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Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$36,220

United States, 2025

Employment

21,530

United States, 2025

Typical education

High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)

Job Zone 2

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Exchange coins, tokens, and chips for patrons' money. May issue payoffs and obtain customer's signature on receipt. May operate a booth in the slot machine area and furnish change persons with money bank at the start of the shift, or count and audit money in drawers.

O*NET code
41-2012.00
Job zone
2
Experience required
Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year

Typical tasks

  • Keep accurate records of monetary exchanges, authorization forms, and transaction reconciliations.
  • Exchange money, credit, tickets, or casino chips and make change for customers.
  • Count money and audit money drawers.
  • Check identifications to verify age of players.
  • Maintain cage security according to rules.
  • Reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books.
  • Obtain customers' signatures on receipts when winnings exceed the amount held in a slot machine.
  • Calculate the value of chips won or lost by players.

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Salary analysis — United States

$24,460
10th
$29,630
25th
$36,220
Median
$41,530
75th
$60,330
90th

10th percentile

$24,460

25th percentile

$29,630

75th percentile

$41,530

90th percentile

$60,330

Most important skills

  • Reading Comprehension3.1
  • Coordination3.0
  • Active Listening3.0
  • Speaking3.0
  • Social Perceptiveness3.0
  • Service Orientation3.0
  • Critical Thinking2.9
  • Complex Problem Solving2.9
  • Monitoring2.9
  • Mathematics2.9
  • Judgment and Decision Making2.8
  • Writing2.8

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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 6 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

6

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Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Reading Comprehension3.13.0Not selected3.0
Active Listening3.03.0Not selected3.0
Service Orientation3.02.9Not selected2.9
Speaking3.02.8Not selected2.8
Coordination3.02.4Not selected2.4
Social Perceptiveness3.02.1Not selected2.1

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
AZ$63,4006802025
Tucson, AZ$62,5001502025
TX$62,4009102025
New York, NY$58,7902402025
ND$49,8301002025
San Jose, CA$48,950702025
NY$48,1108302025
Albany, NY$47,870602025
Denver, CO$47,5302202025
MD$41,2202002025
Tampa, FL$40,810702025
Los Angeles, CA$39,9205802025
Boston, MA$39,5901402025
St. Louis, MO$39,1301502025
MO$39,1302102025
WA$38,6406702025
Seattle, WA$38,6103202025
CT$38,3502025
CO$38,3203202025
IA$38,2304002025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.