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Sales and Related · Holland code CER

Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers

Exchange coins, tokens, and chips for patrons' money. May issue payoffs and obtain customer's signature on receipt. May operate a booth in the slot machine area and furnish change persons with money bank at the start of the shift, or count and audit money in drawers.

Also called: Cage Cashier, Cashier, Change Person, Slot Attendant, Booth Cashier, Casino Banker, Casino Cashier, Slot Floor Person.

O*NET 41-2012.00

At a glance

US median annual pay
$36,220
Middle half earn $29,630 to $41,530. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
Most common education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
96% of workers surveyed by O*NET report this level.
Preparation needed
Job Zone 2 of 5
Some preparation. Zone 1 is little or none; zone 5 is graduate-level.

What the work involves

The tasks workers in this occupation rate as most important, from the O*NET survey.

  • Keep accurate records of monetary exchanges, authorization forms, and transaction reconciliations.
  • Obtain customers' signatures on receipts when winnings exceed the amount held in a slot machine.
  • Calculate the value of chips won or lost by players.
  • Exchange money, credit, tickets, or casino chips and make change for customers.
  • Count money and audit money drawers.
  • Check identifications to verify age of players.
  • Maintain cage security according to rules.
  • Reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books.

Skills and knowledge it leans on

Skills

  • Reading Comprehension3.1 / 5
  • Active Listening3.0 / 5
  • Speaking3.0 / 5
  • Mathematics2.9 / 5
  • Critical Thinking2.9 / 5
  • Monitoring2.9 / 5

Knowledge areas

  • Customer and Personal Service4.2 / 5
  • Mathematics3.7 / 5
  • English Language3.0 / 5
  • Public Safety and Security2.8 / 5
  • Administrative2.7 / 5
  • Computers and Electronics2.6 / 5

Importance ratings on O*NET’s 1 to 5 scale. Higher means the occupation depends on it more.

Who tends to enjoy it

How strongly this occupation draws on each of the six Holland interest types, which is the same profile the career interests test compares you against.

  • Realistic35
  • Investigative0
  • Artistic1
  • Social24
  • Enterprising53
  • Conventional89

The same work abroad

Other countries classify jobs differently, so these are the closest matches through the international ISCO-08 standard, not exact equivalents.

European occupation titles (ESCO)

  • betting manager · DE Leiter eines Wettbüros/Leiterin eines Wettbüros · FR directeur d'agence de paris/directrice d'agence de paris
  • gaming inspector · DE Spielhallenaufsicht · FR agent du service central des courses et jeux/agente du service central des courses et jeux
  • bingo caller · DE Bingo-Spielleiter/Bingo-Spielleiterin · FR animateur de bingo/animatrice de bingo
  • bookmaker · DE Buchmacher/Buchmacherin · FR bookmaker
  • casino cashier · DE Casino-Kassierer/Casino-Kassiererin · FR caissier de casino/caissière de casino
  • casino gaming manager · DE Spielbetriebsleiter/Spielbetriebsleiterin · FR directeur de casino de jeux/directrice de casino de jeux

Closest UK occupation groups (SOC 2020)

  • Leisure and sports managers and proprietors (1224)60,500 employed
  • Retail cashiers and check-out operators (7112)134,600 employed
  • Inspectors of standards and regulations (3581)44,300 employed

Employment is the UK Annual Population Survey for April 2025 to March 2026, all workers in the group, which can be broader than this one occupation.

Pay across Europe, for the whole group

Median annual earnings of all employees in “Clerical support workers”. This is the broad ISCO group this occupation falls in, not the occupation itself, so treat it as context for the wage level, not as a salary for this job.

Median annual earnings, Clerical support workers, by country
CountryMedian pay
Belgium€40,035
Austria€38,296
Germany€37,844
Netherlands€35,854
Sweden€33,483
Ireland€32,144
Italy€29,311
France€25,943
Spain€22,026
Portugal€12,602
Poland€10,250

Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey, businesses with ten or more employees outside public administration, in euro and not adjusted for the cost of living. Reference years differ between sources: the US, Japan and Europe figures on this page come from different survey years, so compare them as rough levels, not to the euro or yen.

Exposure to AI

This occupation sits in the middle third of the 774 occupations scored, with an exposure score of -0.05. The scores are standardized across those occupations, so 0 is the average and a score of 1 is about one standard deviation above it.

Our note on reading it: the dataset links AI applications to the abilities that occupations require, so the score reflects overlap between the two. It is a comparison between occupations, not a forecast about jobs. It does not say whether exposure means tasks are replaced or workers get more done with the tools, and it says little about one employer or one role.

Source: Felten, E., Raj, M., & Seamans, R. (2021). Occupational, industry, and geographic exposure to artificial intelligence: A novel dataset and its potential uses. Strategic Management Journal, 42(12), 2195-2217. Matched to this page by 6-digit SOC code (41-2012).

Is it a fit for you?

Interest is one input, alongside ability, pay and what is hiring near you. The career interests test takes about thirteen minutes and ranks occupations by how closely their profile matches yours.

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Occupation data: O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, used under the CC BY 4.0 license. Values were rounded, tasks limited to the most important eight, and combined with the sources named in each section; O*NET has not reviewed or endorsed this adaptation. Pay and outlook: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. International titles: ESCO, European Commission. UK classification and employment: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence.