SOC 39-1014 · Personal Care and Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services make in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is $51,080. The 10th percentile is $35,160 and the 90th percentile is $80,910. Employment is 950.

Median annual wage

$51,080

10th percentile
$35,160
25th percentile
$41,440
Median
$51,080
75th percentile
$64,740
90th percentile
$80,910
Mean
$55,320

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services, the published 10th percentile is $35,160 and the 90th percentile is $80,910. The difference is $45,750, which is 89.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $41,440 to the 75th at $64,740, covers $23,300.

The mean annual wage is $55,320, which sits above the median of $51,080. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC median is 5.2% higher than the national median of $48,560 for First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services. In 2024 national prices the local median is $52,472, which is 8.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.2% higher than the North Carolina median of $49,040.

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC covers more than one state. The state comparison uses North Carolina, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 97.348, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $51,080 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services at $52,472 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

29 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC ranks 8th of 30 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is 58 miles away, with a median of $46,990 and employment of 100. That median is 8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,104, against $52,472 here.
  • Spartanburg, SC is 63 miles away, with a median of $45,640 and employment of 90. That median is 10.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,126, against $52,472 here.
  • Winston-Salem, NC is 68 miles away, with a median of $49,120 and employment of 180. That median is 3.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,366, against $52,472 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services accounts for 0.07% of wage-and-salary employment in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC (950 of 1,358,370). Nationally the occupation is 0.07% of employment (103,190 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.05 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC · First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services make in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is $51,080. The 10th percentile is $35,160 and the 90th percentile is $80,910. Employment is 950.

How does that compare with the national median for First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services?

The local median is 5.2% higher than the national median of $48,560.

What is First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services pay in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC is 97.348, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $51,080 is $52,472. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC compare with nearby metros for First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services?

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 58 miles away, at $46,990. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC ranks 8th of 30 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.