JRIJob Risk Index

Real salary data

What Retail Cashiers actually earn in 2026.

The median for Retail Cashier is $39,650 across 62 real salary records (H-1B visa filings and tech job postings), updated Aug 10, 2026.

01 / By source

Real salary bands, by source.

Bands come from 62 real records. Each source has a different bias, disclosed below.

Approximate salary distribution$39,650
p25$35,360p50$39,650p75$43,680

Density curve fitted to the observed quartiles (log-normal). $35,360–$43,680 contains the middle 50% of records in the best-represented source; the shape between them is an approximation.

SourceRecords25th pctMedian75th pct
Job postings62$35,360$39,650$43,680

Salary data updated Aug 10, 2026. Bands are percentiles, not averages; n is the number of underlying records.

02 / By city

What Retail Cashiers earn, by city.

Real records; cities with at least 10 observations.

CityRecordsRange (p25–p75)Median
Los Angeles, CA12$42,640 – $93,600$47,585
Fresno, CA10$36,062 – $42,640$37,986
New York, NY10$37,440 – $45,136$39,052

03 / By state

What Retail Cashiers earn, by state.

StateRecordsRange (p25–p75)Median
CA22$37,456 – $49,481$42,640
NY10$37,440 – $45,136$39,052

04 / Context

How Retail Cashiers pay compares with similar roles.

ProfessionRiskMedianOutlook
Retail SalespersonMedium$36,202-0.5% (2024–34)
Sales ManagerMedium$150,000+4.7% (2024–34)
Sales RepresentativeMedium$65,000+0.3% (2024–34)
Technical and Scientific Products Sales RepresentativeMedium$91,686+1.9% (2024–34)

05 / Next step

How to move up the pay band.

The skills below appear most often in higher-paid roles:

06 / FAQ

Salary questions, answered.

01Why are the bands different from the BLS median?
The BLS median covers all Retail Cashier in the US. These bands come from real records with known biases — H-1B filings skew to visa-eligible (high-skill) roles and tech postings skew to tech employers — so they sit above the national median. We disclose the source of every band.
02How often is this data updated?
The dataset refreshes weekly from live job postings and quarterly from new H-1B disclosures.

Methodology