Gaming services workers

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2020 Workforce

98.6k

Average Age

42.3

Average Salary

$38,177

Average Male Salary

$39,925

Average Female Salary

$36,164

About

Gaming services workers are most often employed by the Amusement & Recreation industry. The average yearly wage for Gaming services workers was $38,177 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Gaming services workers by wage are Extruding, forming, pressing, & compacting machine setters, operators, & tenders, Billing & posting clerks, and Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers.

Gaming services workers are part of the Personal Care & Service Occupations, along with Supervisors of personal care and service workers, Animal trainers, Nonfarm animal caretakers, Gaming services workers, Ushers, lobby attendants, & ticket takers, and 15 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Gaming services workers are Spring Valley & Summerlin South PUMA, NV, New London County (North) PUMA, CT, and Paradise (South) & Enterprise PUMA, NV. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Gaming services workers are Spring Valley & Summerlin South PUMA, NV, New London County (North) PUMA, CT, and Atlantic City & Ventnor City PUMA, NJ.

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Service Occupations Personal Care & Service Occupations

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Gaming services workers and on wages and locations for those in the field. Amusement & Recreation is the industry that employs the most Gaming services workers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Gaming services workers, by average wage, is Car Dealers. Gaming services workers are paid most in Berrien County PUMA, MI but are relatively concentrated in Spring Valley & Summerlin South PUMA, NV.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$38,177

AVERAGE SALARY

± $2,439

In 2020, Gaming services workers earned an average of $38,177, $17,777 less than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Billing & posting clerks make somewhat more than Gaming services workers while Extruding, forming, pressing, & compacting machine setters, operators, & tenders make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Gaming services workers as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.32

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Gaming services workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.32, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Gaming services workers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Gaming services workers.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Gaming services workers

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Gaming services workers.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Gaming services workers, by number of employees, are Amusement & Recreation, Traveler accommodation, Car Dealers, Restaurants & Food Services, Used merchandise stores, Independent artists, writers, and performers, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, Spectator sports, Civic, social, advocacy organizations, & grantmaking & giving services, Promoters of performing arts, sports, and similar events, agents and managers for artists, athletes, entertainers, and other public figures, and Drinking places, alcoholic beverages .

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Gaming services workers, by average wage, are Car Dealers, Traveler accommodation, and Spectator sports.

Industries by Share

98.6k

2020 Workforce

± 7,708

−4.75%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 11.5%

The number of people employed as Gaming services workers has been declining at a rate of −4.75%, from 103,556 people in 2019 to 98,641 people in 2020.

This graphic shows the share of Gaming services workers employed by various industries. Amusement & Recreation employs the largest share of Gaming services workers at 85.3%, followed by Traveler accommodation with 9.12% and Car Dealers with 1.23%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Gaming services workers in the US. The average age of male Gaming services workers in the workforce is 41.7 and of female Gaming services workers is 43.1, and the most common race/ethnicity for Gaming services workers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

52.8k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 5,641

45.8k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 5,256

53.5% of Gaming services workers are Male, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Gaming services workers.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Gaming services workers

White (Non-Hispanic)
Asian (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)

45.8% of Gaming services workers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 25.1% of Gaming services workers, Asian (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Gaming services workers.

Age by Sex

41.7

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 1.54

43.1

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.55

The median age of Gaming services workers is 42.3, and Male employees are generally 1.44 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Gaming services workers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Gaming services workers is Business but a relatively high number of Gaming services workers hold a major in Language & Linguistics.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Gaming services workers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Gaming services workers need many skills, but most especially Active Listening. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Gaming services workers need more than the average amount of Service Orientation, Mathematics, and Social Perceptiveness.