Best Cities for Gambling Service Workers, All Others

Cities ranked by purchasing power — where gambling service workers, all others 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	IowaState	1.61	$52,260	$58,587	22%
2	MississippiState	1.56	$48,100	$56,722	22%
3	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MDMetro	1.34	$51,450	$48,629	39%
4	MarylandState	1.25	$49,490	$45,321	41%
5	ArizonaState	1.22	$44,670	$44,272	40%
6	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVMetro	1.20	$48,950	$43,395	49%
7	New MexicoState	1.19	$39,830	$43,293	32%
8	MichiganState	1.12	$37,550	$40,683	36%
9	NevadaState	1.11	$40,430	$40,349	43%
10	FloridaState	1.10	$40,530	$39,931	51%
11	MissouriState	1.10	$35,510	$40,079	35%
12	IndianaState	1.07	$35,070	$38,751	36%
13	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAMetro	1.07	$44,340	$38,793	59%
14	WyomingState	1.05	$35,590	$38,269	33%
15	ColoradoState	1.04	$39,660	$37,628	56%
16	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXMetro	1.04	$36,640	$37,695	52%
17	OhioState	1.03	$33,750	$37,334	37%
18	WashingtonState	1.03	$40,090	$37,363	57%
19	AlaskaState	1.02	$38,730	$37,133	42%
20	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CAMetro	1.01	$44,160	$36,739	85%
21	CaliforniaState	0.98	$39,410	$35,601	69%
22	ConnecticutState	0.98	$38,280	$35,576	49%
23	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FLMetro	0.96	$37,740	$34,783	65%
24	IllinoisState	0.93	$32,990	$33,871	48%
25	OregonState	0.91	$33,900	$32,913	56%
26	MinnesotaState	0.89	$31,540	$32,184	49%
27	LouisianaState	0.88	$28,630	$31,776	44%
28	TexasState	0.87	$30,060	$31,444	55%
29	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAMetro	0.85	$36,040	$30,936	75%
30	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WIMetro	0.85	$30,780	$30,935	58%
31	OklahomaState	0.83	$26,540	$29,989	44%
32	PennsylvaniaState	0.83	$29,400	$30,309	53%
33	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDMetro	0.79	$29,870	$28,860	64%
34	MontanaState	0.67	$23,400	$24,274	58%
35	West VirginiaState	0.62	$19,030	$22,601	53%

Data Sources: Salary: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS). Cost of Living: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FY2025).