Best degree programs for Gambling Dealers, ranked by enrollment
1 college programs and 1 schools train Gambling Dealers. Compare graduates per year, cost and pay, $34,320 median wage, 83,910 U.S. jobs. Federal data.
1 college programs at 1 schools train gambling dealers, graduating 711 people a year (IPEDS completions). The largest is Casino Dealing. The job pays a median of $34,320 (BLS OEWS May 2025).
About gambling dealers
Operate table games. Stand or sit behind table and operate games of chance by dispensing the appropriate number of cards or blocks to players, or operating other gambling equipment. Distribute winnings or collect players' money or chips. May compare the house's hand against players' hands.
Fields of study that lead to this job
Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level, the tier our program pages are built on. Numbers are graduates per year.
1 degree programs that lead to this job
Ranked by graduates per year (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are College Scorecard figures for people who finished the program, reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. That is a different measurement from the occupation-wide wages further down this page.
| # | Program | Graduates / yr | Share of pipeline | Schools | Grad earnings (1 yr) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Casino Dealingmain feeder CIP 12.0602 | 711 | 100.0% | 1 | — | — |
Top 1 schools by graduates into this job
Counting every feeder program a school offers, not just its largest one.
| # | School | Graduates / yr | Top feeder program | Grad rate | Net price | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crescent City Bartending School New Orleans, LA Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs | 711 | Casino Dealing | 89% | $21,019 | — |
What gambling dealers earn
What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.
Top-paying states
Top-paying metro areas
Job outlook
Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.
Where the jobs are, state by state
Pick a state for in-state pay, the schools there, and the programs they run.
| State | Median pay | Jobs | Concentration | Schools | Graduates / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisianalimited | $17,760 | 2,650 | 2.53× | 1 | 711 |
Skills and tools
From O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupational database. Importance is a 1 to 5 scale.
What they do day to day
- Pay winnings or collect losing bets as established by the rules and procedures of a specific game.
- Greet customers and make them feel welcome.
- Exchange paper currency for playing chips or coin money.
- Check to ensure that all players have placed bets before play begins.
- Inspect cards and equipment to be used in games to ensure that they are in good condition.
- Deal cards to house hands, and compare these with players' hands to determine winners, as in black jack.
- Stand behind a gaming table and deal the appropriate number of cards to each player.
- Apply rule variations to card games such as poker, in which players bet on the value of their hands.
Skills
- Active Listening3.4
- Speaking3.4
- Reading Comprehension3.0
- Monitoring3.0
- Critical Thinking2.8
- Mathematics2.8
- Writing2.3
- Active Learning2.3
Knowledge areas
- Customer and Personal Service4.2
- Mathematics3.9
- English Language3.3
- Administration and Management2.9
- Public Safety and Security2.8
- Law and Government2.8
Abilities
- Oral Expression3.8
- Oral Comprehension3.8
- Speech Recognition3.5
- Speech Clarity3.5
- Near Vision3.4
- Problem Sensitivity3.3
Core activities
- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public3.8
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates3.4
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships3.4
- Getting Information3.0
- Handling and Moving Objects3.0
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events2.9
Tools and technology
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How to become a Gambling Dealer
Job zone 2 of 5 · SVP Below 6.0- Typical entry education
- High school diploma or equivalent
- On-the-job training
- Short-term on-the-job training
Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training.
Ranges from a few days to one year of on-the-job training.
Every major mapped to this job
The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.
All 1 majors mapped to Gambling Dealers1 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
- 12.0602Casino Dealing
Related careers
Jobs O*NET identifies as close to this one, with their own pay and outlook.
Common questions
What degree do you need to become a Gambling Dealer?+
High school diploma or equivalent is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Casino Dealing, which awarded 711 degrees in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.
Which college majors lead to becoming a Gambling Dealer?+
The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Casino Operations and Services. Together they graduate about 711 people a year.
How much do gambling dealers earn?+
The median is $34,320 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). The middle range runs from $24,040 at the 10th percentile to $77,090 at the 90th. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.
Is demand for gambling dealers growing?+
BLS projects a -0.6% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, little or no change, with roughly 14,100 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.
How many schools offer programs for this career?+
1 institutions reported graduates from at least one of the 1 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.
What other job titles do gambling dealers work under?+
Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Casino Dealer, Blackjack Dealer, Twenty-One Dealer, Table Games Dealer among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 39-3011.
About the data on this page
Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024-25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
May 2025Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.
BLS Employment Projections
2024–34Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.
IPEDS Completions
2024-25 (provisional)Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.
College Scorecard, Field of Study
2020-21 cohortsMedian graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.
Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes
latest availableGraduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.
NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk
CIP 2020 / SOC 2018Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.
O*NET Database 30.3
30.3Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.
Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA
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