Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling

Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling pays $79,520 at the midpoint, 59% above the $50,020 national figure. Premiums that size are rationed by something; find out what before the salary does your thinking for you.

With 37,980 employed as Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling, most metros have a working market: several employers, visible turnover, and the ability to change jobs without moving house.

Management of this kind suits people who still want to be close to the operation, since the credibility of the role rests on knowing what the work actually involves.

We carry no verified training length for Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling — BLS reports pay, not preparation, and we will not estimate it.

$43,710 separates the bottom quarter of Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling at $61,060 from the top quarter at $104,770. At a 1.7x ratio the midpoint is a weak guide to your own first year — find out which end you would be entering at.

At $61,060, or $29.35 an hour, the 25th percentile sits $11,040 above the $50,020 the typical American job pays. Occupations with floors this high almost always have a requirement holding them there.

Avoid it if you need the authority to match the accountability; in operations of this size it rarely does.

There is no failure rate on this page because there is nothing honest to divide by. BLS counted 37,980 people employed as Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling; it did not count the people who trained for it and are doing something else, and a rate built without that denominator would be a number we made up.

From $61,060 to $104,770 at a ratio of 1.7x is wide enough that two people with the same job title have materially different jobs. $79,520 sits in the middle of that and describes neither of them especially well.

The middle half of this field earns between $61,060 and $104,770. That is $43,710 of range, with $79,520 sitting inside it as the point half the field is above and half below.

Getting to $104,770, the 75th percentile, is worth $25,250 a year more than the $79,520 midpoint and $43,710 more than the $61,060 a quarter of Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling settle for.

The climb from $79,520 to $104,770 is $25,250, against $18,460 down to $61,060. Rather more of the range sits above the midpoint than below it, so the realistic upside in Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling is larger than the realistic downside.

On a 2,080-hour year the midpoint for Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling is $38.23 an hour. The quarters sit at $29.35 and $50.37, and the all-occupation midpoint at $24.04.