Cashiers salary

What Cashiers earn across the United States and in the largest metro areas — the official BLS OEWS May 2025 figures.

National wages — United States

Nationally, BLS estimates 3,089,410 Cashiers jobs — 2.0% of all US employment. The national median wage is $32,880 a year ($15.81 an hour) and the mean is $33,180 a year, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates (released May 15, 2026), retrieved October 27, 2026.

Wage level	Hourly	Annual
Mean	$15.95	$33,180
10th percentile	$11.79	$24,530
25th percentile	$13.81	$28,720
Median (50th percentile)	$15.81	$32,880
75th percentile	$17.47	$36,330
90th percentile	$19.43	$40,410

Median pay by metro area

Metro area	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment	vs US median
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$44,210	$21.26	30,470	+34.5%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$41,270	$19.84	38,250	+25.5%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$37,620	$18.09	23,860	+14.4%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$37,020	$17.80	30,420	+12.6%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$36,980	$17.78	109,940	+12.5%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$36,560	$17.58	20,150	+11.2%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$36,040	$17.33	42,920	+9.6%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$35,950	$17.28	173,830	+9.3%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$35,760	$17.19	32,760	+8.8%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$35,700	$17.16	35,730	+8.6%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$35,470	$17.05	50,600	+7.9%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$35,010	$16.83	99,240	+6.5%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$34,920	$16.79	48,660	+6.2%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$33,940	$16.32	20,490	+3.2%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$33,760	$16.23	22,300	+2.7%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$33,050	$15.89	54,100	+0.5%
St. Louis, MO-IL	$32,380	$15.57	31,130	-1.5%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$31,330	$15.06	29,340	-4.7%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$30,290	$14.56	25,820	-7.9%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$30,250	$14.54	56,340	-8.0%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$30,090	$14.47	37,910	-8.5%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$30,010	$14.43	51,180	-8.7%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$29,910	$14.38	65,070	-9.0%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$29,610	$14.24	27,350	-9.9%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$29,350	$14.11	54,950	-10.7%

Each metro page carries the full OEWS wage distribution, the employment figures, and the estimated take-home pay on that metro's median under 2026 tax rules.

Sources

Wage data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates (released May 15, 2026), retrieved October 27, 2026 — bls.gov/oes. Take-home estimates are computed by this site's paycheck engine with 2026 rules.