Industry group, 7132
Gambling Industries
234,880 people work in this industry in the US, at mean pay of $49,670 a year (BLS, May 2025). What follows is how much of their working time the best AI models could finish, when, and in which jobs and tasks. Estimates.
of the paid hours. Estimate.
a year: 90 million hours at what they cost. Not a forecast of savings.
- 29%
- 13%
- 58%
of the paid hours are within reach now in tasks people already bring to Claude. Another 17% is within reach in tasks not yet seen there.
Across the US: 22% within reach now and 37% by the end of 2028, on the long-run pace at four in five.
Share of the paid hours within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this industry's paid hours were within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 2%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 17%. Today's estimate: 19%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
Where the hours are
Jobs by hours within reach now. The 40 largest jobs hold 88% of the people.
| People | Pay here | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers | 11,870 | 48% | 12 million | $36K |
| Customer Service Representatives | 5,430 | 64% | 7.3 million | $41K |
| Gambling Cage Workers | 7,640 | 37% | 5.9 million | $37K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers | 10,300 | 24% | 5.1 million | $62K |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 2,950 | 78% | 4.8 million | $43K |
| Security Guards | 14,150 | 14% | 4.2 million | $37K |
| Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners | 5,870 | 26% | 3.2 million | $34K |
| Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators | 4,640 | 33% | 3.2 million | $39K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 3,330 | 40% | 2.8 million | $50K |
| Cashiers | 6,000 | 19% | 2.3 million | $31K |
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 3,170 | 35% | 2.3 million | $58K |
| Gambling Dealers | 33,490 | 3% | 2.2 million | $36K |
People: BLS counts for this industry, May 2025. Pay here: the median paid for the job in this industry, else its mean, else the national median. 131 smaller jobs (25,770 people) count in every total but are not listed. Task data covers 95% of the industry's people; the rest are in BLS "all other" groups with no task list, or in counts BLS does not publish.
The tasks with the most hours within reach by the end of 2028
Across the whole industry, on the chosen pace and reliability.
- Keep accurate records of monetary exchanges, authorization forms, and transaction reconciliations.Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers6.1 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books.Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers4.2 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Plan, organize, and control the operations of a cocktail lounge or bar.Bartenders3.5 million hours50% of the task within reach
- Prepare reports, including assignment of company funds or recording of department revenues.Gambling Cage Workers2.7 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Write reports of daily activities and irregularities, such as equipment or property damage, theft, presence of unauthorized persons, or unusual occurrences.Security Guards2.7 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Prepare collection reports for submission to supervisors.Gambling Dealers2.3 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Monitor establishment activities to ensure adherence to all state gaming regulations and company policies and procedures.Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators2 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Accept credit applications and verify credit references to provide check-cashing authorization or to establish house credit accounts.Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers1.8 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Determine how many gaming tables to open each day and schedule staff accordingly.First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers1.7 million hours100% of the task within reach
- Establish policies on issues, such as the type of gambling offered and the odds, the extension of credit, or the serving of food and beverages.Gambling Managers1.4 million hours96% of the task within reach
Scan a typical company in this industry
The industry's largest jobs, in the proportions BLS counts across the whole industry, at the pay it pays, run through the company scan. A starting point before you have a roster, or a benchmark for the one you have.
Next to this industry
Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
How it is built: BLS counts the people in each job in this industry; each job's tasks and their lengths give its share within reach at a date; the industry's share is those shares weighted by people. Value is pay times 1.43 for benefits and payroll costs. Seen in Claude use splits today's share by whether Anthropic saw people bring each task to Claude in 2025; other AI tools are not counted. How it works