Cashiers

Detailed Occupation

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2021 Workforce
3.14M
Average Age
31.9
Average Salary
$16,625
Average Male Salary
$18,379
Average Female Salary
$15,943

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Cashiers are most often employed by the Restaurants & Food Services industry. The average yearly wage for Cashiers was $16,625 in 2021.

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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.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
878,237
Male Workforce
± 22.9k
2,259,806
Female Workforce
± 36.6k

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).

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Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Cashiers.

During 2021, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Hawaii ($23,168), Nevada ($22,502), and Wyoming ($20,881).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$16,625
AVERAGE WAGE
#522 in the ranking (2021)
$59,596
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2021, Cashiers earned an average of $16,625, $42,971 less than the average national salary of $59,596

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.466
WAGE GINI

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).

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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).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
3.14M
2021 Workforce
± 43,034
−2.38%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 1.97%

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%.

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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.

Gender and Age

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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.

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Ethnicity

Gender

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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Races

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%).

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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.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
Type of Majors
Degree

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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Education Levels

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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).

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Skills

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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.

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