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Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators pay in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators is $47,710 per year in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ. It is $57,890 per year in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ is 17.6% below Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 33-9031 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 240 wage and salary jobs in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ and 70 in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. 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.