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Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling pay in Bloomington, IL and Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling is $86,300 per year in Bloomington, IL. It is $123,780 per year in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. Bloomington, IL is 30.3% below Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-9072 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 60 wage and salary jobs in Bloomington, IL and 320 in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings