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Pennsylvania casinos employed 598 fewer people at the end of fiscal year 2025–26 than a year earlier, while spending with local businesses also fell.
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s annual diversity report puts the statewide casino workforce at 15,242 as of June 30. That is a 3.8% decline from the 15,840 workers reported a year earlier.
Pennsylvania’s retail casinos spent about $753 million through outside businesses during the fiscal year, a nearly 10% decline. Approximately 31% of that spending went to suppliers in the counties where casinos operate or in neighboring counties.
Pennsylvania residents hold nine out of 10 casino jobs
The report counted 13,786 state residents among the workforce, keeping their share at approximately 90%, unchanged from the previous year.
Employment changes varied by property. Parx Casino reported 128 fewer employees than a year earlier, while Rivers Casino Pittsburgh’s workforce declined by 79.
Live! Casino Philadelphia moved in the other direction, adding 29 employees to bring its workforce to 1,341.
Several of Pennsylvania’s largest casinos still employed more than 1,000 people at the close of the fiscal year:
- Parx Casino: 1,872 employees
- Wind Creek Bethlehem: 1,589
- Rivers Casino Pittsburgh: 1,496
- Live! Casino Philadelphia: 1,341
- Rivers Casino Philadelphia: 1,066
- Mohegan Pennsylvania: 1,059
Table games remained a significant source of casino employment. Those operations accounted for 4,690 workers, or nearly a third of the statewide workforce. Of those employees, 4,067 lived in Pennsylvania.
Casinos also continued hiring during the year. Rivers Casino Pittsburgh reported 455 hires, while Rivers Casino Philadelphia reported 417. Those figures reflect recruitment throughout the fiscal year, while the statewide employment total measures how many people were on staff when the year ended.
Lower construction spending accounts for much of supplier decline
Casinos’ payments to outside businesses totaled $753.5 million, down from $830.9 million a year earlier. The $77.4 million decrease represents a decline of approximately 9.3%.
Much of that change came from construction. Spending in that category fell from $114.9 million to $61.2 million, accounting for more than two-thirds of the overall reduction.
Non-construction purchases also declined, though by a smaller amount. Casinos spent $692.3 million in that category, compared with $715.9 million in the previous fiscal year.
Businesses near casino properties received less of that spending. According to the report’s spending tables, payments to local suppliers fell from $308.8 million to $230.4 million, a decrease of approximately $78.5 million. That amounts to a decline of about 25.4%.
The latest local total included $199.3 million in non-construction purchases and $31.1 million in construction spending. Local construction spending fell by about $60.5 million, accounting for most of the reduction in payments to nearby suppliers.
Community giving rises as casino workforce shrinks
Racial minorities accounted for approximately 42% of casino employees, the same share reported a year earlier.
Representation was lower in executive, management, and professional positions, where racial minorities held 28% of jobs. Women held 39% of those positions, up from 38% a year earlier.
Casinos reported 2,359 employees in those roles, down 225 from the previous year’s total of 2,584.
Charitable donations and community outreach increased despite the declines in employment and supplier spending. Casinos reported $15.1 million in contributions, compared with $12.9 million a year earlier.
Those contributions increased by approximately $2.2 million, or 16.7%, over the previous fiscal year.
