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Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling · SOC 11-9072

Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling Salary in the Columbia Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Columbia, SC metro area

Figures describe the Columbia, SC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Columbia city limits.

Median annual wage$66,400
Median hourly wage$31.92

Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling in the Columbia, SC metro area earned a median of $66,400 per year ($31.92 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $42,880 at the 10th percentile to $118,060 at the 90th. BLS estimates 60 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling in the Columbia metro area earn more than $66,400 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $50,200 and $90,050.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$42,880$50,200$66,400$90,050$118,060
Hourly$20.62$24.14$31.92$43.29$56.76

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Columbia metro areathis metro area
    $66,400
  • South Carolinastate (SC)
    $79,110
  • United Statesnational
    $79,520

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −16% vs South Carolina overall and −16% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$46,680$72,380$98,080$123,780San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $46,680Sandusky, OH — $49,700Canton-Massillon, OH — $54,300Youngstown-Warren, OH — $56,890Columbus, OH — $57,890Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $58,650Toledo, OH — $60,050Akron, OH — $60,570York-Hanover, PA — $60,740Reno, NV — $61,230Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $61,970Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $62,110Urban Honolulu, HI — $62,420Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $63,250Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $63,690Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $63,850Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $63,930Asheville, NC — $64,060Flint, MI — $64,120Lancaster, PA — $64,310Omaha, NE-IA — $64,370Cleveland, OH — $64,390Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $64,520Springfield, IL — $64,520Niles, MI — $64,670Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $64,840McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $65,940Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $65,980Ogden, UT — $66,040Rockford, IL — $66,140Chattanooga, TN-GA — $66,300Columbia, SC — $66,400Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $66,750Birmingham, AL — $66,980Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $67,250Cedar Rapids, IA — $67,460Traverse City, MI — $67,830Ann Arbor, MI — $68,220San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $68,540Peoria, IL — $68,630Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $68,790Stockton-Lodi, CA — $69,770Kansas City, MO-KS — $69,990Salem, OR — $70,140Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $70,420Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $70,570Eugene-Springfield, OR — $70,820Pittsburgh, PA — $71,010Fresno, CA — $71,040Lincoln, NE — $71,200Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $71,800Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $71,990Springfield, MA — $72,760Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $73,420Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $74,030Tucson, AZ — $74,310San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $74,410Charlottesville, VA — $75,040Flagstaff, AZ — $75,070Redding, CA — $75,170Modesto, CA — $75,590Rochester, NY — $75,730Winston-Salem, NC — $75,770Greensboro-High Point, NC — $75,780Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $75,860Worcester, MA — $76,210El Paso, TX — $76,430Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $76,500San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $76,720Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $76,800Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $76,810Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $76,820Visalia, CA — $76,820Jacksonville, FL — $76,890Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $76,900Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $76,910Killeen-Temple, TX — $77,030New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $77,070Medford, OR — $77,280Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $77,380Syracuse, NY — $77,540Manchester-Nashua, NH — $77,560Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $77,610Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $77,830Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $78,000Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $78,060Chico, CA — $78,110Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $78,190Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $78,200Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $78,670Corpus Christi, TX — $79,020Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $79,110Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $79,300Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $79,390Iowa City, IA — $79,480Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $79,530Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $79,810Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $79,830Knoxville, TN — $79,950Bend, OR — $79,970Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $80,020St. Louis, MO-IL — $80,130Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $80,440Vallejo, CA — $80,520Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $80,570Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $80,920Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $81,000Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $81,450Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $81,470Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $81,570Raleigh-Cary, NC — $81,620Champaign-Urbana, IL — $81,690Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $81,780Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $81,970Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $82,090Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $82,120Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $82,450Wilmington, NC — $82,460Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $82,610Rapid City, SD — $82,620Portland-South Portland, ME — $82,780San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $83,020Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $83,190Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $83,290Springfield, MO — $84,070Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $84,650Anchorage, AK — $84,960Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $85,990Bloomington, IL — $86,300North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $86,460Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $88,410Richmond, VA — $89,580San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $90,060Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $91,730Port St. Lucie, FL — $92,390Oklahoma City, OK — $93,220Bozeman, MT — $94,030Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $94,220Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $94,290New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $94,390Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $96,110Barnstable Town, MA — $96,730Boulder, CO — $97,730Savannah, GA — $97,900Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $98,270Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $98,390Napa, CA — $98,430Salinas, CA — $98,550Colorado Springs, CO — $98,560Boise City, ID — $98,740Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $99,170Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $99,640Lexington-Fayette, KY — $99,770Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $100,500Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $105,500Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $106,830Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $116,000Naples-Marco Island, FL — $120,410Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $123,780

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Columbia metro area has the 128th-highest published median for this occupation among the 159 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in South Carolina

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Columbia metro areathis page
    $66,400
  • Hilton Head Island metro area
    $99,640
  • Charleston metro area
    $81,470
  • Greenville metro area
    $79,300
  • Myrtle Beach metro area
    $79,110

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

General and Operations Managers$103,950Financial Managers$124,790Medical and Health Services Managers$107,280Sales Managers$128,650Computer and Information Systems Managers$141,570Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary$101,830

Highest-paying metro areas for entertainment and recreation managers, except gamblings · Highest-paying occupations in Columbia Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.