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Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners pay in Fargo, ND-MN and New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners is $28,620 per year in Fargo, ND-MN. It is $57,880 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Fargo, ND-MN is 50.6% below New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 39-3012 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 50 wage and salary jobs in Fargo, ND-MN and 90 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.