Areas of Employment Gains Impacted by COVID-19 in 2020, the Indian gaming industry employed only 203,345 full-time workers. Wages paid to these employees amounted to $9,468,838,562 in 2020, and employment resulting from casino and ancillary business employees spending their disposable incomes generated another 71,081 jobs in the local, regional, and national economy, bringing job creation for the first and second levels to 274,426. In 2020, Indian gaming facilities, and their ancillary businesses spent $11,644,055,563 on goods and services. This spending created another 134,488 jobs. Indian casinos transferred $8,556,776,361 to Tribal Governments, for program spending in 2020. In the previous year, $12,591,354,741 was
transferred over, which represents a drop of (32.0%). Estimations for calculating the number of jobs created from Tribal governments spending transfer payments was not a focus of this study. Had it been, the number of additional jobs created would have been significant. As a job producer in the United States economy, Indian gaming still successfully contributed 408,915 direct and indirect jobs, during a time when the coronavirus was impacting the economy. Although Tribal gaming has matured since the passage of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in 1988, it continues to add growth and maintains stable employment at all the facilities throughout the United States.
INDIAN GAMING DIRECT AND INDIRECT JOBS
Direct Jobs in Gaming
169,516 33,829 203,345 71,081 134,488 205,570
Direct Jobs from Ancillary (Hotels, Food & Beverage, etc...)
Indirect Jobs from Wages created by Indian Gaming
Indirect Jobs created by tribal casinos purchasing activities of Goods & Services
Indian Gaming Stimulated Jobs Nationwide
408,915
Source: Dupris Consulting Group, LLC & IMPLAN
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