Career
Gambling surveillance officers and gambling investigators
Watch the casino floor for cheating and theft.
$43,370
Median pay
-1.8%
Job growth, 2025–35
1,100
Openings a year
High school diploma or equivalent
Typical education
None required
Typical time after high school
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- Monitor establishment activities to ensure adherence to all state gaming regulations and company policies and procedures.
- Observe casino or casino hotel operations for irregular activities, such as cheating or theft by employees or patrons, using audio and video equipment and one-way mirrors.
- Report all violations and suspicious behaviors to supervisors, verbally or in writing.
- Develop and maintain log of surveillance observations.
- Inspect and monitor audio or video surveillance equipment to ensure it is working appropriately.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on information & systems, then persuasion & leadership?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Monitor establishment activities to ensure adherence to all state gaming regulations and company policies and procedures.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Speaking, Judgment and Decision Making.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
No degree beyond high school, though moderate-term on-the-job training is typical, for a median of $43,370 a year and 1,100 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- Criminal JusticeSee the degree →
- Casino Operations and Services, GeneralCIP 12.0601
- Security and Loss Prevention ServicesCIP 43.0109
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Security Management Specialists
- Security Managers
- Digital Forensics Analysts
- First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers$55,940 · +3.7%
- Private Detectives and Investigators$51,220 · +5.5%
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.