Median Annual Wage: $19,060
Education: Less than high school diploma (42%); High school diploma or equivalent (37%); Some college, no degree (13%)
Projected Growth: Slower than average (3% to 7%)
Related Job Titles: Clerk; Cashier; Mutuel Clerk; Customer Service Representative (CSR); Sales Associate; Checker; Admissions Gate Attendant; Central Aisle Cashier; Toll Collector; Customer Assistant
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Source: O*NET OnLine information for Cashiers.
More Sales and Related Careers
- Issue receipts, refunds, credits, or change due to customers.
- Assist customers by providing information and resolving their complaints.
- Establish or identify prices of goods, services or admission, and tabulate bills using calculators, cash registers, or optical price scanners.
- Greet customers entering establishments.
- Answer customers' questions, and provide information on procedures or policies.
- Sell tickets and other items to customers.
- Process merchandise returns and exchanges.
- Maintain clean and orderly checkout areas and complete other general cleaning duties, such as mopping floors and emptying trash cans.
- Stock shelves, and mark prices on shelves and items.
- Request information or assistance using paging systems.
Source: O*NET OnLine information for Cashiers.
- Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Source: O*NET OnLine information for Cashiers.