Cashiers salary
The median pay for cashiers in the United States is $32,880 a year. About 3,089,410 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $24,530
- 25th percentile
- $28,720
- Median percentile
- $32,880
- 75th percentile
- $36,330
- 90th percentile
- $40,410
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
How to become: education, skills and job outlook
Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- District of Columbia $38,880
- Washington $38,720
- California $37,100
- Colorado $36,870
- Hawaii $36,780
- Alaska $36,130
- Vermont $35,720
- Connecticut $35,550
- Massachusetts $35,520
- New York $35,500
- Oregon $35,300
- Maine $34,930
- Rhode Island $34,860
- Minnesota $34,620
- Arizona $34,600
- New Jersey $34,590
- Illinois $34,490
- Maryland $34,390
- Montana $34,190
- New Hampshire $33,840
- Delaware $33,490
- Utah $31,600
- North Dakota $31,460
- Wisconsin $30,880
- Wyoming $30,810
- Virginia $30,580
- Florida $30,530
- Missouri $30,520
- Idaho $30,370
- Nebraska $30,250
- New Mexico $30,120
- Nevada $29,870
- South Dakota $29,780
- Michigan $29,740
- Indiana $29,670
- Ohio $29,260
- Texas $29,230
- Pennsylvania $29,220
- Georgia $29,070
- Iowa $28,970
- North Carolina $28,880
- Kansas $28,800
- Kentucky $28,590
- Tennessee $28,590
- South Carolina $28,530
- Alabama $28,250
- Oklahoma $28,180
- Arkansas $27,670
- Louisiana $26,750
- Mississippi $26,390
- West Virginia $26,370
By metro area
- Seattle, WA $44,210
- San Jose, CA $42,960
- San Francisco, CA $41,270
- Kahului, HI $39,010
- Boulder, CO $38,520
- Napa, CA $38,500
- Santa Rosa, CA $38,440
- Bozeman, MT $38,130
- Bremerton, WA $38,100
- Mount Vernon, WA $37,960
- Vallejo, CA $37,810
- Denver, CO $37,620
- Santa Cruz, CA $37,390
- Fairbanks, AK $37,340
- Olympia, WA $37,340
- Bellingham, WA $37,250
- Salinas, CA $37,080
- San Diego, CA $37,020
- Los Angeles, CA $36,980
- Burlington, VT $36,880
- Sacramento, CA $36,790
- Barnstable Town, MA $36,640
- Kennewick, WA $36,610
- Santa Maria, CA $36,600
- Portland, OR $36,560
- San Luis Obispo, CA $36,550
- Wenatchee, WA $36,550
- Modesto, CA $36,490
- Bridgeport, CT $36,420
- Anchorage, AK $36,350
- Longview, WA $36,350
- Stockton, CA $36,340
- Bend, OR $36,290
- Spokane, WA $36,290
- Portland, ME $36,210
- Oxnard, CA $36,150
- Boston, MA $36,040
- Yakima, WA $36,010
- Fort Collins, CO $35,980
- New York, NY $35,950
- Urban Honolulu, HI $35,930
- Walla Walla, WA $35,930
- Flagstaff, AZ $35,810
- Yuba City, CA $35,790
- Greeley, CO $35,760
- Minneapolis, MN $35,760
- Colorado Springs, CO $35,740
- Riverside, CA $35,700
- New Haven, CT $35,670
- Missoula, MT $35,610
- Ithaca, NY $35,470
- Washington, DC $35,470
- Hanford, CA $35,420
- Merced, CA $35,340
- Lewiston, ME $35,280
- Fresno, CA $35,270
- Bakersfield, CA $35,220
- Chico, CA $35,210
- Hartford, CT $35,180
- Amherst Town, MA $35,130
- Waterbury, CT $35,100
- El Centro, CA $35,090
- Coeur d'Alene, ID $35,020
- Chicago, IL $35,010
- Norwich, CT $35,010
- Kiryas Joel, NY $35,000
- Rochester, MN $34,960
- Phoenix, AZ $34,920
- Redding, CA $34,900
- Santa Fe, NM $34,900
- Kingston, NY $34,770
- Visalia, CA $34,770
- Worcester, MA $34,770
- Helena, MT $34,750
- Corvallis, OR $34,740
- Trenton, NJ $34,710
- Lewiston, ID $34,660
- Madison, WI $34,550
- Providence, RI $34,540
- Grand Junction, CO $34,390
- Medford, OR $34,390
- Pittsfield, MA $34,380
- Prescott Valley, AZ $34,350
- Salem, OR $34,340
- Carson City, NV $34,310
- Albany, NY $34,290
- Naples, FL $34,220
- Albany, OR $34,160
- Eugene, OR $34,110
- Atlantic City, NJ $34,100
- Grants Pass, OR $34,080
- Pueblo, CO $34,050
- Springfield, MA $34,030
- Syracuse, NY $33,950
- Austin, TX $33,940
- Cheyenne, WY $33,890
- Buffalo, NY $33,850
- Rochester, NY $33,850
- Baltimore, MD $33,760
- Vineland, NJ $33,640
- Mankato, MN $33,530
- Glens Falls, NY $33,470
- Fargo, ND $33,420
- Salt Lake City, UT $33,390
- Bismarck, ND $33,260
- Lexington Park, MD $33,180
- Billings, MT $33,120
- Utica, NY $33,070
- Philadelphia, PA $33,050
- Watertown, NY $33,040
- Duluth, MN $33,020
- Binghamton, NY $32,920
- Elmira, NY $32,790
- Tucson, AZ $32,780
- Lake Havasu City, AZ $32,510
- St. Cloud, MN $32,480
- Kenosha, WI $32,380
- St. Louis, MO $32,380
- Ann Arbor, MI $32,370
- Bangor, ME $32,200