Gambling Managers · SOC 11-9071

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Gambling Managerss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for gambling managers. 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 29 metro areas

Gambling Managers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$125,790	50	0.0
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$124,840	40	0.0
3	Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	$121,420	60	0.4
4	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$115,790	70	0.0
5	Cleveland, OH	$106,820	40	0.0
6	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$105,500	90	0.0
7	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$101,930	100	0.1
8	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$101,760	80	0.0
9	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$101,470	120	0.7
10	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$100,460	40	0.0
11	Baton Rouge, LA	$99,380	40	0.1
12	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$98,420	60	0.1
13	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$96,180	140	0.1
14	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$94,580	560	0.5
15	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$92,780	130	0.1
16	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$83,620	120	0.1
17	New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$82,380	50	0.1
18	Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	$82,080	50	0.3
19	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$80,170	260	0.1
20	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$78,790	50	0.1
21	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$78,040	40	0.0
22	Oklahoma City, OK	$76,710	30	0.0
23	Tucson, AZ	$76,570	40	0.1
24	Omaha, NE-IA	$75,440	40	0.1
25	Lake Charles, LA	$73,390	40	0.4

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