SOC 33-9031 · Protective Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators make in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is $47,570. The 10th percentile is $39,630 and the 90th percentile is $62,190. Employment is 230.

Median annual wage

$47,570

10th percentile
$39,630
25th percentile
$43,590
Median
$47,570
75th percentile
$59,880
90th percentile
$62,190
Mean
$51,520

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators, the published 10th percentile is $39,630 and the 90th percentile is $62,190. The difference is $22,560, which is 47.4% 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 $43,590 to the 75th at $59,880, covers $16,290.

The mean annual wage is $51,520, which sits above the median of $47,570. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median is 9.7% higher than the national median of $43,370 for Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,805, which is 1.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4% higher than the Washington median of $45,740.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 111.133, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,570 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators at $42,805 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 Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (230 of 2,086,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (9,520 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.80 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 Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators make in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is $47,570. The 10th percentile is $39,630 and the 90th percentile is $62,190. Employment is 230.

How does that compare with the national median for Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators?

The local median is 9.7% higher than the national median of $43,370.

What is Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators pay in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 111.133, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $47,570 is $42,805. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.