SOC 39-3012 · Personal Care and Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners make in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is $37,000. The 10th percentile is $33,850 and the 90th percentile is $38,760. Employment is 190.

Median annual wage

$37,000

10th percentile
$33,850
25th percentile
$35,640
Median
$37,000
75th percentile
$37,000
90th percentile
$38,760
Mean
$36,870

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners, the published 10th percentile is $33,850 and the 90th percentile is $38,760. The difference is $4,910, which is 13.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $35,640 to the 75th at $37,000, covers $1,360.

The mean annual wage is $36,870, which sits below the median of $37,000. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ median is 5.8% higher than the national median of $34,980 for Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners. In 2024 national prices the local median is $35,812, which is 2.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.8% higher than the Arizona median of $35,640.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 103.316, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $37,000 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners at $35,812 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ (190 of 2,375,760). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (8,950 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.39 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners make in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is $37,000. The 10th percentile is $33,850 and the 90th percentile is $38,760. Employment is 190.

How does that compare with the national median for Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners?

The local median is 5.8% higher than the national median of $34,980.

What is Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners pay in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 103.316, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $37,000 is $35,812. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.