Areas of Employment Gains The Indian Gaming Industry employs 252,702 full-time workers. Wages paid to these employees amounted to $7,111,980,669 in 2021, and employment resulting from casino and ancillary business employees spending their disposable incomes generated another 36,701 jobs in the local, regional, and national economy, bringing job creation for the first and second levels to 289,403. In 2021, Indian gaming facilities, and their ancillary businesses spent $15,185,998,559 on goods and services. This spending created another 174,469 jobs.
The Indian Gaming Industry also undertook $2,156,770,407 in capital spending projects which created another 21,797 jobs.
Indian casinos transferred $18,663,451,089 to Tribal Governments, for programs spending and investments, which created 186,698 jobs. As a job generator in the United States economy, Indian gaming successfully contributes 672,368 direct and indirect jobs. 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 GENERATED IN 2021
Direct Jobs in Gaming
210,536 42,167 252,702
Direct Jobs from Ancillary (Hotels, Food & Beverage, etc..)
Indirect Jobs from Wages created by Indian Gaming
36,701
Indirect Jobs created by tribal casinos purchasing activities of Goods & Services
174,469 21,797 232,968
Indirect Capital Expansion and Replacement Related Jobs
Indirect Jobs created from casino net income transfer payments to Tribal governments - purchasing goods & services, revenue sharing payments to state governments, capital expansion projects & regulatory spending at Federal, State & Tribal levels
186,698
Indian Gaming Stimulated Jobs Nationwide
672,368
Source: Dupris Consulting Group, LLC
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