Sales and Related
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.
Also called: Booth Cashier, Cage Cashier, Cashier, Casino Banker, Casino Cashier, Change Person
- Median pay in Greater Boston
- $39,590
- $19.04/hr
- Jobs in Greater Boston
- 140
- Massachusetts 2024–2034
- −3.8%
- 20 openings a year
- Typical U.S. entry requirement
- No formal educational credential
- plus Short-term on-the-job training
Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.
Pay range in Greater Boston
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $29,880 | $31,200 | $39,590 | $39,590 | $57,740 |
10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.
What you’d do
- Keep accurate records of monetary exchanges, authorization forms, and transaction reconciliations.
- Exchange money, credit, tickets, or casino chips and make change for customers.
- Count money and audit money drawers.
- Check identifications to verify age of players.
- Maintain cage security according to rules.
- Reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books.
AI and this job
AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.
Moderate exposure47 of 100
The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:
- AIOE 45
- Language-model AIOE 45
- GPTs-are-GPTs 51
Observed AI use today: Little or none (Anthropic Economic Index)
AI exposure for this job is moderate, but observed AI use so far is little or none. AI tools could help with record keeping, counting, and balancing accounts. Checking IDs, keeping the cage secure, and exchanging money with people in person still rely on workers. Federal projections say electronic payment systems are the main reason this job is expected to shrink.
Likely to change
- Keeping records of money exchanges
- Counting cash and auditing drawers
Still relies on people
- Checking IDs and judging age in person
- Keeping the cage secure
What federal projections say
“Capital/labor substitution - share decreases as electronic payment systems replace the need for workers.”
Written with AI from the data on this page. Check with a career coach before making a decision.
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