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Pay · 41-2011

Cashiers earn $32,880 a year at the midpoint

Most cashiers are paid close to one another — the middle is $32,880, and even the ends, $24,530 and $40,410, are not far off.

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$32,880median a year · United States
$15.81an hour $33,180average 3,089,410people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$28,72025th $32,880median $36,33075th
$24,53010th percentile $40,41090th percentile
$28,720a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$38,880best-paying state · District of Columbia
$26,370lowest-paying state · West Virginia
+18%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • The annual figure is arithmetic. For hourly occupations the annual figure is the hourly rate times 2080 hours. It is a calculation, not observed earnings: part time is the norm in retail and food service.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

Cashier earnings, from starting pay to the highest 10%

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Cashier pay rate, hourly and yearly

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$32,885a year

Adjacent work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Cashiers$32,880
Counter and Rental Clerks$41,300+$8,420 Parts Salespersons$38,630+$5,750 Retail salespersons$35,410+$2,530

Resumes for cashiers

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Point of saleCash handlingDrawer reconciliationAge-restricted salesReturns and exchangesSelf-checkout supportQueue managementCard payment procedure
  • Balanced the drawer at close and reported variances the same shift rather than at week end.
  • Handled price disputes and voids at the lane within the limits of the role.
  • Applied age-restricted sales checks consistently, including refusals.

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Ranked 782 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 1% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 780 Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers $33,580
  2. 781 Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers $32,910
  3. 782 Cashiers $32,880
  4. 783 Entertainment Attendants and Related Workers, All Other $32,640
  5. 784 Shampooers $32,600

Cashier wages in each state

Across 51 states the median ranges by 1.47 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
District of Columbia $38,880 $36,400 $36,400 — $51,640 6,060
Washington $38,720 $35,560 $35,560 — $51,370 61,050
California $37,100 $34,760 $34,760 — $48,950 336,110
Colorado $36,870 $31,490 $31,490 — $47,000 51,670
Hawaii $36,780 $30,310 $30,310 — $46,380 10,780
Alaska $36,130 $30,780 $30,780 — $45,430 5,810
Vermont $35,720 $30,590 $30,590 — $43,810 7,030
Connecticut $35,550 $34,010 $34,010 — $39,990 30,920
Massachusetts $35,520 $32,180 $32,180 — $44,020 58,880
New York $35,500 $32,600 $32,600 — $44,850 158,890
Oregon $35,300 $30,890 $30,890 — $45,820 37,660
Maine $34,930 $30,770 $30,770 — $38,890 14,240
Rhode Island $34,860 $31,200 $31,200 — $47,420 9,260
Minnesota $34,620 $27,880 $27,880 — $39,520 58,190
Arizona $34,600 $31,020 $31,020 — $39,500 72,570
New Jersey $34,590 $32,220 $32,220 — $43,260 107,680
Illinois $34,490 $31,200 $31,200 — $38,480 139,630
Maryland $34,390 $31,200 $31,200 — $39,770 49,910
Montana $34,190 $23,900 $23,900 — $41,590 12,170
New Hampshire $33,840 $27,380 $27,380 — $38,990 17,250
Delaware $33,490 $31,200 $31,200 — $37,030 11,450
Utah $31,600 $23,530 $23,530 — $39,320 22,940
North Dakota $31,460 $27,870 $27,870 — $37,330 9,510
Wisconsin $30,880 $23,400 $23,400 — $37,570 65,380
Wyoming $30,810 $24,820 $24,820 — $38,530 5,840
Virginia $30,580 $27,040 $27,040 — $37,450 83,890
Florida $30,530 $27,690 $27,690 — $37,650 201,370
Missouri $30,520 $28,600 $28,600 — $37,640 69,430
Idaho $30,370 $22,400 $22,400 — $38,440 17,200
Nebraska $30,250 $28,080 $28,080 — $36,070 20,650
New Mexico $30,120 $27,460 $27,460 — $38,050 19,020
Nevada $29,870 $25,920 $25,920 — $39,570 30,160
South Dakota $29,780 $27,320 $27,320 — $36,400 12,860
Michigan $29,740 $26,660 $26,660 — $36,560 92,930
Indiana $29,670 $22,630 $22,630 — $36,690 68,350
Ohio $29,260 $23,600 $23,600 — $36,250 103,020
Texas $29,230 $22,090 $22,090 — $36,980 245,730
Pennsylvania $29,220 $22,270 $22,270 — $36,280 110,950
Georgia $29,070 $22,340 $22,340 — $35,610 97,540
Iowa $28,970 $22,930 $22,930 — $36,560 41,450
North Carolina $28,880 $22,450 $22,450 — $35,810 106,440
Kansas $28,800 $22,470 $22,470 — $35,630 33,080
Kentucky $28,590 $21,720 $21,720 — $35,550 44,550
Tennessee $28,590 $21,410 $21,410 — $35,780 63,350
South Carolina $28,530 $21,730 $21,730 — $35,970 56,550
Alabama $28,250 $21,300 $21,300 — $34,950 46,420
Oklahoma $28,180 $21,730 $21,730 — $35,050 41,140
Arkansas $27,670 $23,320 $23,320 — $34,630 28,270
Louisiana $26,750 $19,300 $19,300 — $34,780 46,350
Mississippi $26,390 $20,240 $20,240 — $33,750 30,490
West Virginia $26,370 $21,350 $21,350 — $33,990 17,360

What people often ask

What is a cashier’s yearly income?

A cashier makes a median of $32,880 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $28,720 and $36,330.

What is a cashier’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $15.81 an hour; the average is $33,180 a year.

What is the starting pay for a cashier?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $28,720 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $24,530.

Which state pays cashiers the most?

District of Columbia, with a median of $38,880 a year.

How many people work as cashiers?

About 3,089,410 in the United States — number 782 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays about the same

Median pay within $730 of what cashiers earn — $32,880 a year — but not always the same spread.

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