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Cashier Salary by State (2026)

Name: Cashier annual wages by US state, May 2025
Creator: NueCareer
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Cashiers earn the most in District of Columbia at $38,880 a year and the least in West Virginia at $26,370 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The national median is $32,880. The table below covers all 50 states, DC, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Guam, with a cost-of-living adjusted column.

Highest median: $38,880District of Columbia
National median: $32,880BLS OEWS, May 2025
Lowest median: $26,370West Virginia
Areas reporting: 54of 54 OEWS areas

Top and bottom

Highest- and lowest-paying states for cashiers

Ranked on the state median among the 50 states and DC. After cost of living, Vermont comes out ahead instead. Territories are in the full table but not ranked here.

Highest median pay

1District of Columbia$38,880
2Washington$38,720
3California$37,100
4Colorado$36,870
5Hawaii$36,780

Lowest median pay

1West Virginia$26,370
2Mississippi$26,390
3Louisiana$26,750
4Arkansas$27,670
5Oklahoma$28,180

All states

Cashier salary in every state

Sort by any column. Employment is the number of cashiers OEWS estimates in that state; blank cells are estimates BLS suppressed because the sample was too small.

Annual wages by state, sortable by median, quartiles, employment and cost-of-living adjusted median
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1	DCDistrict of Columbia	$38,880	$37,670	$44,880	6,060	$35,377
2	WAWashington	$38,720	$36,470	$46,260	61,050	$36,183
3	CACalifornia	$37,100	$35,800	$42,390	336,110	$33,508
4	COColorado	$36,870	$34,750	$39,460	51,670	$35,778
5	HIHawaii	$36,780	$33,640	$42,050	10,780	$33,451
6	AKAlaska	$36,130	$34,340	$37,900	5,810	$35,297
7	VTVermont	$35,720	$31,520	$37,210	7,030	$36,465
8	CTConnecticut	$35,550	$34,630	$36,790	30,920	$34,311
9	MAMassachusetts	$35,520	$34,080	$37,500	58,880	$33,586
10	NYNew York	$35,500	$34,280	$37,350	158,890	$32,894
11	OROregon	$35,300	$33,130	$38,200	37,660	$34,152
12	MEMaine	$34,930	$31,490	$36,810	14,240	$35,992
13	RIRhode Island	$34,860	$31,480	$36,560	9,260	$34,083
14	MNMinnesota	$34,620	$29,770	$36,690	58,190	$35,104
15	AZArizona	$34,600	$31,600	$36,390	72,570	$34,367
16	NJNew Jersey	$34,590	$32,640	$37,190	107,680	$31,791
17	ILIllinois	$34,490	$31,200	$36,380	139,630	$34,504
18	MDMaryland	$34,390	$31,580	$36,430	49,910	$32,765
19	MTMontana	$34,190	$28,510	$37,360	12,170	$36,124
20	NHNew Hampshire	$33,840	$30,060	$36,110	17,250	$32,487
21	DEDelaware	$33,490	$31,200	$35,520	11,450	$33,554
22	UTUtah	$31,600	$28,470	$36,140	22,940	$31,963
23	NDNorth Dakota	$31,460	$29,630	$36,090	9,510	$35,365
24	WIWisconsin	$30,880	$28,620	$35,930	65,380	$32,818
25	WYWyoming	$30,810	$28,490	$35,850	5,840	$33,239
26	VAVirginia	$30,580	$28,460	$35,000	83,890	$30,246
27	FLFlorida	$30,530	$28,650	$34,840	201,370	$29,522
28	MOMissouri	$30,520	$28,980	$34,390	69,430	$33,606
29	IDIdaho	$30,370	$28,020	$35,550	17,200	$31,803
30	NENebraska	$30,250	$29,140	$34,630	20,650	$33,573
31	NMNew Mexico	$30,120	$28,610	$34,670	19,020	$32,664
32	NVNevada	$29,870	$27,450	$36,510	30,160	$29,876
33	SDSouth Dakota	$29,780	$28,190	$34,670	12,860	$33,617
34	MIMichigan	$29,740	$28,080	$34,280	92,930	$30,909
35	INIndiana	$29,670	$27,430	$34,070	68,350	$31,791
36	OHOhio	$29,260	$26,940	$33,490	103,020	$31,539
37	TXTexas	$29,230	$25,820	$34,100	245,730	$30,116
38	PAPennsylvania	$29,220	$26,340	$34,010	110,950	$29,947
39	GAGeorgia	$29,070	$26,150	$31,330	97,540	$30,189
40	IAIowa	$28,970	$27,570	$34,750	41,450	$33,010
41	NCNorth Carolina	$28,880	$26,380	$32,160	106,440	$30,617
42	KSKansas	$28,800	$26,670	$30,920	33,080	$31,976
43	KYKentucky	$28,590	$24,080	$31,490	44,550	$31,711
44	TNTennessee	$28,590	$23,620	$31,610	63,350	$31,120
45	SCSouth Carolina	$28,530	$24,120	$31,200	56,550	$30,432
46	ALAlabama	$28,250	$22,690	$30,970	46,420	$31,805
47	OKOklahoma	$28,180	$23,770	$30,120	41,140	$32,080
48	VIU.S. Virgin Islands	$28,040	$25,230	$30,730	770	N/A
49	ARArkansas	$27,670	$23,970	$30,440	28,270	$31,828
50	LALouisiana	$26,750	$22,130	$30,170	46,350	$30,326
51	MSMississippi	$26,390	$21,550	$29,920	30,490	$30,350
52	WVWest Virginia	$26,370	$22,220	$29,670	17,360	$29,465
53	PRPuerto Rico	$22,140	$21,840	$23,110	27,320	N/A
54	GUGuam	$21,610	$20,930	$22,850	1,620	N/A

Method

How the cost-of-living adjustment works

The adjusted column divides each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (RPP) and multiplies by 100. RPPs measure how much a fixed basket of goods, services and rents costs in one state relative to the national average, so the result restates local pay in national-average dollars.

For cashiers, that changes the ranking: District of Columbia leads on raw pay at $38,880, while Vermont leads once prices are taken into account at $36,465.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024 (public domain). The adjustment is NueCareer's calculation, not a BLS or BEA published statistic.

Questions

Cashier pay by state: FAQ

Which state pays cashiers the most?

District of Columbia reports the highest median wage for cashiers at $38,880 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), followed by Washington ($38,720) and California ($37,100).

Which state pays cashiers the least?

Among the 50 states and DC, West Virginia reports the lowest median for cashiers at $26,370 a year, $12,510 below the highest-paying state (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Among the territories, U.S. Virgin Islands reports $28,040, Puerto Rico reports $22,140 and Guam reports $21,610.

Is the highest-paying state the best for cashiers after cost of living?

Not on this data. District of Columbia pays the most on paper ($38,880) but ranks 6th of 51 once each median is divided by the state's BEA Regional Price Parity ($35,377). Vermont leads after that adjustment at $36,465, from a raw median of $35,720. BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024; the adjustment is NueCareer's calculation.

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