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Casino Dealer: what the job is, what it pays, and how to get hired.

The work, the skills that matter, the tools in demand and the pay range, from U.S. government data, plus every TryHired page for the role.

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Updated Nov 4, 2026 · Data: BLS OEWS May 2025 · O*NET 31.0
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Median percentile pay

Half of casino dealers earn more than this and half earn less.

Annual
$34,320
Hourly
$16.50
Source
BLS May 2025
Quick answer

Casino Dealers operate table games. The median pay is $34,320 a year ($16.50 an hour) (BLS, May 2025). The most commonly reported education requirement is a high school diploma or equivalent (69% of workers surveyed by O*NET).

Median pay
$34,320
BLS May 2025
Employed in the U.S.
83,910
BLS May 2025
Preparation
Job Zone 1-2 of 5
very little to some preparation
Most common education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
69% of workers

Data Government data groups this job as Gambling Dealers (O*NET-SOC 39-3011.00). Figures on this page are for that occupation.

Key facts

Casino Dealers at a glance

  • Gambling dealers in the United States earned a median annual wage of $34,320 in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

    Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025

  • In its 2025–35 employment projections, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a high school diploma or equivalent as the typical entry-level education for gambling dealers in the United States.

    Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35

  • BLS projects employment of gambling dealers in the United States to grow 3.4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 13,300 openings a year on average, including replacement openings.

    Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35

  • BLS estimated that 83,910 people were employed as gambling dealers in the United States in May 2025, not counting the self-employed.

    Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025

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The work

What casino dealers do day to day

Data Core tasks rated most important by workers in the role (O*NET).

  1. Pay winnings or collect losing bets as established by the rules and procedures of a specific game.
  2. Greet customers and make them feel welcome.
  3. Exchange paper currency for playing chips or coin money.
  4. Check to ensure that all players have placed bets before play begins.
  5. Inspect cards and equipment to be used in games to ensure that they are in good condition.
  6. Deal cards to house hands, and compare these with players' hands to determine winners, as in black jack.
  7. Stand behind a gaming table and deal the appropriate number of cards to each player.
  8. Apply rule variations to card games such as poker, in which players bet on the value of their hands.
Skills that matter

Ranked by importance to the job

Data O*NET importance ratings. The first three are core.

Active ListeningcoreSpeakingcoreSocial PerceptivenesscoreService OrientationReading ComprehensionMonitoringCoordinationMathematicsCritical Thinking

Knowledge areas: Customer and Personal Service, Mathematics, English Language.

Tools and technology

Software casino dealers use

Data Examples reported for the role; employer demand flags from O*NET.

  • Apache HadoopData base management system softwareHot technology
  • SlackCloud-based data access and sharing softwareHot technology
  • Apache SparkBusiness intelligence and data analysis softwareHot technology
  • Microsoft ExcelSpreadsheet softwareHot technology
  • Microsoft Office softwareOffice suite softwareHot technology
  • Email softwareElectronic mail software

Also called: Black Jack Dealer, Blackjack Dealer, Card Dealer, Dealer, Dual Rate Dealer.

Method

How this page is built

Tasks, skills, tools, education and related roles come from O*NET 31.0. Pay and employment come from the BLS OEWS May 2025 national estimates. The skill-match score is our calculation: Skill match is the cosine similarity of the two occupations' skill profiles: for each of 35 O*NET skills (10 essential, 25 transferable) we multiply importance by level and subtract the average across all occupations, then compare the direction of the two profiles. 100 means identical shape; 0 means unrelated or opposite (negative values are shown as 0). Only occupations that O*NET itself lists as related are compared.

What this page can't tell you
  • How a specific employer defines the job.
  • Pay for self-employed workers (OEWS covers employees).
  • Your own chances: data describes the occupation, not you.
Sources
  1. O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. TryHired selected, ranked and combined the data; O*NET is not responsible for these pages.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).

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