Career
Gambling managers
Oversee a casino's gaming floor, staff and rules.
$93,220
Median pay
+3.6%
Job growth, 2025–35
600
Openings a year
High school diploma or equivalent
Typical education
None required
Typical time after high school
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- 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.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on persuasion & leadership, then information & systems?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Resolve customer complaints regarding problems, such as payout errors.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Critical Thinking, Management of Personnel Resources, Monitoring, Speaking.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
No degree beyond high school, though on-the-job training is typical, for a median of $93,220 a year and 600 openings nationally each year.
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers$63,820 · +3.5%
- Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners$34,980 · +1.8%
- Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators$43,370 · -1.8%
- Lodging Managers$69,250 · +3.8%
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$69,500 · +0.1%
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.