Gambling Cage Workers

What gambling cage workers do

Typical tasks

• 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.
• Convert gaming checks, coupons, tokens, or coins to currency for gaming patrons.
• Count funds and reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books.
• Verify accuracy of reports, such as authorization forms, transaction reconciliations, or exchange summary reports.
• Determine cash requirements for windows and order all necessary currency, coins, or chips.
• Perform removal and rotation of cash, coin, or chip inventories as necessary.
• Provide assistance in the training and orientation of new cashiers.
• Provide customers with information about casino operations.

Gambling Cage Workers salary

The median annual wage for gambling cage workers is $37,580 (BLS OEWS May 2025; BLS Employment Projections 2025–35, national). The lowest 10 percent earn less than $29,100 and the highest 10 percent earn more than $49,430. The mean annual wage is $39,510.

The mean hourly wage of $19.00 is 2.6× the federal minimum wage of $7.25. State minimums are higher in most large states. Minimum wage by state →

Pay by percentile

Annual wage percentiles from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Percentiles are a good proxy for pay by experience.

How median, percentiles and the pay range are defined →

Projected pay for Gambling Cage Workers (3, 5 and 10 years)est.

Today $37,580 → in 3 years $40,100 → in 5 years $42,000 → in 10 years $46,800 (10-year range $40,300–$54,400). The model assumes pay growth of +2.2% per year.

What drives the annual growth rate

Projected pay = current pay × (1 + annual growth)^years. The annual growth rate starts from a base wage-growth rate and adds or subtracts labor demand (BLS projected employment growth), wage momentum and AI replacement risk for each occupation. Projections are not guarantees. How it is calculated →

Outlook score for Gambling Cage Workers

Each component is a percentile rank among all occupations in the same country (0–100). Weights: labor demand 25, wage momentum / openings 15, pay level 15, AI resistance 25, aging workforce 10 (Japan only), entry barrier 10.

Will AI replace Gambling Cage Workers? AI replacement risk

How AI is changing this job

A written analysis for this occupation is being prepared.

AI replacement risk compares the parts of a job that are easy to hand to AI or software (processing information, documentation, repetitive computer work) with the parts that are hard to automate (physical work, working closely with people, judgment in unpredictable settings), using O*NET work activities, work context, skills and knowledge. The result is a relative position among all occupations in the country, scaled to 0–100%. Methodology →

Labor demand for Gambling Cage Workers

Employment projections are from the BLS Employment Projections program (2025–35). Annual openings include both new jobs and replacement of workers who leave the occupation.

Skills, education and requirements for Gambling Cage Workers

What the work involves

Important abilities

Job Zone 2 — some preparation needed (O*NET)

Difficulty of entry: ★☆☆☆☆ Easy to enter (from education, training, experience and Job Zone)

How to become gambling cage workers

A step-by-step guide for this occupation is being prepared. The education, training and experience data above show the typical path.

Career path and how to earn more as gambling cage workers

Career-path guidance is being prepared. Pay by percentile is shown in the Pay section.

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