EMPLOYED

6,000

PART-TIME SHARE

27%

FEMALE SHARE

26%

MEDIAN WEEKLY EARNINGS

$1,468

MEDIAN AGE

34

ANNUAL EMPLOYMENT GROWTH

0

Gaming Workers provide gaming services within casinos and other gambling establishments.

  • Ensuring that games operating in the casino pit run smoothly
  • Monitoring cash drops to cashiers and chip transactions
  • Observing incidents and settling disputes arising at gaming tables
  • Dealing games in accordance with casino rules, policies and procedures and ensuring that bets are placed within the rules of the game
  • Checking that appropriate betting limit signs are in place
  • Checking playing cards
  • Verifying cash and colour chip change involving larger amounts with the casino gaming inspector
  • Advising patrons about the rules and etiquette of games
  • Counting the amount of cash chips in the float and entering a closer slip with the corresponding amount in the cash total
  • Calculating and paying winning bets
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    Earnings and Hours

    Weekly Earnings (Before Tax)
    Source: Share of workers who work full-time hours: ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2023, four-quarter average, customised report.
    Average full-time hours worked per week: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Median full-time earnings per week and Median hourly earnings: ABS, Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2023, customised report. Note: median earnings data have not been produced for some occupations where there is a high standard error, and are published with "N/A" values.
    Earnings and Hours Gaming Workers All Occupations
    Share of workers who work full-time hours 73% 70%
    Average full-time hours worked per week 40 hours 44 hours
    Median full-time earnings per week $1,468 $1,697
    Median hourly earnings $39 $43

    Industries

    Gaming Workers work in industries like:

    Source: Ranked using ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2023, four-quarter average data, custom report.
    Note: industries that comprise less than 5% of an occupation have been suppressed.

    States and territories

    New South Wales

    28.6%

    Victoria

    34.4%

    Queensland

    25.7%

    South Australia

    1.9%

    Tasmania

    1.6%

    Northern Territory

    2.6%

    Australian Capital Territory

    2.9%

    Source: ABS Labour Force Survey, Detailed, August 2024, Jobs and Skills Australia trend data.

    Age and gender

    Age and Gender Profile
    Source: ABS, Labour Force Survey, 2023, four-quarter average, customised report.
    Age and Gender Gaming Workers All Occupations
    Median age 34 years 39 years
    Female share of employment 26% 48%
    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Age Profile (% Share) All Occupations Gaming Workers
    15–19 5.2 1.9
    20–24 9.1 12.9
    25–34 22.7 29.0
    35–44 22.3 24.7
    45–54 20.4 19.2
    55–59 8.8 7.1
    60–64 6.5 4.1
    65 and Over 4.9 1.3

    Education

    Source: ABS, 2021 Census of Population and Housing based on place of usual residence.
    Highest Level of Educational Attainment (% Share) All Occupations Gaming Workers
    Post Graduate/Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate 12.2 6.4
    Bachelor degree 23.2 21.7
    Advanced Diploma/Diploma 11.1 11.5
    Certificate III/IV 19.5 16.6
    Year 12 15.9 31.8
    Year 11 4.0 3.7
    Year 10 and below 9.7 4.8

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    Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) is the skill-based classification system used to categorise occupations in the Australian and New Zealand labour markets. ANZSCO provides a basis for the standardised collection, analysis and dissemination of occupation data. Visit the ABS website to learn how ANZSCO works. Jobs and Skills Australia displays data for occupations that are defined by ANZSCO 2013 Version 1.3.