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Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators pay in Florida and Massachusetts
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators is $39,060 per year in Florida. It is $61,770 per year in Massachusetts. Florida is 36.8% below Massachusetts 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 230 wage and salary jobs in Florida and 80 in Massachusetts. 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.