Cashiers in the United States earn a median of $32,880 a year. Pay starts near $24,530. The national 90th percentile is $40,410. This page does not publish a state top-of-range figure.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (Cashiers, SOC 41-2011). Employment 3,089,410. Last checked 22 September 2026. National percentiles via the BLS OEWS release as republished on O*NET OnLine wage tables.
Wages — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2025 (Cashiers). Entry is the national 10th percentile. The top chip is the national 90th percentile, not a state. The middle half of workers earns $28,720 to $36,330. Hourly equivalents: $11.79, $15.81, and $19.43. BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook lists no formal educational credential as the typical entry-level education for cashiers. The marker on the exposure bar is PayCrunch editorial context, not a BLS statistic. Updated 22 September 2026.
Receive and disburse money in stores and other establishments that are not banks. Scan items, take cash or cards, and handle the exceptions the self-checkout machine stops on.
AI tools that fit Cashier work September 2026
A short list of general tools. This is not a sponsored placement, not a weekly crawl, and not a product review with prices. Use whatever your employer already allows.
A general assistant for plain-language procedure notes.
How a Cashier uses it: Turn a till-variance rule into steps a new cashier can follow, then match them to the store's own sheet.
AI inside Excel and Outlook.
How a Cashier uses it: Summarize a week of till notes or draft the message to a supervisor about a repeating scan error.
Google's assistant in Search and Workspace.
How a Cashier uses it: Check a published payment-network rule only from a source you can name, not from a guess.
Cashier: the till, the exception, and SOC 41-2011
Cashiers are SOC 41-2011. The locked chips are entry $24,530, median $32,880, and a national 90th percentile of $40,410. BLS counted 3,089,410 wage-and-salary cashiers in May 2025. This is not the retail salesperson page and it is not a bank teller. The work is taking payment and clearing the exceptions.
The published band is tight
The middle half of cashiers earns $28,720 to $36,330. From the median $32,880 to the national 90th percentile $40,410 is $7,530 a year. That step is real and it is not a management salary. Head cashier, service desk, and trainer duties are how people move inside this band. This page does not invent a state where the 90th percentile is higher.
What the lane actually audits
A clean close names the variance, the transaction, and what you did. A scanner that rejects a coupon is an exception with a code, not a reason to override every time. Cash handling follows the store's count, not a shortcut from a chat window.
Outlook
O*NET reports projected growth for 2024–2034 as a decline (minus 1 percent or lower). O*NET still projects about 542,600 openings a year over 2024–2034 because people leave the job. A decline in employment is not the same thing as no hiring.
Locked wage chips on this page: entry $24,530, median $32,880, national 90th percentile $40,410. SOC 41-2011. If a sentence disagrees with those three figures, the figures win.
How to do the work that sits inside this pay band
These steps stay inside the published national range. They are not a promise that you will be paid the 90th percentile.
A number without a cause gets counted again tomorrow.
Rewrite this till note so a supervisor can see the amount, the likely transaction, and what is still unknown.Every override is a record.
List the questions I should ask before I override this register prompt. Do not invent a store policy I did not paste.Speed that loses the cash drawer is not speed.
Turn this rush note into a three-step lane routine that does not drop the ID or age check the store already requires.Careers related to Cashier
Similar pay, same field
- Barista $31,200
- Retail Salesperson $35,410
- Stocker $37,330
- Front Desk Agent $35,070
Where this can lead
- Bank Teller $43,030
- Customer Service Representative $44,770
Wages in this list are the national medians printed on those pages. Every new page in this batch uses BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Paste only facts you already have: a tag, a count, a calendar constraint, a file name. If the draft adds a number, a policy, or a product you did not provide, delete it.
Do not paste account numbers, full customer records, or anything your employer has told you to keep inside its own system.
TODO: PC_GEAR is not filled in this batch. No product links and no ASINs until a reviewed list exists. Do not invent ASINs.
TODO: state-wage table is not filled in this batch. The chips above are national OEWS May 2025 percentiles only. State medians are not estimated here.
Sources
- BLS OEWS — Cashiers (SOC 41-2011)
- BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook — related profile
- O*NET OnLine summary for 41-2011.00 (2025 wages and 2024–2034 outlook category)
- Salary (10th, 25th, median, 75th, 90th) — national BLS OEWS May 2025.
- Employment — national OEWS May 2025 wage-and-salary employment, 3,089,410.
- Outlook — O*NET reports projected growth for 2024–2034 as a decline (minus 1 percent or lower). Projected openings: about 542,600 a year.
- Not on this page — state wages, metro wages, and product recommendations.
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