2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Gambling Dealers

Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metropolitan area. Estimated employment 15,530.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 39-3011
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

Where you sit in the distribution

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$25,690 · 50th
$24,96010th
$24,96025th
$25,69050th
$26,25075th
$77,64090th

That is the medianhalf of gambling dealers in Las Vegas earn more.

Table 1 — Adjusted

$25,690 in Las Vegas buys what $25,600 buys across the country as a whole.

Las Vegas's regional price parity is 100.2 — almost exactly the national average — the nominal figure is close to the real one here, which is not true of most large metros. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Nevada

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Las Vegas
Reno$25,720$25,500101.0−0.7%
Las Vegas This page$25,690$25,600100.2

Price parity and difference against Las Vegas are in the full table on wider screens.

Fig. 2 — Five-year trend

Nominal against real

The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.

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Nominal, as published Real, in 2025 dollars US$ thousands

Published pay rose 41.5% over the five years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it still rose 19.1% — pay has outrun prices since 2021. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.

Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Price parity
Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Inflation
Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
Employment
15,530 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 39-3011, Gambling Dealers. Mapped to our taxonomy as gambling-dealers.

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