Cashiers
Detailed Occupation
Add ComparisonCashiers are most often employed by the Restaurants & Food Services industry. The average yearly wage for Cashiers was $16,625 in 2021.
The locations that employ the most Cashiers are Walton, Washington, Holmes & Bay Counties PUMA, FL, Polk County (Northeast) PUMA, FL, and Columbia City PUMA, SC. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Cashiers are Carr 2 (Noroeste) PUMA, PR, Carr 2 (Norte) PUMA, PR, and Coastal Bend COG (Southeast) & Willacy County PUMA, TX.
Employment and salary information for the Cashiers workforce. Cashiers workforce in 2021 was 3,138,043 people, of which 72% were women and 28% were men. Cashiers are paid most in Near North Side, Loop & Near South Side PUMA, IL but are relatively concentrated in Carr 2 (Noroeste) PUMA, PR.
The Cashiers workforce in 2021 was 3,138,043 people (72% women and 28% men). This implies an average annual growth of −6.47% between 2014 (3,355,272) and 2021 (3,138,043).
In 2021, Cashiers earned an average of $16,625, $42,971 less than the average national salary of $59,596
The graph shows the ranking of Cashiers in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2021.
In 2021, Cashiers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.466, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Cashiers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).
The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Cashiers compared to the entire workforce in the country.
Information on the industries that employ Cashiers and on wages for those in the field. Restaurants & Food Services is the industry that employs the most Cashiers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Cashiers, by average wage, is Other professional, scientific & technical services ($110,601).
This graphic shows the share of Cashiers employed by various industries. Restaurants & Food Services employs the largest share of Cashiers at 42.7%, followed by Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores with 36% and General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters with 21.3%.
Demographic information on Cashiers in the US. The workforce of Cashiers in 2021 was 3,138,043 people, with 72% woman, and 28% men. The average age of male Cashiers in the workforce is 29.3 and of female Cashiers is 33, and the most common race/ethnicity for Cashiers is White.
The workforce of Cashiers in 2021 was 3,138,043 people, with 72% woman, and 28% men.
The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 16 to 19 years (826,962 people), 20 to 24 years (724,102 people), and 25 to 29 years (316,698 people). Among them they concentrated 59.5% of the total workforce.
In 2021, 23.2% of Cashiers workers were Hispanic and 76.8% non-Hispanic.
The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (82.9%), Puerto Rican (11.4)%, and Salvadoran (5.7)%
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In 2021, 59.9% of the Cashiers workforce were White, of which 72.2% were women and 27.8% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (17%) and Other (7.66%).
Data on higher education choices for Cashiers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Cashiers is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2021 were Personal & Culinary Services.
Among the necessary skills for Cashiers, Reading Comprehension stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Cashiers need more than the average amount of Repairing.
The most common majors achieved by Cashiers in 2021 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (54,725 people), Education (23,555 people), and Social Sciences (18,362 people).
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The main educational levels achieved by the Cashiers workers were High School or Equivalent (1,128,081 people), Some college (883,748 people), and Secondary Education (634,700 people).
The graphic shows the Cashiers workforce by gender and educational level.
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Cashiers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Cashiers need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Service Orientation.
