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Gambling Managers vs Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Gambling Managers and Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Gambling Managers Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$85,580
$38,820
Employment · BLS OEWS
4,620
15,080
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
64th pct
25th pct

At a glance

Dimension Gambling Managers Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials
Median pay $85,580 $38,820
Employment 4,620 15,080
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+1.2%) About average (+5.7%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 600 4,600
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 64th pct Low · 25th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 60th pct · 32% of tasks 71st pct · 37% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — Augmentation-leaning (61.4%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No No

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: English Language, Administration and Management, Critical Thinking, Oral Expression, Speaking, Monitoring, Oral Comprehension, Inductive Reasoning, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Time Management, Problem Sensitivity, Deductive Reasoning, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, Writing, Near Vision, Reading Comprehension, Active Learning, Persuasion, Instructing, Written Expression, Information Ordering, Education and Training, Written Comprehension, Far Vision, Learning Strategies, Negotiation.

Specific to Gambling Managers

  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Mathematics
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Administrative
  • Service Orientation
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Economics and Accounting

Specific to Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials

  • Flexibility of Closure
  • Perceptual Speed
  • Selective Attention
  • Time Sharing
  • Memorization
  • Speed of Closure
  • Trunk Strength
  • Category Flexibility

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Word processing software , Internet browser software .

Specific to Gambling Managers

Specific to Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Gambling Managers or Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Gambling Managers vs Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/gambling-managers-vs-umpires-referees-and-other-sports-officials

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Singulariki. (2026). Gambling Managers vs Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/gambling-managers-vs-umpires-referees-and-other-sports-officials

BibTeX 
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  title  = {Gambling Managers vs Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials},
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  year   = {2026},
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