As of June 2026, Cashiers has an AI-exposure score of 53/100 (Elevated exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.

AI Exposure Score for

Cashiers

53/100
Elevated exposure
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More exposed than 41% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$32,880. About 542,600 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).

Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.

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How you compare to similar Sales roles

Cashiers (you)
53
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Your tasks, by AI exposure

Automatable
  • Establish or identify prices of goods, services, or admission, and tabulate bills, using calculators, cash registers, or optical price scanners.
  • Sort, count, and wrap currency and coins.
  • Calculate total payments received during a time period, and reconcile this with total sales.
  • Answer incoming phone calls.
  • Compute and record totals of transactions.
  • Greet customers entering establishments.
  • Count money in cash drawers at the beginning of shifts to ensure that amounts are correct and that there is adequate change.
  • Assist customers by providing information and resolving their complaints.
  • Answer customers' questions, and provide information on procedures or policies.
Augmentable
  • Weigh items sold by weight to determine prices.
  • Request information or assistance, using paging systems.
  • Process merchandise returns and exchanges.
  • Issue trading stamps, and redeem food stamps and coupons.
  • Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits.
  • Issue receipts, refunds, credits, or change due to customers.
  • Keep periodic balance sheets of amounts and numbers of transactions.
  • Post charges against guests' or patients' accounts.
  • Monitor checkout stations to ensure they have adequate cash available and are staffed appropriately.
  • Maintain clean and orderly checkout areas, and complete other general cleaning duties, such as mopping floors and emptying trash cans.
  • Help customers find the location of products.
Durable

No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (55%).

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Cashiers — median pay by US state (BLS OEWS, USD)

California: US$37,100New York: US$35,500Texas: US$29,230

Median annual wage, in USD. US national: US$32,880. More states are being added.

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