Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers Career, Salary and Skills
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $36,220 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 21,530. Wage data is published for 76 locations.
Occupation description
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
Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year
National salary and employment
Median annual
$36,220
Hourly median
$17.41
Employment
21,530
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 3.12 | 3.00 |
| Active Listening | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Coordination | 3.00 | 2.38 |
| Speaking | 3.00 | 2.75 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.00 | 2.12 |
| Service Orientation | 3.00 | 2.88 |
| Critical Thinking | 2.88 | 2.88 |
| Monitoring | 2.88 | 2.50 |
| Mathematics | 2.88 | 2.50 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 2.88 | 2.25 |
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.
Technology
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers Salary in CAMedian $37,350 · Employment 4,360
- Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers Salary in NVMedian $30,620 · Employment 3,080
- Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers Salary in Las Vegas, NVMedian $33,030 · Employment 2,320
- Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers Salary in Riverside, CAMedian $36,630 · Employment 1,310
- Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers Salary in MIMedian $37,910 · Employment 1,210
- Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers Salary in OKMedian $28,660 · Employment 1,120
- Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers Salary in LAMedian $23,390 · Employment 990
- Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers Salary in TXMedian $62,400 · Employment 910
- Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers Salary in NYMedian $48,110 · Employment 830
- Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers Salary in AZMedian $63,400 · Employment 680
- Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers Salary in WAMedian $38,640 · Employment 670
- Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers Salary in San Diego, CAMedian $38,020 · Employment 650
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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.