- The Michigan take-home of $35,565, on $43,540 for work ranking 390 of 493 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 390 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Michigan, so $37,761 — the adjusted value of that $43,540 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 390 of 493 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 $47,290 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 $33,200 and the top tenth $71,420 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $37,761.
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 Michigan's own levy, $35,565 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 Michigan is $47,290. 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 ($33,200) and the ninetieth ($71,420) 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?
Michigan'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 $37,761 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 $35,565 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Michigan 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.