Casino (except casino hotels) Revenue Benchmark

Average Casino Revenue per Year 2022 Economic Census

The 2022 Economic Census counts every casino without a hotel that has paid employees, including riverboat casinos and casinos with racetracks, and publishes their combined annual receipts. Dividing that total by the number of casinos gives the average annual revenue per employer establishment shown below.

≈$62,453,000 /year

Average annual gross revenue per employer establishment

How this is calculated: about $18.4 billion in combined annual receipts divided by 295 employer establishments works out to an average annual revenue of $62,453,000 per employer establishment.

Scope: Casinos (except Casino Hotels), NAICS 713210. The category covers stand-alone casinos, including floating and riverboat casinos and casinos with racetracks. Casino hotels are a separate category, as are racetracks without casino gaming and lottery operators. Classified separately in group 7132: 713290 Other Gambling Industries. Nothing outside that code is counted on this page.

Source US Census Bureau, 2022 Economic Census, Summary Statistics (ECNBASIC): ESTAB, RCPTOT and PAYANN by NAICS · Vintage 2022 Economic Census · Calculation BusinessNES · Accessed September 2026

Payroll as a Share of Revenue Official data

Payroll divided by receipts, both as published for the same year.

Payroll share of receipts, Casinos (except Casino Hotels), United States, 2022 Economic Census.

Approximately 17.0 percent of every revenue dollar goes to annual payroll, a small share for a business employing hundreds per location, because gaming revenue is large relative to the dealers, slot attendants, security and hospitality staff behind it.

Payroll here excludes benefits, employer taxes and owner compensation, and it excludes gaming taxes, licensing, machines, security systems and the food and drink served, which together carry much of what a casino spends.

Business Scale and Ownership Structure Official data

How large the average establishment is, and whether the population is independent operators or multi-site companies.

Scale and ownership, Casinos (except Casino Hotels), United States, 2022 Economic Census.

The average establishment employed about 251.0 people, and the industry averaged 1.4 employer establishments per firm, which confirms that multi-establishment ownership exists in the published population without showing how establishments are distributed across firms. As an illustration, that headcount covers gaming floors, security, hospitality and administration running around the clock.

These are arithmetic industry averages. They state the size of the average establishment and show that multi-establishment ownership exists. They do not show the distribution of business sizes and they do not measure market concentration.

Explore More on BusinessNES

Neighbouring benchmark pages built from the same verified data, plus BusinessNES guides on the same subject.

• What is Business
• Casino Hotel Benchmark
• Amusement and Theme Park Benchmark
• Bar Benchmark
• All Business Benchmarks

Data Source Notice

This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Figures above are from the 2022 Economic Census reference year, released by the Census Bureau in 2024 and 2025; markets have moved since.

Questions Worth Asking BusinessNES analysis

Casino: reading an average across a few hundred casinos whose size and rules differ enormously.

Before you rely on this benchmark

• How many casinos are behind the figure? The published population here is a few hundred employer establishments, from a small riverboat or racetrack casino to a large stand-alone property, and the big operations lift the average well above what a small casino collects. Treat it as a portrait of the category.
• Where are the casino hotels? Casinos with hotels are counted in a separate category, so a large resort property sits outside this figure. This page describes casinos without lodging, which changes what revenue means.
• What does gaming revenue mean? Casino receipts reflect gaming win after paying out to players, plus food, drink and entertainment, not the total amount wagered. The figure is revenue in the accounting sense, and the census does not separate gaming from hospitality.
• How much goes to gaming taxes? States tax gaming revenue at rates that vary widely, and licensing fees and compliance obligations differ by jurisdiction. Those charges are large and sit between receipts and what a casino keeps.
• Which games and how many positions? Slot machines and table games have different margins, staffing and capital, and the number of gaming positions decides capacity. The census does not publish the gaming mix behind a casino's revenue.
• How local is the market? Casinos draw from the population within driving distance and compete with tribal, riverboat and out-of-state properties, and a new competitor nearby can move revenue sharply. Local market structure matters more than the national average.