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Cashiers

SOC 41-2011

Ring up purchases, handle payment, and keep a line moving.

The job
Median pay
$33k
$29k to $36k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Declining
-6.5% projected
Openings a year
521k
BLS projection
Typical education
No formal credential
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
12/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
54th pct
More exposed than 54% of occupations · modeled estimate · 88th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
31/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California336,11018.50.9×$37k
Texas245,73017.50.9×$29k
Florida201,37020.31.0×$31k
New York158,89016.40.8×$36k
Illinois139,63022.91.1×$34k
Pennsylvania110,95018.30.9×$29k
New Jersey107,68025.11.3×$35k
North Carolina106,44021.51.1×$29k
Ohio103,02018.60.9×$29k
Georgia97,54020.01.0×$29k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Michigan92,93021.11.1×$30k
Virginia83,89020.41.0×$31k
Arizona72,57022.41.1×$35k
Missouri69,43023.61.2×$31k
Indiana68,35021.41.1×$30k
Wisconsin65,38022.21.1×$31k
Tennessee63,35019.31.0×$29k
Washington61,05017.20.9×$39k
Massachusetts58,88016.20.8×$36k
Minnesota58,19019.71.0×$35k
South Carolina56,55024.51.2×$29k
Colorado51,67018.00.9×$37k
Maryland49,91018.10.9×$34k
Alabama46,42022.01.1×$28k
Louisiana46,35024.01.2×$27k
Kentucky44,55022.31.1×$29k
Iowa41,45026.61.3×$29k
Oklahoma41,14024.11.2×$28k
Oregon37,66019.11.0×$35k
Kansas33,08023.01.2×$29k
Connecticut30,92018.20.9×$36k
Mississippi30,49026.21.3×$26k
Nevada30,16019.41.0×$30k
Arkansas28,27021.71.1×$28k
Utah22,94013.20.7×$32k
Nebraska20,65020.21.0×$30k
New Mexico19,02021.81.1×$30k
West Virginia17,36024.71.3×$26k
New Hampshire17,25025.21.3×$34k
Idaho17,20020.11.0×$30k
Maine14,24022.21.1×$35k
South Dakota12,86028.11.4×$30k
Montana12,17023.81.2×$34k
Delaware11,45023.61.2×$33k
Hawaii10,78017.20.9×$37k
North Dakota9,51022.11.1×$31k
Rhode Island9,26018.50.9×$35k
Vermont7,03023.11.2×$36k
Washington DC6,0608.60.4×$39k
Wyoming5,84020.81.1×$31k
Alaska5,81017.80.9×$36k

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ173,830 jobs · $36k median
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA109,940 jobs · $37k median
  3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN99,240 jobs · $35k median
  4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX65,070 jobs · $30k median
  5. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL56,340 jobs · $30k median
  6. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX54,950 jobs · $29k median
  7. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD54,100 jobs · $33k median
  8. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA51,180 jobs · $30k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.