Cashiers Career, Salary and Skills
Cashiers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $32,880 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 3,089,410. Wage data is published for 447 locations.
Occupation description
Receive and disburse money in establishments other than financial institutions. May use electronic scanners, cash registers, or related equipment. May process credit or debit card transactions and validate checks.
O*NET code
41-2011.00
Job zone
2
Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
None
National salary and employment
Median annual
$32,880
Hourly median
$15.81
Employment
3,089,410
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Service Orientation | 3.12 | 2.88 |
| Speaking | 3.00 | 2.62 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.00 | 2.75 |
| Active Listening | 3.00 | 2.88 |
| Reading Comprehension | 2.75 | 2.62 |
| Critical Thinking | 2.75 | 2.75 |
| Coordination | 2.75 | 2.62 |
| Monitoring | 2.62 | 2.38 |
| Mathematics | 2.62 | 2.12 |
| Time Management | 2.62 | 2.50 |
Typical tasks
- Greet customers entering establishments.
- Issue receipts, refunds, credits, or change due to customers.
- Assist customers by providing information and resolving their complaints.
- Monitor checkout stations to ensure they have adequate cash available and are staffed appropriately.
- Establish or identify prices of goods, services, or admission, and tabulate bills, using calculators, cash registers, or optical price scanners.
- Answer incoming phone calls.
- Answer customers' questions, and provide information on procedures or policies.
- Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits.
Technology
- AFEXDirect
- Apple Safari
- Bookkeeping software
- Database software
- Electronic medical record EMR software
- Handheld computer device software
- Microsoft Edge
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Windows
- Mozilla Firefox
- ReliaSoft Prism
Cashiers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Cashiers Salary in CAMedian $37,100 · Employment 336,110
- Cashiers Salary in TXMedian $29,230 · Employment 245,730
- Cashiers Salary in FLMedian $30,530 · Employment 201,370
- Cashiers Salary in New York, NYMedian $35,950 · Employment 173,830
- Cashiers Salary in NYMedian $35,500 · Employment 158,890
- Cashiers Salary in ILMedian $34,490 · Employment 139,630
- Cashiers Salary in PAMedian $29,220 · Employment 110,950
- Cashiers Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $36,980 · Employment 109,940
- Cashiers Salary in NJMedian $34,590 · Employment 107,680
- Cashiers Salary in NCMedian $28,880 · Employment 106,440
- Cashiers Salary in OHMedian $29,260 · Employment 103,020
- Cashiers Salary in Chicago, ILMedian $35,010 · Employment 99,240
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.