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Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators pay in Massachusetts and Virginia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators is $61,770 per year in Massachusetts. It is $41,980 per year in Virginia. Massachusetts is 47.1% above Virginia 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 80 wage and salary jobs in Massachusetts and Not published in 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.