Home / Gambling Dealers / Best Cities Best Cities for Gambling Dealerss Cities ranked by purchasing power — where gambling dealerss get the most value from their salary after accounting for cost of living. A score above 1.00 means better than national average.
How we calculate this: City Score = (Local Salary ÷ National Median) ÷ (Local Cost ÷ National Avg Cost). A score of 1.20 means 20% better purchasing power than average.
# Location Score Raw Salary Adjusted Salary Rent/Income 1 Wisconsin State 1.95 $61,670 $66,815 21% 2 Arizona State 1.76 $60,940 $60,396 29% 3 Oregon State 1.76 $62,230 $60,417 31% 4 Washington State 1.59 $58,700 $54,706 39% 5 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro 1.54 $60,490 $52,922 44% 6 Pennsylvania State 1.45 $48,230 $49,722 32% 7 New York State 1.32 $50,860 $45,209 44% 8 Ohio State 1.31 $40,710 $45,033 31% 9 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro 1.26 $52,060 $43,311 72% 10 Pittsburgh, PA Metro 1.24 $39,500 $42,703 36% 11 New Mexico State 1.17 $36,990 $40,207 34% 12 South Dakota State 1.16 $36,190 $39,857 32% 13 Delaware State 1.13 $39,330 $38,941 41% 14 Florida State 1.11 $38,500 $37,931 54% 15 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro 1.07 $39,970 $36,839 61% 16 Mississippi State 0.97 $28,250 $33,314 38% 17 Arkansas State 0.96 $28,380 $32,885 37% 18 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Metro 0.95 $32,160 $32,650 64% 19 Missouri State 0.94 $28,600 $32,280 43% 20 Illinois State 0.93 $31,200 $32,033 50% 21 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro 0.93 $29,120 $31,930 50% 22 California State 0.92 $35,090 $31,698 77% 23 Michigan State 0.92 $29,120 $31,549 46% 24 New Hampshire State 0.88 $32,100 $30,283 59% 25 New Jersey State 0.88 $33,000 $30,331 65% 26 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro 0.88 $35,090 $30,120 77% 27 South Carolina State 0.87 $27,350 $29,728 55% 28 West Virginia State 0.87 $25,100 $29,810 40% 29 North Dakota State 0.86 $27,370 $29,557 43% 30 Colorado State 0.85 $30,800 $29,222 72% 31 Maryland State 0.85 $31,740 $29,066 63% 32 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro 0.84 $32,910 $28,996 93% 33 Minnesota State 0.81 $27,190 $27,745 56% 34 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro 0.81 $31,200 $27,660 77% 35 Indiana State 0.78 $24,160 $26,696 52% 36 Oklahoma State 0.78 $23,720 $26,802 49% 37 Texas State 0.76 $25,090 $26,245 66% 38 Iowa State 0.75 $23,020 $25,807 50% 39 Nevada State 0.75 $25,690 $25,639 68% 40 Virginia State 0.74 $26,170 $25,285 72% 41 Georgia State 0.67 $21,430 $22,944 79% 42 Montana State 0.66 $21,940 $22,759 62% 43 Louisiana State 0.57 $17,760 $19,711 71%
Data Sources: Salary: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS). Cost of Living: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FY2025).