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Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers Salary in IL

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers in IL have a median annual salary of $32,200, with 230 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $31,200 at the 10th percentile to $45,450 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$32,200

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$15.48

Employment

230

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$31,200
10th
$31,200
25th
$32,200
Median
$37,230
75th
$45,450
90th

Local compared with national

IL

$32,200

Median annual · 2025

United States

$36,220

Median annual · 2025

The IL median is 11.1% below the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $4,020).

Top skills

  1. 1.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.1
  2. 2.Active ListeningImportance 3.0
  3. 3.SpeakingImportance 3.0
  4. 4.Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.0
  5. 5.CoordinationImportance 3.0
  6. 6.Service OrientationImportance 3.0
  7. 7.MathematicsImportance 2.9
  8. 8.Critical ThinkingImportance 2.9
  9. 9.MonitoringImportance 2.9
  10. 10.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 2.9
  11. 11.WritingImportance 2.8
  12. 12.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 2.8

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year
Job zone
2

Technology used

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word

Common 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.
  • Accept credit applications and verify credit references to provide check-cashing authorization or to establish house credit accounts.
  • Furnish change persons with a money bank at the start of each shift.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

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