Career
Gambling cage workers
Handle the cash in a casino cage.
$37,580
Median pay
-3.1%
Job growth, 2025–35
1,200
Openings a year
High school diploma or equivalent
Typical education
None required
Typical time after high school
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- Maintain confidentiality of customers' transactions.
- Follow all gaming regulations.
- Maintain cage security.
- Cash checks and process credit card advances for patrons.
- Supply currency, coins, chips, or gaming checks to other departments as needed.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on information & systems, then persuasion & leadership?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Maintain confidentiality of customers' transactions.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Speaking, Mathematics, Active Listening, Writing.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
No degree beyond high school, though short-term on-the-job training is typical, for a median of $37,580 a year and 1,200 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- Casino Operations and Services, GeneralCIP 12.0601
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers$36,220 · -1.9%
- Gambling Managers$93,220 · +3.6%
- Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners$34,980 · +1.8%
- First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers$63,820 · +3.5%
- Tellers$43,030 · -13.2%
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.