Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling salary

SOC 11-9072 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$79,520

per year, nationally

Middle half

$61,060–$104,770

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

37,980

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+7.7%

5,500 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$46,270$139,110

10th: $46,270
25th: $61,060
Median: $79,520
75th: $104,770
90th: $139,110

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Bachelor's degree
Related work experience: Less than 5 years
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	District of Columbia	$113,930	109.9	30	0.20×
2	Minnesota	$107,660	98.6	480	0.67×
3	New York	$98,390	107.9	1,330	0.56×
4	Colorado	$97,000	103.1	940	1.34×
5	Washington	$96,790	107.0	630	0.73×
6	Idaho	$95,020	95.5	110	0.53×
7	Vermont	$92,320	98.0	270	3.65×
8	New Jersey	$89,590	108.8	2,260	2.16×
9	Massachusetts	$89,450	105.8	1,030	1.15×
10	Wyoming	$88,790	92.7	70	1.08×
11	Rhode Island	$88,750	102.3	40	0.30×
12	Missouri	$83,620	90.8	370	0.52×
13	Florida	$83,520	103.4	2,620	1.08×
14	Georgia	$83,470	96.3	830	0.70×
15	Maine	$82,780	97.0	70	0.46×
16	Nevada	$82,370	100.0	410	1.09×
17	Maryland	$81,220	105.0	940	1.39×
18	Hawaii	$81,160	110.0	50	0.35×
19	Kentucky	$80,130	90.2	300	0.61×
20	New Hampshire	$80,090	104.2	170	1.03×
21	California	$79,550	110.7	7,000	1.57×
22	Utah	$79,400	98.9	370	0.86×
23	South Carolina	$79,110	93.7	440	0.78×
24	Texas	$78,500	97.1	2,880	0.84×
25	Oklahoma	$78,420	87.8	100	0.23×
26	Oregon	$78,200	103.4	930	1.94×
27	Connecticut	$78,010	103.6	130	0.31×
28	North Carolina	$77,990	94.3	1,200	0.99×
29	Illinois	$77,310	100.0	3,260	2.19×
30	Wisconsin	$77,140	94.1	170	0.24×
31	Arizona	$76,550	100.7	880	1.11×
32	South Dakota	$76,000	88.6	160	1.40×
33	Virginia	$74,800	101.1	310	0.31×
34	Alaska	$70,700	102.4	120	1.49×
35	Tennessee	$70,530	91.9	540	0.67×
36	Kansas	$69,990	90.1	100	0.29×
37	Pennsylvania	$68,990	97.6	1,220	0.83×
38	Iowa	$68,320	87.8	620	1.64×
39	Mississippi	$67,670	87.0	90	0.33×
40	Alabama	$66,540	88.8	190	0.37×
41	Michigan	$65,890	96.2	1,670	1.56×
42	Nebraska	$63,270	90.1	310	1.25×
43	Indiana	$62,760	93.3	340	0.44×
44	Louisiana	$62,390	88.2	90	0.20×
45	Ohio	$58,440	92.8	1,280	0.94×
46	Arkansas	$49,640	86.9	230	0.73×
47	West Virginia	$47,310	89.5	100	0.57×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$123,780	104.8	320	0.66×
2	Naples-Marco Island, FL	$120,410	103.2	90	2.04×
3	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$116,000	103.7	30	1.01×
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$106,830	111.1	400	0.78×
5	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	$105,500	102.3	80	1.01×
6	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$100,500	105.8	430	1.10×
7	Lexington-Fayette, KY	$99,770	92.9	40	0.61×
8	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	$99,640	98.0	50	2.29×
9	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$99,170	100.9	60	1.96×
10	Boise City, ID	$98,740	98.4	40	0.46×
11	Colorado Springs, CO	$98,560	100.7	90	1.19×
12	Salinas, CA	$98,550	109.0	90	1.91×
13	Napa, CA	$98,430	112.6	40	2.02×
14	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$98,390	99.6	150	1.37×
15	Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$98,270	98.2	50	0.69×
16	Savannah, GA	$97,900	95.2	30	0.67×
17	Boulder, CO	$97,730	105.2	50	1.16×
18	Barnstable Town, MA	$96,730	98.4	40	1.69×
19	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$96,110	114.2	900	1.30×
20	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$94,390	112.6	2,410	1.04×
21	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$94,290	108.3	780	1.18×
22	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$94,220	108.9	550	0.72×
23	Bozeman, MT	$94,030	102.5	40	2.28×
24	Oklahoma City, OK	$93,220	90.4	40	0.23×
25	Port St. Lucie, FL	$92,390	100.2	50	1.28×
26	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$91,730	101.1	60	1.44×
27	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$90,060	110.4	340	1.23×
28	Richmond, VA	$89,580	97.9	50	0.28×
29	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$88,410	100.1	510	0.72×
30	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$86,460	102.4	90	1.03×
31	Bloomington, IL	$86,300	93.5	60	2.74×
32	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$85,990	103.2	90	1.58×
33	Anchorage, AK	$84,960	105.4	50	1.04×
34	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$84,650	98.9	190	4.64×
35	Springfield, MO	$84,070	88.6	40	0.79×
36	Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	$83,290	97.1	40	0.62×
37	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$83,190	107.8	110	2.26×
38	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$83,020	115.6	1,070	1.85×
39	Portland-South Portland, ME	$82,780	101.9	40	0.62×
40	Rapid City, SD	$82,620	89.2	30	1.69×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Managers, All Other$141,900
Medical and Health Services Managers$123,860
Construction Managers$114,990
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$105,870
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers$69,990
Food Service Managers$69,390
Architectural and Engineering Managers$171,270
Social and Community Service Managers$80,390

Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling salary

What the range looks like

Getting in

Where entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling earn the most

Best paying metro areas for entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling

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