Tellers
SOC 43-3071 · 2024-2034
Receive and pay out money. Keep records of money and negotiable instruments involved in a financial institution's various transactions.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
Shrinking -18.1%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $48,010per year
- Projected openings
- 19,760
- Projected change
- -18.1%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Service Orientation
- Monitoring
- Social Perceptiveness
- Critical Thinking
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $51,097 | 1,080 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $50,239 | 110 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $48,996 | 1,000 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $48,722 | 950 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $48,615 | 270 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $48,441 | 720 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $48,349 | 240 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $47,951 | 410 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $47,267 | 70 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $46,837 | 190 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $46,734 | 2,260 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $46,426 | 4,340 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $46,306 | 2,190 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $46,255 | 100 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $45,990 | 1,830 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $45,877 | 190 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $45,724 | 130 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $45,673 | 140 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $45,673 | 280 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $45,673 | 120 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $45,489 | 220 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $45,264 | 120 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $45,244 | 500 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $45,080 | 450 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $44,233 | 80 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $44,120 | 60 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $43,722 | 150 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $39,370 | 80 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $37,378 | 30 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | Not reported | 110 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Accounts Clerks | $53,333 | 480 | -20% |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | $60,632 | 178,570 | -4.1% |
| Brokerage Clerks | $79,805 | 4,850 | -8.5% |
| Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents | $80,456 | 41,030 | -1% |
| Bill and Account Collectors | $59,301 | 11,890 | -9.2% |
| Cashiers | $37,438 | 606,780 | -5.3% |