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title: "Gambling Cage Worker"
description: "In a gambling establishment, conduct financial transactions for patrons. Accept patron's credit application and verify credit references to provide…"
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# Gambling Cage Worker

**Category:** Office and Administrative Support · **SOC code:** 43-3041 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 43-3041.00

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.

Also advertised as: Cage and Players Club Rep (Cage and Players Club Representative); Cage Cashier; Casino Cage Cashier; Casino Cashier; Casino Services Rep (Casino Services Representative); Dual Rate Banker; Gaming Cage Worker; Gaming Cashier.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $37,580 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $18.07/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $29,100 to $49,430, with the middle half between $34,510 and $44,680
- **Total US employment:** 14,430
- **Typical entry education:** High school
- **Preparation required:** Little or no preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** -3.1% over 2025–2035 (BLS EP, 2025–2035)
- **Annual job openings:** 1,200 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 40/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 14,430 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $29,100 |
| 25th | $34,510 |
| 50th (median) | $37,580 |
| 75th | $44,680 |
| 90th | $49,430 |
| Mean (average) | $39,510 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NY | $48,340 | $44,792 | 290 |
| MD | $47,930 | $45,665 | 280 |
| FL | $42,900 | $41,484 | 540 |
| WA | $41,720 | $38,986 | 620 |
| NJ | $41,430 | $38,077 | 360 |
| AZ | $40,780 | $40,506 | 930 |
| IL | $39,900 | $39,917 | 500 |
| PA | $38,980 | $39,950 | 310 |
| MI | $38,710 | $40,232 | 250 |
| NV | $38,570 | $38,578 | 2,050 |
| OR | $38,040 | $36,803 | 220 |
| CA | $37,650 | $34,005 | 2,020 |
| IN | $37,650 | $40,341 | 280 |
| IA | $37,230 | $42,422 | 210 |
| NH | $36,820 | $35,348 | 40 |

17 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 32 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/gambling-cage-worker/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/gambling-cage-worker.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 15,000 in the 2025–2035 base year to 14,600 by the end of the cycle — a loss of 500 jobs, or -3.1%. Declining: -3.1% against 3.5% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 1,200 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2025–2035.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** High school diploma or equivalent (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Little or no preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** None.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** Short-term on-the-job training.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | 84.9% |
| Some College Courses | 13.7% |
| Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree | 1.4% |

## What the work involves

- Follow all gaming regulations.
- Maintain confidentiality of customers' transactions.
- Convert gaming checks, coupons, tokens, or coins to currency for gaming patrons.
- Maintain cage security.
- Cash checks and process credit card advances for patrons.
- Perform removal and rotation of cash, coin, or chip inventories as necessary.
- Verify accuracy of reports, such as authorization forms, transaction reconciliations, or exchange summary reports.
- Count funds and reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Speaking — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Listening — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Reading Comprehension — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 2.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Social Perceptiveness — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Service Orientation — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Persuasion — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Negotiation — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Instructing — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Customer and Personal Service — importance 4.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 3.2 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administration and Management — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administrative — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Economics and Accounting — importance 2.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Oral Comprehension — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Expression — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Near Vision — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speech Clarity — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Problem Sensitivity — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematical Reasoning — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Conventional (C), Enterprising (E).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| C — Conventional | 5.98 |
| E — Enterprising | 4.66 |
| S — Social | 2.91 |
| R — Realistic | 2.90 |
| I — Investigative | 1.00 |
| A — Artistic | 1.00 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ESTJ | 87.3 |
| ESFJ | 84.5 |
| ISFJ | 76.8 |
| ISTJ | 72.7 |
| ENTJ | 59.3 |

Best-fitting types: ESTJ, ESFJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Gambling Change Person and Booth Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/gambling-change-person-and-booth-cashier) — median $36,220
- [Gambling Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/gambling-manager) — median $93,220
- [Gambling and Sports Book Writer and Runner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/gambling-and-sports-book-writer-and-runner) — median $34,980
- [First-Line Supervisor of Gambling Services Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-gambling-services-workers) — median $63,820
- [Teller](https://nuecareer.com/careers/teller) — median $43,030
- [Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cashier) — median $32,880
- [Gambling Dealer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/gambling-dealer) — median $34,320
- [New Accounts Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/new-accounts-clerk) — median $47,670
- [Gambling Surveillance Officer and Gambling Investigator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/gambling-surveillance-officer-and-gambling-investigator) — median $43,370
- [Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/bookkeeping-accounting-and-auditing-clerk) — median $50,670

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 31.0 Database, August 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2025–2035. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BLS OOH** — BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2025–2035 edition. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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