First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services in Wisconsin
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,065
after federal, FICA and Wisconsin tax
Tax takes
$9,035
18.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,036
Wisconsin costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Wisconsin — 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
$49,100
Kept after tax
$40,065
Worth in national money
$43,036
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wisconsin sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $49,100, ranking 20 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 326 among 491 occupations Wisconsin publishes pay for.
- Wisconsin is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $49,100 the take-home is $40,065; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,036 would nationally. The average comes to $53,370, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Wisconsin occupies the middle band for first-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services: a median of $49,100, ranking 20 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.
- Position 326 of 491 in Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin, on $49,100, is $40,065 — equivalent to $43,036 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 $53,370 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 | $36,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,060 |
| This salary | $49,100 |
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 Wisconsin | $40,065 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,632 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$193 |
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 | $47,150 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$234 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
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 Wisconsin earn under $49,100 and half over. The published range runs $36,220 at the tenth percentile to $76,060 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Wisconsin the take-home figure of $40,065, from $49,100, 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 326 of 491 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $43,036, the adjusted value of that $49,100 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Wisconsin. 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 326 of 491 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services in Wisconsin, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,220 to $76,060; 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.
- Take-home for Wisconsin is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $40,065 from $49,100. 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 326 of 491 locally.
- This $43,036 adjusted figure, worked from $49,100, 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 326 of 491 in the state. The occupation ranks 326 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $53,370, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $36,220 and the top tenth $76,060 — 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 $43,036.
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 Wisconsin adds its own income tax on top — which is why $40,065 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 Wisconsin is $53,370. 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 ($36,220) and the ninetieth ($76,060) 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?
Wisconsin'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 $43,036 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 $40,065 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Wisconsin 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.