Gambling Cage Workers
Hospitality and TourismO*NET 43-3041.00United States
In a gambling establishment, conduct financial transactions for patrons. Accept patron's credit application and verify credit references to provide check-cashing authorization or to establish house credit accounts.
- Median annual earnings
- $37,696
- Projected change
- +0.1%
- Typical education
- High school diploma or less
- Employment
- 13.1K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
84.8% of the workforce
Growing to 13.11K by 2035
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The work
What gambling cage workers do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Maintain confidentiality of customers' transactions.
- Follow all gaming regulations.
- Maintain cage security.
- Convert gaming checks, coupons, tokens, or coins to currency for gaming patrons.
- Cash checks and process credit card advances for patrons.
- Supply currency, coins, chips, or gaming checks to other departments as needed.
- Count funds and reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books.
- Determine cash requirements for windows and order all necessary currency, coins, or chips.
- Verify accuracy of reports, such as authorization forms, transaction reconciliations, or exchange summary reports.
- Perform removal and rotation of cash, coin, or chip inventories as necessary.
- Provide assistance in the training and orientation of new cashiers.
- Provide customers with information about casino operations.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $28,859
- 25th percentile
- $34,375
- 50th percentile
- $37,696
- 75th percentile
- $45,290
- 90th percentile
- $50,559
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $37,696 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
+0.1%average or slower
202513,097 jobs
2035 projected13,106 jobs
9 more 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
- 84.8%
- Some college
- 13.7%
- Associate degree
- 1.4%
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.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- 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.
- Mathematics
- Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Operations Monitoring
- Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Players Club Representatives135 postings
- 02Club Representatives33 postings
- 03Count Team Members13 postings
- 04Main Bankers9 postings
- 05Cashier Attendants8 postings
- 06Paymasters8 postings
- 07Slot Attendants8 postings
- 08Vault Clerks8 postings
- 09Cage Supervisors7 postings
- 10Casino Cage Cashiers5 postings
- 11Cage Managers4 postings
- 12Care Attendants3 postings
- 13Club Attendants3 postings
- 14Booth Attendants2 postings
- 15Casino Cashiers2 postings
- 16Commercial Vault Associates2 postings
- 17Counter Attendants2 postings
- 18Dual Rate Supervisors2 postings
- 19Player Services Representatives2 postings
- 20Ticket Sellers2 postings
Top employers
- 01Caesars Entertainment10 postings
- 02Churchill Downs9 postings
- 03French Lick Resort7 postings
- 04Ballys Hotel & Casino6 postings
- 05Hard Rock Hotel And Casino5 postings
- 06Indian Affairs5 postings
- 07Inn Of The Mountain Gods Resort And Casino5 postings
- 08Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa5 postings
- 09Cache Creek Casino Resort4 postings
- 10Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino4 postings
- 11Ponca City Development Authority4 postings
- 12State Line Cafe & More4 postings
- 13Valley View Casino & Hotel4 postings
- 14Ageless Spa At Tioga Downs Casino Resort3 postings
- 15Buffalo Run Casino & Resort3 postings
- 16Cache Creek Casino3 postings
- 17Calder Casino3 postings
- 18Delaware North3 postings
- 19Inn Of The Mountain Gods3 postings
- 20Isleta Resort & Casino3 postings
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