To put it in perspective, in a good house, namely, Caesar's in Las Vegas (where I have insider information), the dealers make $90,000 a year in good, non-recession years. That is probably the top income of dealers anywhere. It's all downhill from there, but I assume the same or close to the same is also true of houses like Bellagio, Aria and Venetian, but that is just a guess. I imagine in many of the smaller places, dealers barely eke out a living, but again, that's just a guess. It could be the house picks up the slack in some cases when dealers can't make much above their basic wages.
