Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners · SOC 39-3012

Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners Salary in the Reno Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Reno, NV metro area

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

Median annual wage$33,780
Median hourly wage$16.24

Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners in the Reno, NV metro area earned a median of $33,780 per year ($16.24 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $26,400 at the 10th percentile to $47,310 at the 90th. BLS estimates 110 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners in the Reno metro area earn more than $33,780 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $29,820 and $47,310.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$26,400$29,820$33,780$47,310$47,310
Hourly$12.69$14.34$16.24$22.75$22.75

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

  • Reno metro areathis metro area
    $33,780 median for Reno metro area; middle half earns $29,820 to $47,310
  • Nevadastate (NV)
    $37,500 median for Nevada; middle half earns $28,500 to $46,070
  • $34,980 median for United States; middle half earns $28,150 to $44,840

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

The median here is −10% vs Nevada overall and −3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$22,300$34,160$46,020$57,880Helena, MT — $22,300Missoula, MT — $22,580Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $28,580Fargo, ND-MN — $28,620Lincoln, NE — $29,670New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $29,780Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $29,800Oklahoma City, OK — $29,970Omaha, NE-IA — $30,610Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $31,690St. Louis, MO-IL — $31,870Reno, NV — $33,780Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $34,980Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $35,100Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $35,370Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $35,440Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $35,580Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $36,190San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $36,360Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $37,000Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $38,390Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $39,660Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $43,680Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $43,790Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $47,720San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $52,140New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $57,880

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The Reno metro area has the 16th-highest published median for this occupation among the 27 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 Nevada

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for gambling and sports book writers and runners, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Reno metro areathis page
    $33,780 median for Reno metro area; middle half earns $29,820 to $47,310
  • $38,390 median for Las Vegas metro area; middle half earns $28,470 to $46,070

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

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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.