Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board: casinos employed 15,242 people in FY2025–26

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board published its 19th annual Diversity Report on 5 October 2026, showing licensed casinos and resorts employed 15,242 people as of 30 June 2026, with 90% of those employees living in Pennsylvania. The report, prepared by Director of Diversity Mozelle E. Daniels, breaks down gender and racial composition across roles, highlights sharp variance in executive-level diversity between properties, and records $15.1m in casino community donations for 2025/26.

Workforce size and residency figures in the PGCB Diversity Report

The regulator says the industry workforce totaled 15,242 at the end of the fiscal year. Of those, 90% were Pennsylvania residents. Table games accounted for 4,690 positions, including 4,067 state residents; the PGCB notes that 86% of table game roles were held by Pennsylvania residents, a figure it describes as above the Commonwealth’s sector target.

Parx Casino was the largest employer with 1,872 staff, followed by Wind Creek Bethlehem with 1,589 and Rivers Casino Pittsburgh with 1,496. Parx Casino Shippensburg reported the smallest workforce at 212 employees. The new Category 4 property Happy Valley Casino, which opened on 27 April 2026, ended the fiscal year with 289 employees and reported that 99% of its workforce were Pennsylvania residents; it had filled 297 of the 376 positions it offered by the end of the reporting period.

The proportion of Pennsylvania residents employed at individual properties varied significantly. Mohegan Pennsylvania and several Category 4 casinos — Live! Pittsburgh, Hollywood York, Hollywood Morgantown, Parx Shippensburg and Happy Valley — reported 99% Pennsylvania residency among employees. Live! Casino Philadelphia reported 986 Pennsylvania residents of 1,341 employees (74%), and Rivers Casino Philadelphia reported 79%.

Gender and racial composition across roles: what the report found

Across the industry workforce, women and racial minorities each represented about 42% of employees. Those proportions declined at higher job levels: among the 2,359 executive, management and professional positions, women made up 39% and racial minorities 28%.

Executive-level racial minority representation varied by property. Harrah’s Philadelphia and Valley Forge Casino Resort recorded the highest share of racial minorities in executive roles at 53%. At the other extreme, Live! Casino Pittsburgh reported 5% racial minority representation among executives, and Presque Isle Downs reported 10%. The Casino at Nemacolin was the only property where women constituted a majority of executive-level positions, at 52%.

"The Diversity Report provides a property-level view of where progress has been made and where gaps remain," Mozelle E. Daniels, Director of Diversity at the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, said in the report.

Supplier diversity and industry initiatives to expand opportunities

The PGCB described several measures operators have taken to increase opportunities for minority-owned, women-owned, diverse and small businesses. Those measures include updates to supplier databases, simplified bidding processes, prompt-payment measures and expanded mentoring programmes. The report was produced under Section 1212 of the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development and Gaming Act, which requires the regulator to promote and monitor diversity across the state's legal gaming industry and obliges each licensee to submit an annual diversity and hiring plan as part of its Statement of Conditions.

Casino philanthropy and community support

Casino donations and other community support reached $15.1m in 2025/26, up from $12.9m the prior year. Since 2006, Pennsylvania casinos have contributed more than $241m to philanthropic and community initiatives. The report links the increase in annual donations to operator-led community programmes and the supplier and hiring measures noted above. For readers tracking regulatory context, the full Diversity Report is available from the PGCB and is referenced in the regulator’s regulation updates.

Property-level snapshots and notable outliers

• Parx Casino: largest employer with 1,872 employees.

• Wind Creek Bethlehem: 1,589 employees.

• Rivers Casino Pittsburgh: 1,496 employees.

• Parx Casino Shippensburg: smallest workforce with 212 employees.

• Happy Valley Casino: opened 27 April 2026; 289 employees, 99% Pennsylvania residents; 297 of 376 positions filled by 30 June 2026.

Executive-level diversity extremes are also notable: Harrah’s Philadelphia and Valley Forge Casino Resort at 53% racial minority representation among executives, compared with Live! Casino Pittsburgh at 5% and Presque Isle Downs at 10%.

What operators and investors should read from the data

The report gives licensees a granular, property-level view of where workforce composition aligns with statutory expectations and where it does not. Investors and operators looking at compliance and community relations should consider differences in executive-level diversity and residency percentages when assessing licence-holder performance. The PGCB continues to require annual diversity plans as part of licence conditions; these submissions will remain a regulatory focus in the coming reporting cycles.

For additional coverage of Pennsylvania gaming metrics and sector reporting, see related item in our news section.