Office & Admin
Tellers
SOC 43-3071
Handle deposits, withdrawals, and transactions at a bank.
The job
Median pay
$43k
$37k to $47k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Declining
-13% projected
Openings a year
27k
BLS projection
Typical education
High school
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
7/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
27th pct
More exposed than 27% of occupations · modeled estimate · 80th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
31/100
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Writing
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.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 25,860 | 1.8 | 0.9× | $38k |
| California | 25,230 | 1.4 | 0.7× | $47k |
| Illinois | 16,960 | 2.8 | 1.3× | $39k |
| New York | 15,040 | 1.6 | 0.7× | $44k |
| Pennsylvania | 14,800 | 2.4 | 1.1× | $40k |
| Florida | 14,700 | 1.5 | 0.7× | $46k |
| Ohio | 13,890 | 2.5 | 1.2× | $40k |
| Michigan | 13,420 | 3.0 | 1.4× | $39k |
| New Jersey | 10,270 | 2.4 | 1.1× | $47k |
| Missouri | 10,030 | 3.4 | 1.6× | $37k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 9,180 | 2.6 | 1.2× | $48k |
| Wisconsin | 9,030 | 3.1 | 1.4× | $40k |
| Indiana | 8,400 | 2.6 | 1.2× | $39k |
| Georgia | 7,820 | 1.6 | 0.8× | $42k |
| Tennessee | 7,560 | 2.3 | 1.1× | $37k |
| Virginia | 7,410 | 1.8 | 0.8× | $45k |
| Oklahoma | 7,230 | 4.2 | 2.0× | $36k |
| Massachusetts | 7,190 | 2.0 | 0.9× | $47k |
| Alabama | 6,770 | 3.2 | 1.5× | $37k |
| Minnesota | 5,740 | 1.9 | 0.9× | $44k |
| Iowa | 5,470 | 3.5 | 1.7× | $38k |
| Colorado | 5,370 | 1.9 | 0.9× | $46k |
| Kentucky | 5,350 | 2.7 | 1.3× | $37k |
| North Carolina | 5,260 | 1.1 | 0.5× | $45k |
| Louisiana | 4,900 | 2.5 | 1.2× | $36k |
| Utah | 4,790 | 2.8 | 1.3× | $38k |
| Kansas | 4,720 | 3.3 | 1.6× | $37k |
| Nebraska | 4,590 | 4.5 | 2.1× | $38k |
| South Carolina | 4,400 | 1.9 | 0.9× | $42k |
| Arkansas | 4,250 | 3.3 | 1.5× | $36k |
| Maryland | 3,860 | 1.4 | 0.7× | $46k |
| Arizona | 3,770 | 1.2 | 0.6× | $45k |
| Mississippi | 3,750 | 3.2 | 1.5× | $37k |
| Connecticut | 3,220 | 1.9 | 0.9× | $46k |
| Oregon | 2,990 | 1.5 | 0.7× | $44k |
| Idaho | 2,690 | 3.1 | 1.5× | $42k |
| West Virginia | 2,620 | 3.7 | 1.8× | $35k |
| Maine | 2,410 | 3.8 | 1.8× | $43k |
| New Mexico | 2,330 | 2.7 | 1.3× | $38k |
| North Dakota | 1,990 | 4.6 | 2.2× | $39k |
| Nevada | 1,850 | 1.2 | 0.6× | $45k |
| Hawaii | 1,760 | 2.8 | 1.3× | $44k |
| Montana | 1,660 | 3.2 | 1.5× | $38k |
| South Dakota | 1,560 | 3.4 | 1.6× | $38k |
| New Hampshire | 1,550 | 2.3 | 1.1× | $44k |
| Delaware | 1,400 | 2.9 | 1.4× | $45k |
| Alaska | 1,020 | 3.1 | 1.5× | $47k |
| Wyoming | 970 | 3.5 | 1.6× | $38k |
| Vermont | 930 | 3.1 | 1.4× | $44k |
| Rhode Island | 830 | 1.7 | 0.8× | $45k |
| Washington DC | 700 | 1.0 | 0.5× | $46k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ15,820 jobs · $47k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN9,930 jobs · $45k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA8,790 jobs · $46k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX6,010 jobs · $39k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD6,010 jobs · $45k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX5,760 jobs · $45k median
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI5,130 jobs · $45k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH4,820 jobs · $48k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Tellers interactively →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.