First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services in Montana
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,128
after federal, FICA and Montana tax
Tax takes
$8,712
18.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,358
Montana costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Montana — 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
$47,840
Kept after tax
$39,128
Worth in national money
$43,358
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Montana pays this job around $47,840 at the midpoint, 25 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 314 among 475 occupations Montana publishes pay for.
- Montana is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $47,840 the take-home is $39,128; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,358 would nationally. The average comes to $53,630, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For first-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services the Montana median is $47,840, ranking 25 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Position 314 of 475 in Montana 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.
- Post-tax income for first-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services in Montana, on $47,840, is $39,128 — equivalent to $43,358 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 $53,630 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 | $31,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,840 |
| Top tenth earn over | $84,610 |
| This salary | $47,840 |
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 Montana | $39,128 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,619 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,557 |
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 | $45,983 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,883 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $47,840 as a midpoint for Montana, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,200 and the ninetieth is $84,610 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Montana the take-home figure of $39,128, from $47,840, 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 314 of 475 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $43,358 uses one figure for the whole of Montana. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 475 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 314.
- The Montana median of $47,840 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,200 to $84,610. 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 Montana is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $39,128 from $47,840. 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 314 of 475 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $43,358, worked from $47,840, 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 Montana address, on work sitting at 314 of 475 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 $53,630 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 $31,200 and the top tenth $84,610 — 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. Montana is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $43,358 in national terms.
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; Montana then takes its own share, leaving $39,128.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 Montana is $53,630. 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 ($31,200) and the ninetieth ($84,610) 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?
Montana'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 $43,358 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 $39,128 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Montana 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.