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Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners

SOC 39-3012 · 2024-2034

Post information enabling patrons to wager on various races and sporting events. Assist in the operation of games such as keno and bingo. May operate random number-generating equipment and announce the numbers for patrons. Receive, verify, and record patrons' wagers. Scan and process winning tickets presented by patrons and pay out winnings for those wagers.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

What California expects of this job

Typical pay in California

$45,996per year

Projected openings

2,730

Projected change

+6.3%

Usually needs

High school diploma or equivalent

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

1. Active Listening
2. Monitoring
3. Speaking
4. Social Perceptiveness
5. Mathematics
6. Coordination

Pay by region

What the pay actually ranges across

The lowest-paid tenth earn under

$37,025

A quarter earn under

$38,839

Half earn under

$45,996

Three quarters earn under

$45,996

The highest-paid tenth earn over

$52,261

A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.

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O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.