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    Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers

    Exchange coins, tokens, and chips for patrons' money.

    Median pay
    $36,220
    Growth
    -1.9%
    Decline
    Openings a year
    3,900
    Typical education
    No formal credential

    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
    $24,460
    Median
    $36,220
    Highest 10% earn more than
    $60,330
    National wages for all workers in this occupation. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.

    21,530 people work in this occupation.

    What gambling change persons and booth cashiers do

    Job Zone 2: Some preparation

    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.

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

    Interest profile

    Realistic (R)
    35 / 100
    Investigative (I)
    0 / 100
    Artistic (A)
    1 / 100
    Social (S)
    24 / 100
    Enterprising (E)
    53 / 100
    Conventional (C) · strongest
    89 / 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.

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    What you'd do

    Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
    85
    Getting Information
    77
    Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
    76
    Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
    74
    Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
    74
    Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
    72
    Processing Information
    71
    Working with Computers
    70
    Making Decisions and Solving Problems
    68
    Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
    61
    Work activities rated by importance for this occupation, O*NET (0–100).

    Skills and strengths

    Skills

    • Reading Comprehension
    • Active Listening
    • Coordination
    • Service Orientation
    • Social Perceptiveness
    • Speaking
    • Complex Problem Solving
    • Critical Thinking
    • Mathematics
    • Monitoring

    Knowledge

    • Customer and Personal Service
    • Mathematics
    • English Language
    • Public Safety and Security
    • Administrative
    • Computers and Electronics
    • Law and Government
    • Psychology
    • Economics and Accounting
    • Telecommunications

    Abilities

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

    Work styles

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

    Also called

    Bingo Cashier · Booth Cashier · Booth Monitor · Cage Cashier · Carousel Attendant · Cashier · Casino Banker · Casino Cashier · Casino Gaming Worker · Change Attendant

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    Certifications, licenses and pay by state

    What gambling change persons and booth cashiers may need beyond a degree, where a license is required, and what the work pays in each state.

    Licenses by state

    11 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.