Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers
Exchange coins, tokens, and chips for patrons' money. May issue payoffs and obtain customer's signature on receipt.
- Median annual earnings
- $36,167
- Projected change
- −2.9%
- Typical education
- High school diploma or less
- Employment
- 19.22K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
96.4% of the workforce
Growing to 18.66K by 2035
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The work
What gambling change persons and booth cashiers do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- 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.
- Maintain cage security according to rules.
- Reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books.
- Check identifications to verify age of players.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $24,348
- 25th percentile
- $29,549
- 50th percentile
- $36,167
- 75th percentile
- $41,568
- 90th percentile
- $60,590
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $36,167 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
559 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
- 96.4%
- Some college
- 2.4%
- Certificate
- 1.2%
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.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- 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.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Mathematics
- Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Writing
- Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- 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.
- Operations Monitoring
- Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Time Management
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Quality Control Analysis
- Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Troubleshooting
- Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Cage Cashiers1,254 postings
- 02Casino Cashiers201 postings
- 03Casino Cage Cashiers135 postings
- 04Player Services Cashiers38 postings
- 05Vault Cashiers25 postings
- 06Cashiers23 postings
- 07Main Bank Cashiers16 postings
- 08Main Bankers14 postings
- 09Night Cashiers12 postings
- 10Booth Attendants11 postings
- 11Booth Managers9 postings
- 12Restaurant Cashiers7 postings
- 13Community Bankers6 postings
- 14Players Club Managers6 postings
- 15Buffet Cashiers5 postings
- 16Gift Shop Cashiers5 postings
- 17Tellers/Cashiers/Clerks5 postings
- 18Clerk Cashiers4 postings
- 19Retail Cashiers4 postings
- 20Cashier Attendants2 postings
Top employers
- 01Caesars Entertainment139 postings
- 02Boyd Gaming55 postings
- 03Churchill Downs45 postings
- 04MGM Resorts International43 postings
- 05Choctaw Nation Of Oklahoma38 postings
- 06Delaware North38 postings
- 07Ballys Hotel & Casino34 postings
- 08Choctaw Nation Headstart33 postings
- 09French Lick Resort27 postings
- 10Turning Stone Enterprises21 postings
- 11Hard Rock Hotel And Casino17 postings
- 12Hollywood Casino St. Louis17 postings
- 13Penn Entertainment14 postings
- 14DraftKings13 postings
- 15Grand Casino Hinckley13 postings
- 16Chickasaw Nation12 postings
- 17Grand Casino11 postings
- 18Grand Casino Mille Lacs9 postings
- 19M Resort9 postings
- 20Sycuan Casino9 postings
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