If you’re a member of the higher echelons working at the Aqueduct racino, there’s less than even odds that you’re from Queens, a Daily News investigation shows.

Of the 149 employees in upper-tier management at Resorts World Casino New York City, 71 jobs — or fewer than half — went to those living in Queens, according to a roster obtained by The News via a Freedom of Information Act request.

That figure has some community leaders concerned, especially in light of a previous report by The News revealing that overall hiring from Queens has failed to meet the publicly pledged goal of 70% to 80%.

New York State Lottery categorizes jobs at the popular South Ozone Park attraction into four levels, depending on responsibility, security clearance and presumably, pay.

The top tier, Level 1, denotes the executive staff. Level 2 are department heads and Level 3 are front-line employees, such as security and slot maintenance workers. The lowest tier, Level 4, includes hospitality and restaurant jobs, lottery officials said.

Of the 149 employees in the top two levels, 34% live outside of the five boroughs and 20% are from out of state. Six of the eight Level 1 executives list addresses outside of the city, documents show.

Resorts World President Michael Speller resides in Connecticut, according to state campaign donation documents.

“That shows a core group of the decision makers are not connected to the local community,” said Vishnu Mahadeo, executive director of the Richmond Hill Economic Development Corp.

City Councilman Eric Ulrich said that parent company Genting needs to ante up more local jobs to address residents’ unease.

“The more and more we find out about Genting’s hiring practices the more we’re disappointed,” said Ulrich (R-Ozone Park). “Genting has to do a better job of hiring local.”

But with city residents having limited experience working in the casino industry, experts said it’s not unreasonable to pull from nearby states to find workers with relevant experience.

“What concerns me the most is to make sure the low- and middle-tier employees that they’re hiring are on a track to move up the ladder,” said Jonathan Bowles, director of the Center for an Urban Future, a think tank.

Resorts World officials noted that they have placed many of their chips on Queens residents.

“Several of our top-level executives and managers do in fact call Queens home, and we look forward to filling even more management positions with Queens residents as our facility expands in the future,” said racino spokesman Stefan Friedman.

Racino officials said since the October 2011 opening, the 141-person “slot department” has seen strong advancements, with 41 promotions, 26 of which have been Queens residents.

“We will continue to explore ways to grow and retain our Queens workforce, including our active and successful on-site training initiatives to ensure that each of our employees has a clear path to continued success,” Friedman said. “We have built a local, diverse and hardworking family of employees that have and will continue to move up within our company towards long and fruitful careers at Resorts World.”

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