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Gambling Dealers pay in Oregon and West Virginia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Gambling Dealers is $62,230 per year in Oregon. It is $25,100 per year in West Virginia. Oregon is 147.9% above West Virginia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 39-3011 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 350 wage and salary jobs in Oregon and 610 in West Virginia. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings
