Mid-Level

Craps Manager

On a casino floor, you manage the craps operation โ€” supervising dealers and stickmen at craps tables, managing the pit during shifts, handling the game-protection work craps as a dice-based game requires, and the operational management craps tables involve.

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Job markets for Craps Managers
Employment concentration ยท ~22 areas
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What it's like

What it's like to be a Craps Manager

Craps management runs on the rhythm of an active dice game with multiple bet types running simultaneously โ€” supervising the four-dealer rotation (stickperson, base dealers, boxperson), managing payouts on complex prop bets, watching for game-protection issues, handling player interactions at a fast-paced and often loud table. The manager works between dealers, players, pit operations, and surveillance, with the responsibility for craps as one of the more operationally complex casino table games. Hold percentage, game-protection metrics, and operational throughput are the operating measures.

Where craps differs from other table games is the complexity of the bet structure โ€” many simultaneous wagers per roll, complex payouts, and the player-interaction dynamics that craps tables generate (players standing around the table, sometimes loud, sometimes hot or cold streaks creating notable swings). Variance is real: at major Strip casinos craps runs as a substantial product; at regional casinos the volume and complexity vary.

This role fits people who are mathematically comfortable with craps bet structures, energetic enough for the table dynamics, and steady around the game-protection work craps requires. Gaming-license requirements, casino-management credentials, and ongoing CE anchor advancement. The trade-off is the late-night shifts typical of casino operations and the energy demands of supervising one of the louder, faster table-game environments.

RelationshipsHigh
IndependenceHigh
Working ConditionsAbove avg
AchievementAbove avg
SupportAbove avg
RecognitionModerate
O*NET Work Values survey
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Career Paths

Where this role sits in the broader career landscape โ€” and where it can take you.

$239K$179K$119K$60K$0KLower paying387 metro areas, sorted by salary level
All experience levels1
This level's estimated range
INDUSTRIES PAYING ABOVE AVERAGE
1 BLS OEWS May 2024 covers all Craps Managers (SOC 11-9071.00), not just this title ยท BEA RPP 2023
* Top salaries exceed this figure. BLS caps reported wages at ~$240K to protect individual privacy in high-earning roles.
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The Broader Landscape

Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape โ€” helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.

$52Kโ€“$165K
Salary Range
10th โ€“ 90th percentile
5K
U.S. Employment
+1.2%
10yr Growth
600
Annual Openings

How this category is changing

$74K$71K$68K$65K$62K201920202021202220232024$62K$74K
BLS OEWS May 2024 ยท BLS Employment Projections 2024โ€“2034

Skills & Requirements

Management of Personnel ResourcesCritical ThinkingSpeakingMonitoringTime ManagementActive ListeningJudgment and Decision MakingComplex Problem SolvingService OrientationCoordination
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11-9071.00

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Federal data: BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (May 2024) ยท BLS Employment Projections ยท O*NET OnLine
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