Gambling Dealers · SOC 39-3011

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Gambling Dealerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for gambling dealers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 41 metro areas

Gambling Dealers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$63,830	150	1.6
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$60,490	2,410	1.2
3	Yakima, WA	$59,250	190	1.9
4	Tucson, AZ	$54,420	310	0.8
5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$52,060	800	0.7
6	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$39,970	2,710	1.0
7	Pittsburgh, PA	$39,500	700	0.6
8	Bellingham, WA	$37,410	90	1.0
9	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$37,240	1,140	0.5
10	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	$37,010	Not published	Not published
11	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$35,840	1,810	1.2
12	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$35,210	1,530	1.4
13	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$35,090	4,180	0.7
14	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$34,560	2,580	1.5
15	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$34,360	280	1.0
16	Chico, CA	$34,320	100	1.3
17	Fresno, CA	$34,320	540	1.1
18	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$33,000	3,010	17.8
19	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$32,910	Not published	Not published
20	Colorado Springs, CO	$32,810	Not published	Not published
21	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$32,160	Not published	Not published
22	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$31,200	2,400	0.5
23	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	$31,200	160	0.9
24	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$31,200	Not published	Not published
25	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$30,800	660	0.4

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Gambling Dealers overview.

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.