First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,897
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$8,183
17.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,370
Rhode Island costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Rhode Island — 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
$46,080
Kept after tax
$37,897
Worth in national money
$37,370
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Rhode Island sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $46,080, ranking 32 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Rhode Island, this one sits low: 353 of 452 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $46,080, tax leaves $37,897, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $37,370 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $54,060, since top earners drag the number up.
- Rhode Island occupies the middle band for first-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services: a median of $46,080, ranking 32 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- First-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services occupies position 353 of 452 in Rhode Island's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Because Rhode Island sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for first-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services — median $46,080 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $37,897 retained, $37,370 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $54,060 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 | $33,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,610 |
| This salary | $46,080 |
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 Rhode Island | $37,897 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,205 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,975 |
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 | $44,452 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,598 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
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 Rhode Island earn under $46,080 and half over. The published range runs $33,800 at the tenth percentile to $77,610 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $37,897 take-home in Rhode Island comes from $46,080. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 353 of 452.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $37,370 uses one figure for the whole of Rhode Island. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 452 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 353.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services in Rhode Island, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,800 to $77,610; 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.
- Retained pay of $37,897, from $46,080, assumes a single Rhode Island filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 353 of 452 locally, and the state ranks 32 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $37,370, worked from $46,080, 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 Rhode Island address, on work sitting at 353 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $54,060, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $33,800 and the top tenth $77,610 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $37,370 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Rhode Island adds its own income tax on top — which is why $37,897 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 Rhode Island is $54,060. 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 ($33,800) and the ninetieth ($77,610) 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.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Rhode Island's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $37,370 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 $37,897 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Rhode Island 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.