Tellers
FinanceO*NET 43-3071.00United States
Receive and pay out money. Keep records of money and negotiable instruments involved in a financial institution's various transactions.
- Median annual earnings
- $43,019
- Projected change
- −9.2%
- Typical education
- High school diploma or less
- Employment
- 335.25K jobs
50th percentile, United States
2025 to 2035
74.6% of the workforce
Growing to 304.24K by 2035
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The work
What tellers do
Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.
- Monitor bank vaults to ensure cash balances are correct.
- Balance currency, coin, and checks in cash drawers at ends of shifts and calculate daily transactions, using computers, calculators, or adding machines.
- Cash checks and pay out money after verifying that signatures are correct, that written and numerical amounts agree, and that accounts have sufficient funds.
- Receive checks and cash for deposit, verify amounts, and check accuracy of deposit slips.
- Count currency, coins, and checks received, by hand or using currency-counting machine, to prepare them for deposit or shipment to branch banks or the Federal Reserve Bank.
- Examine checks for endorsements and to verify other information, such as dates, bank names, identification of the persons receiving payments, and the legality of the documents.
- Enter customers' transactions into computers to record transactions and issue computer-generated receipts.
- Resolve problems or discrepancies concerning customers' accounts.
- Prepare and verify cashier's checks.
- Process transactions, such as term deposits, retirement savings plan contributions, automated teller transactions, night deposits, and mail deposits.
- Answer telephones and assist customers with their questions.
- Identify transaction mistakes when debits and credits do not balance.
- Carry out special services for customers, such as ordering bank cards and checks.
- Sort and file deposit slips and checks.
- Receive and count daily inventories of cash, drafts, and travelers' checks.
- Order a supply of cash to meet daily needs.
- Arrange monies received in cash boxes and coin dispensers according to denomination.
- Receive mortgage, loan, or public utility bill payments, verifying payment dates and amounts due.
- Explain, promote, or sell products or services, such as travelers' checks, savings bonds, money orders, and cashier's checks, using computerized information about customers to tailor recommendations.
Pay and outlook
What the job pays and where it is heading
Annual earnings range
Reported earnings by percentile, United States
- 10th percentile
- $34,321
- 25th percentile
- $37,024
- 50th percentile
- $43,019
- 75th percentile
- $46,559
- 90th percentile
- $49,689
The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $43,019 and half earn less.
Employment outlook
2025 to 2035 projection
−9.2%projected to decline
2025335,245 jobs
2035 projected304,240 jobs
31,005 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
- 74.6%
- Some college
- 9%
- Bachelor's degree
- 8.3%
- Associate degree
- 5.4%
- Certificate
- 2.7%
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.
- 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.
- Speaking
- Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Reading Comprehension
- Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Critical Thinking
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Monitoring
- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Social Perceptiveness
- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Service Orientation
- Actively looking for ways to help people.
- 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.
- Mathematics
- Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Active Learning
- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Complex Problem Solving
- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Instructing
- Teaching others how to do something.
- Judgment and Decision Making
- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Coordination
- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Persuasion
- Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
- Negotiation
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
- Systems Evaluation
- Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Learning Strategies
- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
In the market
Job titles and employers
Recent job postings in United StatesCommon job titles
- 01Tellers22,470 postings
- 02Bank Tellers2,347 postings
- 03Lead Tellers1,341 postings
- 04Retail Bankers/Tellers1,323 postings
- 05Customer Service Representatives/Tellers1,129 postings
- 06Personal Bankers/Tellers1,030 postings
- 07Bilingual Spanish Tellers866 postings
- 08Branch Managers823 postings
- 09Bilingual Tellers803 postings
- 10Universal Bankers684 postings
- 11Floaters662 postings
- 12Tellers/Member Service Representatives558 postings
- 13Head Tellers551 postings
- 14Teller Managers541 postings
- 15Tellers/New Accounts Representatives510 postings
- 16Teller Supervisors479 postings
- 17Customer Service Tellers453 postings
- 18Branch Tellers435 postings
- 19Float Teachers415 postings
- 20Service Associates/Tellers404 postings
Top employers
- 01PNC4,492 postings
- 02Wells Fargo4,121 postings
- 03Woodforest National Bank1,207 postings
- 04Citizens Bank827 postings
- 05TD Bank799 postings
- 06KeyBank631 postings
- 07TEKsystems521 postings
- 08Fifth Third Bank507 postings
- 09M&T Bank497 postings
- 10First Citizens Bank492 postings
- 11Loomis469 postings
- 12Santander Bank432 postings
- 13Prosperity Bank423 postings
- 14Citigroup387 postings
- 15Fulton Bank333 postings
- 16Columbia Bank326 postings
- 17Zions Bank309 postings
- 18Centennial Bank304 postings
- 19Columbia Banking System268 postings
- 20Enterprise Bank & Trust246 postings
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