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Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling pay in District of Columbia and South Dakota
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling is $113,930 per year in District of Columbia. It is $76,000 per year in South Dakota. District of Columbia is 49.9% above South Dakota 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 30 wage and salary jobs in District of Columbia and 160 in South Dakota. 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.