Cashiers
Marketing, Sales and ServiceO*NET 41-2011.00United States
Receive and disburse money in establishments other than financial institutions. May use electronic scanners, cash registers, or related equipment.
- Median annual earnings
- $32,780
- Projected change
- −5.1%
- Typical education
- High school diploma or less
- Employment
- 3.14M jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
81.7% of the workforce
Growing to 2.98M by 2035
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The work
What cashiers do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits.
- 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.
- Help customers find the location of products.
- Request information or assistance, using paging systems.
- Process merchandise returns and exchanges.
- Maintain clean and orderly checkout areas, and complete other general cleaning duties, such as mopping floors and emptying trash cans.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $24,270
- 25th percentile
- $28,515
- 50th percentile
- $32,780
- 75th percentile
- $36,427
- 90th percentile
- $41,028
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $32,780 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
−5.1%projected to decline
20253,143,023 jobs
2035 projected2,983,563 jobs
159,460 fewer positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.
Preparation
Education levels
What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.
- High school diploma or less
- 81.7%
- Certificate
- 9.2%
- Some college
- 9.2%
Skills
Skills employers ask for
Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.
How the work gets done
Core competencies
Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Active Listening
- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Mathematics
- Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
- Systems Analysis
- Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Cashiers69,845 postings
- 02Retail Cashiers5,724 postings
- 03Cashier Stockers4,313 postings
- 04Cashiers Team Member3,287 postings
- 05Cashier Associates2,946 postings
- 06Team Members2,628 postings
- 07Lead Cashiers2,558 postings
- 08Store Cashiers2,387 postings
- 09Head Cashiers2,279 postings
- 10Checkout Operators2,159 postings
- 11Support Leads1,891 postings
- 12Greeters1,848 postings
- 13Pharmacy Cashiers1,838 postings
- 14Brand Representatives1,703 postings
- 15Cashiers/Front End Managers1,446 postings
- 16Food Champions1,358 postings
- 17Guest Services Associates1,327 postings
- 18Managers/Team Leaders1,276 postings
- 19Cast Members1,200 postings
- 20Store Crew Members1,179 postings
Top employers
- 01Lowe's9,338 postings
- 02Kroger6,371 postings
- 03Murphy USA4,217 postings
- 04Walmart3,722 postings
- 05Pilot Company3,035 postings
- 06Taco Bell2,837 postings
- 07ALDI2,814 postings
- 08Burlington2,344 postings
- 09Raising Cane's2,293 postings
- 10TravelCenters of America2,259 postings
- 11CEC Entertainment2,061 postings
- 12Five Below2,000 postings
- 13Love's1,902 postings
- 14Abercrombie & Fitch1,798 postings
- 15Goodwill1,773 postings
- 16Ulta Beauty1,691 postings
- 17Buffalo Wild Wings1,669 postings
- 18The Home Depot1,492 postings
- 19Target1,471 postings
- 20Walgreens Boots Alliance1,471 postings
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