First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,885
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$7,285
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,158
Nevada costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Nevada — 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
$48,170
Kept after tax
$40,885
Worth in national money
$42,158
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Nevada is 24 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $48,170. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Nevada, this sits in the middle: 330 of 485 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 $48,170 you keep $40,885 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $42,158 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $52,240, since top earners drag the number up.
- Nevada ranks 24 of 51 for first-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services at $48,170. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- First-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services ranks 330 of 485 occupations in Nevada 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 Nevada is $40,885 after the full tax stack, from $48,170. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $42,158 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $52,240 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 | $32,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,960 |
| This salary | $48,170 |
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 Nevada | $40,885 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,885 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$85 |
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 | $48,170 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$102 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,170 as a midpoint for Nevada, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $32,710 and the ninetieth is $80,960 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nevada's $40,885, worked from $48,170. 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 330 of 485.
- One number stands for prices across all of Nevada, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,158, the adjusted value of that $48,170 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 330 of 485 in the state.
- The Nevada median of $48,170 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $32,710 to $80,960. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Nevada take-home of $40,885, on $48,170 for work ranking 330 of 485 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 330 of 485 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Nevada, so $42,158 — the adjusted value of that $48,170 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 330 of 485 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 $52,240 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $32,710, the highest tenth $80,960, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $42,158.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $40,885 of this wage reaches your account, because Nevada takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
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 Nevada is $52,240. 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 ($32,710) and the ninetieth ($80,960) 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?
Nevada'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 $42,158 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Nevada levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $40,885 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.