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Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners pay in Kansas and New York
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners is $31,550 per year in Kansas. It is $54,740 per year in New York. Kansas is 42.4% below New York 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 40 wage and salary jobs in Kansas and 100 in New York. 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.