SOC 43-3041.00

    Gambling Cage Workers

    In a gambling establishment, conduct financial transactions for patrons.

    Median pay
    $37,580
    Growth
    -3.1%
    Decline
    Openings a year
    1,200
    Typical education
    High school diploma

    Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition

    Source: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

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    Annual pay range

    Lowest 10% earn less than
    $29,100
    Median
    $37,580
    Highest 10% earn more than
    $49,430
    National wages for all workers in this occupation. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.

    14,430 people work in this occupation.

    What gambling cage workers do

    Job Zone 2: Some preparation

    In a gambling establishment, conduct financial transactions for patrons. Accept patron's credit application and verify credit references to provide check-cashing authorization or to establish house credit accounts. May reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books. May sell gambling chips, tokens, or tickets to patrons, or to other workers for resale to patrons. May convert gambling chips, tokens, or tickets to currency upon patron's request. May use a cash register or computer to record transaction.

    Usually a high school diploma; some on-the-job training or experience.

    Interest profile

    Realistic (R)
    32 / 100
    Investigative (I)
    0 / 100
    Artistic (A)
    0 / 100
    Social (S)
    32 / 100
    Enterprising (E)
    61 / 100
    Conventional (C) · strongest
    83 / 100
    How strongly each interest area describes the work, from O*NET (scores rescaled to 0–100). The interest code lists the strongest areas in order.

    Interest code CES. Compare it with yours

    What you'd do

    Working with Computers
    77
    Getting Information
    76
    Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
    73
    Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
    66
    Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
    65
    Making Decisions and Solving Problems
    64
    Training and Teaching Others
    62
    Documenting/Recording Information
    61
    Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
    60
    Processing Information
    57
    Work activities rated by importance for this occupation, O*NET (0–100).

    Skills and strengths

    Skills

    • Speaking
    • Active Listening
    • Mathematics
    • Critical Thinking
    • Monitoring
    • Reading Comprehension
    • Service Orientation
    • Social Perceptiveness
    • Time Management
    • Writing

    Knowledge

    • Customer and Personal Service
    • Mathematics
    • English Language
    • Administration and Management
    • Administrative
    • Economics and Accounting
    • Computers and Electronics
    • Public Safety and Security
    • Sales and Marketing
    • Personnel and Human Resources

    Abilities

    • Near Vision
    • Oral Comprehension
    • Oral Expression
    • Speech Clarity
    • Mathematical Reasoning
    • Number Facility
    • Problem Sensitivity
    • Deductive Reasoning
    • Information Ordering
    • Speech Recognition

    Work styles

    • Integrity
    • Attention to Detail
    • Dependability
    • Cautiousness
    • Self-Control
    • Stress Tolerance
    • Social Orientation
    • Cooperation
    • Self-Confidence
    • Sincerity

    Also called

    Cage and Players Club Rep (Cage and Players Club Representative) · Cage Cashier · Casino Cage Cashier · Casino Cashier · Casino Gaming Worker · Casino Services Rep (Casino Services Representative) · Casino Worker · Dual Rate Banker · Gambling Cage Cashier · Gambling Cashier

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    Certifications, licenses and pay by state

    What gambling cage workers may need beyond a degree, where a license is required, and what the work pays in each state.

    Training

    Programs of study that prepare people for this work.

    • Casino Operations and Services, General

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    Licenses by state

    9 states list a license for this work. Open your state for the license and the agency that issues it.

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    Data from CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (Employment and Training Administration, with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development). Retrieved November 9, 2026.

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    Sources and attribution

    Every figure on this page comes from these public datasets. Missing values are shown as not reported, never estimated.

    O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. CollegesRef has modified all or some of this information.

    Data from CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor (Employment and Training Administration, with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development). Retrieved November 9, 2026.

    Page data updated November 5, 2026.