Tellers

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2021 Workforce
293k
Average Age
35.9
Estimated Job Growth
−15.3%
10-year projection
Average Salary
$28,030
Average Male Salary
$28,471
Average Female Salary
$27,941

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Tellers are most often employed by the Banking & related activities industry. The average yearly wage for Tellers was $28,030 in 2021.

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Employment and salary information for the Tellers workforce. Tellers workforce in 2021 was 293,364 people, of which 83.2% were women and 16.8% were men. Tellers are paid most in Clearwater City (South & Central) PUMA, FL but are relatively concentrated in Southwest Oklahoma PUMA, OK.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
49,260
Male Workforce
± 5.45k
244,104
Female Workforce
± 12.1k

The Tellers workforce in 2021 was 293,364 people (83.2% women and 16.8% men). This implies an average annual growth of −25.8% between 2014 (395,527) and 2021 (293,364).

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Employment by Location

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During 2021, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($37,176), Connecticut ($35,432), and Alaska ($33,785).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$28,030
AVERAGE WAGE
#475 in the ranking (2021)
$59,596
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2021, Tellers earned an average of $28,030, $31,566 less than the average national salary of $59,596

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.284
WAGE GINI

In 2021, Tellers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.284, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Tellers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Information on the industries that employ Tellers and on wages for those in the field. Banking & related activities is the industry that employs the most Tellers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Tellers, by average wage, is Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments ($54,316).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
293k
2021 Workforce
± 13,285
−5.54%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 6.69%

This graphic shows the share of Tellers employed by various industries. Banking & related activities employs the largest share of Tellers at 81.9%, followed by Savings institutions, including credit unions with 16.2% and Nondepository credit & related activities with 1.96%.

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Demographic information on Tellers in the US. The workforce of Tellers in 2021 was 293,364 people, with 83.2% woman, and 16.8% men. The average age of male Tellers in the workforce is 28.5 and of female Tellers is 37.3, and the most common race/ethnicity for Tellers is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Tellers in 2021 was 293,364 people, with 83.2% woman, and 16.8% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 20 to 24 years (74,083 people), 25 to 29 years (55,503  people), and 30 to 34 years (31,275 people). Among them they concentrated 54.9% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2021, 20.4% of Tellers workers were Hispanic and 79.6% non-Hispanic.

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Races

In 2021, 70.2% of the Tellers workforce were White, of which 85.3% were women and 14.7% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (10.9%) and Other (6.33%).

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Data on higher education choices for Tellers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Tellers is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2021 were Library Science.

Among the necessary skills for Tellers, Active Listening stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Tellers need more than the average amount of Mathematics.

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 Tellers in 2021 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (16,150 people), Education (3,634 people), and Social Sciences (3,476 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Tellers workers were Some college (106,535 people), High School or Equivalent (92,247 people), and Bachelors Degree (43,357 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Tellers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Tellers need many skills, but most especially Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking.

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Projections on job growth for Tellers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 10-year national workforce is projected to grow 3.71%, but Tellers are expected to see a growth of −15.3% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow less than the national average.

Job Growth

−15.3%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
3.71%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Tellers. This profession is expected to grow less than than 3.71%, the average rate of national job growth.

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