Cashiers

Detailed Occupation

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2020 Workforce
3.21M
Average Age
32
Average Salary
$15,837
Average Male Salary
$17,486
Average Female Salary
$15,214

About

Cashiers are most often employed by the Restaurants & Food Services industry. The average yearly wage for Cashiers was $15,837 in 2020.

The locations that employ the most Cashiers are Walton, Washington, Holmes & Bay Counties PUMA, FL, Gwinnett County (Southwest)Lilburn City PUMA, GA, and Columbia City PUMA, SC. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Cashiers are Carr 2 (Noroeste) PUMA, PR, Carr 156-Carr 164 PUMA, PR, and Carr 2 (Norte) PUMA, PR.

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Employment and salary information for the Cashiers workforce. Cashiers workforce in 2020 was 3,214,431 people, of which 72.6% were women and 27.4% were men. Cashiers are paid most in Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission (South) PUMA, VA but are relatively concentrated in Carr 2 (Noroeste) PUMA, PR.

Employment Over Time

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881,838
Male Workforce
± 23k
2,332,593
Female Workforce
± 37.2k

The Cashiers workforce in 2020 was 3,214,431 people (72.6% women and 27.4% men). This implies an average annual growth of −4.2% between 2014 (3,355,272) and 2020 (3,214,431).

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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 2020, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Nevada ($23,075), Hawaii ($21,986), and Washington ($19,555).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$15,837
AVERAGE WAGE
#521 in the ranking (2020)
$55,954
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2020, Cashiers earned an average of $15,837, $40,117 less than the average national salary of $55,954

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.461
WAGE GINI

In 2020, Cashiers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.461, 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 ($105,901).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
3.21M
2020 Workforce
± 43,538
−2.79%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 1.96%

This graphic shows the share of Cashiers employed by various industries. Restaurants & Food Services employs the largest share of Cashiers at 43.5%, followed by Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores with 35.6% and General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters with 21%.

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Demographic information on Cashiers in the US. The workforce of Cashiers in 2020 was 3,214,431 people, with 72.6% woman, and 27.4% men. The average age of male Cashiers in the workforce is 29.2 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 2020 was 3,214,431 people, with 72.6% woman, and 27.4% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 16 to 19 years (811,725 people), 20 to 24 years (758,897  people), and 25 to 29 years (347,440 people). Among them they concentrated 59.7% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2020, 22.8% of Cashiers workers were Hispanic and 77.2% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (82.7%), Puerto Rican (11.4)%, and Salvadoran (5.98)%

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Races

In 2020, 62% of the Cashiers workforce were White, of which 72.9% were women and 27.1% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (17.4%) and Other (7.14%).

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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 2020 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 2020 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (55,596 people), Education (24,259 people), and Social Sciences (19,148 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 (1,143,564 people), Some college (933,396 people), and Secondary Education (639,934 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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