Gambling Managers

What gambling managers do

Typical tasks

• Resolve customer complaints regarding problems, such as payout errors.
• Remove suspected cheaters, such as card counters or other players who may have systems that shift the odds of winning to their favor.
• Track supplies of money to tables and perform any required paperwork.
• Explain and interpret house rules, such as game rules or betting limits.
• Prepare work schedules and station arrangements and keep attendance records.
• Monitor staffing levels to ensure that games and tables are adequately staffed for each shift, arranging for staff rotations and breaks and locating substitute employees as necessary.
• Maintain familiarity with all games used at a facility, as well as strategies or tricks employed in those games.
• Train new workers or evaluate their performance.
• Market or promote the casino to bring in business.
• Interview and hire workers.
• Direct the distribution of complimentary hotel rooms, meals, or other discounts or free items given to players, based on their length of play and betting totals.
• Establish policies on issues, such as the type of gambling offered and the odds, the extension of credit, or the serving of food and beverages.

Gambling Managers salary

The median annual wage for gambling managers is $93,220 (BLS OEWS May 2025; BLS Employment Projections 2025–35, national). The lowest 10 percent earn less than $55,960 and the highest 10 percent earn more than $164,350. The mean annual wage is $103,050.

The mean hourly wage of $49.00 is 6.8× the federal minimum wage of $7.25. State minimums are higher in most large states. Minimum wage by state →

Pay by percentile

Annual wage percentiles from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Percentiles are a good proxy for pay by experience.

How median, percentiles and the pay range are defined →

Projected pay for Gambling Managers (3, 5 and 10 years)est.

Today $93,220 → in 3 years $101,400 → in 5 years $107,200 → in 10 years $123,200 (10-year range $106,000–$143,100). The model assumes pay growth of +2.8% per year.

What drives the annual growth rate

Projected pay = current pay × (1 + annual growth)^years. The annual growth rate starts from a base wage-growth rate and adds or subtracts labor demand (BLS projected employment growth), wage momentum and AI replacement risk for each occupation. Projections are not guarantees. How it is calculated →

Outlook score for Gambling Managers

Each component is a percentile rank among all occupations in the same country (0–100). Weights: labor demand 25, wage momentum / openings 15, pay level 15, AI resistance 25, aging workforce 10 (Japan only), entry barrier 10.

Will AI replace Gambling Managers? AI replacement risk

How AI is changing this job

A written analysis for this occupation is being prepared.

AI replacement risk compares the parts of a job that are easy to hand to AI or software (processing information, documentation, repetitive computer work) with the parts that are hard to automate (physical work, working closely with people, judgment in unpredictable settings), using O*NET work activities, work context, skills and knowledge. The result is a relative position among all occupations in the country, scaled to 0–100%. Methodology →

Labor demand for Gambling Managers

Employment projections are from the BLS Employment Projections program (2025–35). Annual openings include both new jobs and replacement of workers who leave the occupation.

Skills, education and requirements for Gambling Managers

What the work involves

Important abilities

Job Zone 2 — some preparation needed (O*NET)

Difficulty of entry: ★★☆☆☆ Fairly easy (from education, training, experience and Job Zone)

How to become gambling managers

A step-by-step guide for this occupation is being prepared. The education, training and experience data above show the typical path.

Career path and how to earn more as gambling managers

Career-path guidance is being prepared. Pay by percentile is shown in the Pay section.

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