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Gambling Managers Salary in IA

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Gambling Managers in IA have a median annual salary of $76,350, with 100 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $58,000 at the 10th percentile to $108,170 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$76,350

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$36.71

Employment

100

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$58,000
10th
$60,790
25th
$76,350
Median
$82,210
75th
$108,170
90th

Local compared with national

IA

$76,350

Median annual · 2025

United States

$93,220

Median annual · 2025

The IA median is 18.1% below the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $16,870).

Top skills

  1. 1.Critical ThinkingImportance 4.0
  2. 2.Management of Personnel ResourcesImportance 4.0
  3. 3.SpeakingImportance 3.9
  4. 4.MonitoringImportance 3.9
  5. 5.Active ListeningImportance 3.8
  6. 6.Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.8
  7. 7.CoordinationImportance 3.8
  8. 8.Service OrientationImportance 3.8
  9. 9.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.8
  10. 10.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.8
  11. 11.Time ManagementImportance 3.8
  12. 12.WritingImportance 3.6

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Job zone
2

Technology used

  • Employee scheduling software
  • Human resources management system HRMS
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Word
  • Web browser software

Common 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.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

Gambling Managers salary in other locations

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