Career Explorer Sales
Human edge, steady
Gambling change persons and booth cashiers
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.
In the middle of the pack: more resilient than 41% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is moderate (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it moderate), and US jobs are projected to change by -1.9% by 2035, expected to shrink. The work leans on emotional intelligence.
AI struggles with much of this work. Hiring is expected to grow slower than average, or to shrink.
- Median pay (2025)
- $36,220
- Job growth to 2035
- -1.9%
- Openings a year
- 3,900
- People doing it (2025)
- 22,000
- Usual route in
- No formal credential, then short on-the-job training
Where people already use AI for this work
- Execute financial transactions
- Evaluate the quality or accuracy of data
- Obtain formal documentation or authorization
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Reconcile financial data
- Maintain sales or financial records
- Monitor safety or security of work areas, facilities, or properties
What the work looks like
- Keep accurate records of monetary exchanges, authorization forms, and transaction reconciliations.
- Obtain customers' signatures on receipts when winnings exceed the amount held in a slot machine.
- Calculate the value of chips won or lost by players.
- Exchange money, credit, tickets, or casino chips and make change for customers.
- Count money and audit money drawers.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
What the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects
- Fewer of these jobs, as electronic payment systems replace the need for workers.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
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Also known as: Cage Cashier, Cashier, Change Person, Slot Attendant, Booth Cashier, Casino Banker, Casino Cashier, Slot Floor Person.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.