Highest-paying Cities for Gaming and Sports Book Writers and Runners

The top 100 highest paying cities for gaming and sports book writers and runners (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of gaming and sports book writers and runners in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $49,010, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is the highest paying city for gaming and sports book writers and runners. It is followed by New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York (average annual salary $48,410). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of gaming and sports book writers and runners in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Gaming and Sports Book Writers and Runners

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$49,010	$27,910	110
2	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$48,410	$29,410	180
3	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$46,510	$40,090	90
4	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$41,000	$25,420	50
5	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$39,770	$19,950	n/a
6	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$39,160	$39,160	70
7	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$38,240	$23,880	190
8	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$37,880	$21,950	250
9	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$37,020	$33,700	140
10	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$36,840	$20,160	40
11	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$35,960	$22,020	350
12	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$35,580	$16,710	50
13	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$35,460	$23,880	430
14	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$35,100	$27,070	50
15	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$35,000	$17,740	240
16	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$34,900	$32,360	70
17	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$34,740	$33,380	140
18	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$34,080	$18,000	150
19	Waco, Texas	$33,340	$16,700	30
20	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$33,340	$17,570	110
21	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$31,470	$24,960	100
22	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$30,980	$27,230	150
23	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$30,820	$29,120	130
24	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$30,560	$29,750	40
25	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$30,380	$17,480	100
26	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$30,360	$24,130	100
27	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$30,100	$29,560	40
28	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$29,890	$21,680	400
29	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$29,790	$25,480	60
30	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$29,140	$21,720	40
31	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$29,020	$17,270	30
32	Rochester, New York	$28,840	$24,190	40
33	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$28,650	$25,180	120
34	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$28,610	$23,230	160
35	Western South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$28,030	$24,610	50
36	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$27,990	$16,860	n/a
37	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$27,590	$17,860	70
38	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$27,570	$22,510	110
39	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$26,930	$23,880	50
40	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$26,810	$22,710	1,290
41	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$25,840	$23,590	110
42	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$25,630	$20,850	130
43	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$25,630	$16,560	60
44	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$25,610	$23,360	170
45	Richmond, Virginia	$25,600	$16,530	n/a
46	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$25,430	$23,200	820
47	Anchorage, Alaska	$25,350	$22,010	90
48	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$24,980	$17,040	50
49	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$24,930	$18,530	80
50	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$24,770	$20,500	80
51	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$24,730	$20,970	30
52	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$24,390	$19,680	80
53	Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi	$24,240	$21,930	80
54	Lubbock, Texas	$24,090	$17,280	40
55	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$23,970	$20,730	30
56	Memphis, Tennessee	$23,960	$19,040	40
57	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$23,810	$16,720	n/a
58	St Cloud, Minnesota	$23,770	$21,780	140
59	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$23,710	$18,020	80
60	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$23,540	$18,440	160
61	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$23,370	$20,900	30
62	Central South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$23,350	$20,260	30
63	Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$23,300	$18,530	150
64	Duluth, Wisconsin	$23,290	$21,280	40
65	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$23,260	$17,270	190
66	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$23,220	$20,740	n/a
67	Lincoln, Nebraska	$23,060	$22,140	50
68	South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$22,930	$21,590	40
69	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$22,560	$18,190	80
70	Montgomery, Alabama	$22,200	$17,320	150
71	Utica-Rome, New York	$21,430	$19,010	n/a
72	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$20,640	$17,570	50
73	Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$20,620	$17,440	n/a
74	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$20,320	$17,200	230
75	Northeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$20,000	$16,450	30
76	Central Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$19,850	$18,950	80
77	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$19,760	$17,310	70
78	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$19,360	$16,750	40
79	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$19,300	$16,470	60
80	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$19,260	$17,300	n/a
81	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$19,140	$19,140	150
82	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$19,140	$19,140	140
83	Jackson, Mississippi	$19,060	$16,190	n/a
84	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$18,960	$16,750	40
85	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina	$18,920	$16,280	50
86	Fargo, North Dakota	$18,880	$16,130	30
87	Columbia, South Carolina	$18,770	$16,120	80
88	Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$18,750	$17,600	n/a
89	Florence, South Carolina	$18,530	$17,300	40
90	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$18,490	$16,760	60
91	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$18,450	$15,950	30
92	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$18,440	$16,050	30
93	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$18,220	$16,970	40
94	Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas	$18,140	$15,860	40
95	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$18,080	$16,120	120
96	Bismarck, North Dakota	$18,030	$15,800	90
97	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$18,010	$15,780	100
98	Odessa, Texas	$17,940	$15,960	60

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