Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 estimates

Cashiers

Illustration of a retail sales counter with a cash register and shelved merchandise

SOC code 41-2011 · Sales and Related Occupations

National employment
3,089,410
Mean annual wage
$33,180
Mean hourly wage
$15.95
Median annual wage
$32,880
Median hourly wage
$15.81

Wage percentiles

PercentileAnnual wageHourly wage
10th percentile$24,530$11.79
25th percentile$28,720$13.81
50th percentile (median)$32,880$15.81
75th percentile$36,330$17.47
90th percentile$40,410$19.43

See where a wage ranks

Estimate only, based on linear interpolation between this occupation's BLS OEWS reported percentiles above.

Wages by state (May 2024)

State-level employment and wage estimates for Cashiers (SOC 41-2011), from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) State estimates, May 2024. Data available for 51 of 51 states/DC for this occupation.

StateEmploymentMean annualMedian annual10th pctl annual25th pctl annual75th pctl annual90th pctl annual
Alabama48,790$26,170$26,760$18,450$21,730$29,860$34,040
Alaska5,950$35,940$36,050$29,370$31,100$37,360$44,970
Arizona70,780$33,860$32,990$29,900$30,510$35,620$37,220
Arkansas30,620$27,720$27,370$23,430$24,360$29,430$33,210
California349,300$38,750$36,270$33,910$34,780$39,500$47,630
Colorado55,700$36,500$35,760$30,320$32,200$37,920$45,360
Connecticut32,110$35,330$34,030$32,640$32,640$35,580$38,410
Delaware11,880$32,060$30,920$27,560$28,550$34,860$36,560
District of Columbia7,310$40,660$37,540$35,360$36,400$43,840$49,990
Florida197,310$30,690$29,320$25,940$27,540$32,880$36,430
Georgia96,120$27,940$28,020$21,460$23,560$30,640$34,850
Hawaii11,240$36,540$34,930$29,120$30,690$38,050$45,170
Idaho16,660$30,840$30,280$21,240$27,670$35,280$37,990
Illinois118,010$33,100$31,340$29,120$29,660$34,940$37,000
Indiana67,770$28,550$28,640$22,100$24,290$31,010$35,170
Iowa43,160$29,440$28,780$22,450$26,970$33,230$36,120
Kansas35,100$27,420$27,580$21,560$23,250$29,800$34,120
Kentucky44,220$26,860$26,970$20,170$22,250$29,990$34,800
Louisiana50,570$25,350$23,410$18,230$21,120$28,710$32,570
Maine15,530$33,950$33,900$29,840$30,590$36,050$37,560
Maryland53,870$34,380$32,870$31,200$31,200$35,940$38,530
Massachusetts62,060$36,060$34,800$31,670$33,720$36,400$42,710
Michigan89,450$30,160$29,190$23,540$27,340$32,690$36,130
Minnesota57,290$32,560$32,570$26,970$29,140$35,460$37,360
Mississippi31,870$24,170$22,410$18,000$20,810$28,070$30,320
Missouri69,980$31,030$29,400$26,740$27,820$32,300$36,890
Montana12,500$31,310$30,620$22,820$27,030$35,530$38,440
Nebraska20,410$30,020$29,420$24,960$27,210$32,280$35,230
Nevada30,660$31,290$29,080$24,250$26,940$34,950$38,110
New Hampshire19,210$31,510$31,230$24,360$28,930$34,580$36,740
New Jersey93,270$34,660$33,200$31,470$31,470$35,770$38,770
New Mexico19,790$30,590$29,230$26,580$27,680$32,100$35,770
New York163,700$36,600$35,030$31,200$32,090$36,880$43,950
North Carolina115,170$27,990$27,930$21,410$23,560$30,430$35,150
North Dakota9,290$31,570$30,610$22,820$29,070$35,290$37,120
Ohio112,650$29,030$28,540$23,110$25,920$30,980$35,050
Oklahoma41,320$26,790$27,130$20,270$22,430$29,280$33,910
Oregon36,960$35,370$34,220$30,160$31,560$37,060$43,150
Pennsylvania111,340$29,170$28,690$21,980$25,300$33,090$35,860
Rhode Island9,710$33,070$31,040$29,120$29,960$34,680$36,880
South Carolina59,470$27,220$27,590$20,520$22,810$29,900$34,430
South Dakota12,970$30,430$29,330$24,880$28,060$33,360$36,360
Tennessee68,830$27,760$27,860$20,730$22,900$30,750$35,040
Texas266,210$28,750$28,310$21,020$23,640$31,590$36,080
Utah27,810$31,570$30,290$23,460$28,320$35,110$37,790
Vermont7,790$35,380$35,090$30,200$31,010$36,810$44,200
Virginia84,500$31,260$29,840$26,530$27,990$33,900$36,120
Washington59,660$40,400$37,300$34,220$35,460$44,350$49,070
West Virginia16,730$25,390$23,490$20,680$21,990$28,640$30,960
Wisconsin70,810$30,540$29,690$22,650$27,530$35,150$36,900
Wyoming5,330$30,210$29,150$22,150$27,250$34,720$37,790

Hourly by-state wages are in the source dataset but not rendered here (annual only, to keep this table a manageable width); see the source link below for the full file. BLS suppresses some state-level figures for reliability: an em dash (—) means BLS did not publish that figure for this state and occupation. Per BLS’s own field definitions: "*" = a wage estimate is not available; "**" = an employment estimate is not available; "#" = a wage equal to or greater than $115.00 per hour or $239,200 per year (all three are shown here as —, not guessed). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), State occupational employment and wage estimates, May 2024.

Similar-paying occupations in Sales and Related Occupations

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 estimates. Wage figures are BLS OEWS estimates and may not reflect current pay.