Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling Salary — Bakersfield, California

The average Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling in Bakersfield, California earns $88,590 a year.

$88,590 / year, mean
↓ 3.4% below national average 38th percentile in California

Bakersfield pays below most of California for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's close to the national average for entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a reasonably reliable estimate, though the underlying sample is moderate in size.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
80
Estimate confidence
RSE 8.4%
Cost of living 101 #49 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $364,264 #72 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $67,660 #121 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Bakersfield ranks #49 for cost of living and #72 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Naples $133,420 Salinas $120,890 Seattle $119,190 Fort Myers $116,860 Olympia $116,660 Napa $114,570 San Jose $111,290 New York $108,370 San Francisco $107,550 Miami $105,910 Lexington $104,970 Vallejo $103,540 Santa Rosa $102,650 Richmond $102,560 Riverside $99,410 Oxnard $98,840 Sarasota $97,980 Trenton $96,960 Port St. Lucie $96,740 Albany $96,720 Santa Maria $95,960 Chico $95,840 San Diego $95,640 Spokane $95,290 Los Angeles $94,790 Lakeland $94,530 Sacramento $94,490 Atlantic City $94,460 Portland $92,300 Jacksonville $91,780 Orlando $91,050 Buffalo $90,090 Bakersfield $88,590 Kiryas Joel $88,260 Dallas $87,990 Virginia Beach $87,890 Tampa $87,340 Visalia $87,150 Austin $87,140 Rochester $86,590 Santa Cruz $86,590 Louisville $86,300 Killeen $85,970 Philadelphia $85,750 Modesto $85,100 Bend $84,920 Syracuse $84,770 Fresno $83,500 Chicago $83,460 Bloomington $82,890 Charlottesville $82,820 San Luis Obispo $82,690 Medford $82,060 Detroit $81,460 Houston $80,760 Baltimore $80,710 Champaign $80,510 Corpus Christi $80,330 Stockton $80,260 Ann Arbor $80,220 Redding $80,210 Eugene $77,920 Kalamazoo $77,900 Deltona $77,580 Grand Rapids $77,090 San Antonio $75,710 Salem $75,190 Pittsburgh $75,150 Indianapolis $74,390 El Paso $74,200 Allentown $74,060 Rockford $74,000 Peoria $71,700 Lansing $71,530 Traverse City $71,450 Flint $71,230 Scranton $71,000 Niles $69,880 Springfield $69,820 McAllen $69,020 Lancaster $68,540 Harrisburg $68,230 York $64,550
CityMean salaryvs. Bakersfield
Albany, New York$96,720+9.2%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$74,060-16.4%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$80,220-9.4%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$94,460+6.6%
Austin, Texas$87,140-1.6%
Baltimore, Maryland$80,710-8.9%
Bend, Oregon$84,920-4.1%
Bloomington, Illinois$82,890-6.4%
Buffalo, New York$90,090+1.7%
Fort Myers, Florida$116,860+31.9%
Champaign, Illinois$80,510-9.1%
Charlottesville, Virginia$82,820-6.5%
Chicago, Illinois$83,460-5.8%
Chico, California$95,840+8.2%
Corpus Christi, Texas$80,330-9.3%
Dallas, Texas$87,990-0.7%
Deltona, Florida$77,580-12.4%
Detroit, Michigan$81,460-8.0%
El Paso, Texas$74,200-16.2%
Eugene, Oregon$77,920-12.0%
Flint, Michigan$71,230-19.6%
Fresno, California$83,500-5.7%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$77,090-13.0%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$68,230-23.0%
Houston, Texas$80,760-8.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$74,390-16.0%
Jacksonville, Florida$91,780+3.6%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$77,900-12.1%
Killeen, Texas$85,970-3.0%
Kiryas Joel, New York$88,260-0.4%
Lakeland, Florida$94,530+6.7%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$68,540-22.6%
Lansing, Michigan$71,530-19.3%
Lexington, Kentucky$104,970+18.5%
Los Angeles, California$94,790+7.0%
Louisville, Kentucky$86,300-2.6%
McAllen, Texas$69,020-22.1%
Medford, Oregon$82,060-7.4%
Miami, Florida$105,910+19.6%
Modesto, California$85,100-3.9%
Napa, California$114,570+29.3%
Naples, Florida$133,420+50.6%
New York, New York$108,370+22.3%
Niles, Michigan$69,880-21.1%
Sarasota, Florida$97,980+10.6%
Olympia, Washington$116,660+31.7%
Orlando, Florida$91,050+2.8%
Oxnard, California$98,840+11.6%
Peoria, Illinois$71,700-19.1%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$85,750-3.2%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$75,150-15.2%
Portland, Oregon$92,300+4.2%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$96,740+9.2%
Redding, California$80,210-9.5%
Richmond, Virginia$102,560+15.8%
Riverside, California$99,410+12.2%
Rochester, New York$86,590-2.3%
Rockford, Illinois$74,000-16.5%
Sacramento, California$94,490+6.7%
Salem, Oregon$75,190-15.1%
Salinas, California$120,890+36.5%
San Antonio, Texas$75,710-14.5%
San Diego, California$95,640+8.0%
San Francisco, California$107,550+21.4%
San Jose, California$111,290+25.6%
San Luis Obispo, California$82,690-6.7%
Santa Cruz, California$86,590-2.3%
Santa Maria, California$95,960+8.3%
Santa Rosa, California$102,650+15.9%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$71,000-19.9%
Seattle, Washington$119,190+34.5%
Spokane, Washington$95,290+7.6%
Springfield, Illinois$69,820-21.2%
Stockton, California$80,260-9.4%
Syracuse, New York$84,770-4.3%
Tampa, Florida$87,340-1.4%
Traverse City, Michigan$71,450-19.3%
Trenton, New Jersey$96,960+9.4%
Vallejo, California$103,540+16.9%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$87,890-0.8%
Visalia, California$87,150-1.6%
York, Pennsylvania$64,550-27.1%
Gross salary
88,590/yr
Estimated take-home
67,006/yr
Est. total withheld
24.4%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Community reality check

Community reality check for Bakersfield

These notes add local color around Bakersfield, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 11-9072 SOC code
Official area Bakersfield-Delano, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 12540 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
Delano
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

On this page

Where this is

AK HI

Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
910,433