Gaming director vs director

The differences between gaming directors and directors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a gaming director and a director. Additionally, a director has an average salary of $113,489, which is higher than the $74,230 average annual salary of a gaming director.

The top three skills for a gaming director include guest service, game operations and direct reports. The most important skills for a director are healthcare, customer service, and oversight.

Gaming director vs director overview

	Gaming Director	Director
Yearly salary	$74,230	$113,489
Hourly rate	$35.69	$54.56
Growth rate	17%	8%
Number of jobs	4,838	230,711
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 75%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	44	40
Years of experience	6	6

Gaming director vs director salary

Gaming directors and directors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Gaming Director	Director
Average salary	$74,230	$113,489
Salary range	Between $38,000 And $143,000	Between $66,000 And $192,000
Highest paying City	New York, NY	New York, NY
Highest paying state	New York	New York
Best paying company	Meta	Mayo Clinic
Best paying industry	Finance	Finance

Differences between gaming director and director education

There are a few differences between a gaming director and a director in terms of educational background:

	Gaming Director	Director
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 75%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Southern California	Stanford University

Gaming director vs director demographics

Here are the differences between gaming directors' and directors' demographics:

	Gaming Director	Director
Average age	44	40
Gender ratio	Male, 77.8% Female, 22.2%	Male, 53.2% Female, 46.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 5.6% Unknown, 6.3% Hispanic or Latino, 10.3% Asian, 3.5% White, 71.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 3.0%	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 14.5% Asian, 6.4% White, 65.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	8%	14%

Differences between gaming director and director duties and responsibilities

Gaming director example responsibilities.

Manage and organize fan assistance booth, program sales, giveaways, any additional information tables as well as all interns.
Organize, run, and play in the school basketball tournament.
Oversee the supervision on all table games including roulette and craps.
Develop skills and knowledge in communication, management, and organization.
Coordinate and direct and poker tournaments, assist in creating blackjack promotions.
Instruct in-house training courses in craps, blackjack and roulette to employees from other departments for transfer to table games.

Director example responsibilities.

Manage water metering programs for NYC and national portfolio.
Collaborate with the CPA to manage financials and reporting / distribution to physicians.
Manage OEM manufacturing partners for making bulk solutions, product fills and final packaging.
Lead company's first deep-fill structural project, bring company into EPA compliance, establish effective QA-QC program.
Develop company website entirely as well as wrote and manage the SEO and upkeep for overall site maintenance.
Manage the company's hotel portfolio operations and assets, including renovation, new build, conversions, and rebranding.

Gaming director vs director skills

Common gaming director skills

Guest Service, 19%
Game Operations, 12%
Direct Reports, 9%
Internal Controls, 9%
Casino Floor, 7%
Development Process, 5%

Common director skills

Healthcare, 10%
Customer Service, 10%
Oversight, 7%
Project Management, 6%
Human Resources, 4%
Business Development, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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