How much do Gambling Dealers make in Lake Charles, LA?

Percentile spread

For Gambling Dealers, the published 10th percentile is $15,080 and the 90th percentile is $69,790. The difference is $54,710, which is 362.8% 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 $15,080 to the 75th at $32,910, covers $17,830.

The mean annual wage is $28,550, which sits above the median of $15,080. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lake Charles, LA median is 56.1% lower than the national median of $34,320 for Gambling Dealers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $17,565, which is 48.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 15.1% lower than the Louisiana median of $17,760.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lake Charles, LA is 85.852, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $15,080 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Gambling Dealers at $17,565 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Gambling Dealers. Lake Charles, LA ranks 2nd of 3 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 130 miles away, with a median of $23,450 and employment of 110. That median is 55.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $23,776, against $17,565 here.
• Shreveport-Bossier City, LA is 169 miles away, with a median of $15,080 and employment of 580. That median is about the same as the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $17,790, against $17,565 here.

Employment share

Gambling Dealers accounts for 0.87% of wage-and-salary employment in Lake Charles, LA (880 of 101,690). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (83,910 of 155,495,730). The local share is 16.04 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.