Tellers salary

SOC 43-3071 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$43,030

per year, nationally

Middle half

$37,040–$46,580

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

329,480

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

-12.9%

29,800 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$34,360$49,680

10th: $34,360
25th: $37,040
Median: $43,030
75th: $46,580
90th: $49,680

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Short-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where tellers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Washington	$47,670	107.0	9,180	1.22×
2	New Jersey	$47,210	108.8	10,270	1.13×
3	Massachusetts	$46,900	105.8	7,190	0.93×
4	California	$46,900	110.7	25,230	0.65×
5	Alaska	$46,770	102.4	1,020	1.48×
6	Connecticut	$46,320	103.6	3,220	0.90×
7	Colorado	$46,060	103.1	5,370	0.88×
8	Maryland	$46,010	105.0	3,860	0.66×
9	District of Columbia	$45,590	109.9	700	0.47×
10	Florida	$45,580	103.4	14,700	0.70×
11	Delaware	$45,340	99.8	1,400	1.37×
12	Rhode Island	$45,300	102.3	830	0.78×
13	Arizona	$45,250	100.7	3,770	0.55×
14	Virginia	$45,120	101.1	7,410	0.85×
15	Nevada	$44,980	100.0	1,850	0.56×
16	North Carolina	$44,830	94.3	5,260	0.50×
17	New Hampshire	$44,460	104.2	1,550	1.07×
18	Oregon	$44,440	103.4	2,990	0.72×
19	New York	$44,400	107.9	15,040	0.73×
20	Minnesota	$44,190	98.6	5,740	0.92×
21	Vermont	$44,030	98.0	930	1.44×
22	Hawaii	$43,910	110.0	1,760	1.33×
23	Maine	$42,890	97.0	2,410	1.77×
24	Idaho	$42,380	95.5	2,690	1.48×
25	South Carolina	$42,280	93.7	4,400	0.90×
26	Georgia	$41,690	96.3	7,820	0.75×
27	Pennsylvania	$40,200	97.6	14,800	1.15×
28	Ohio	$39,810	92.8	13,890	1.18×
29	Wisconsin	$39,640	94.1	9,030	1.45×
30	North Dakota	$39,300	89.0	1,990	2.19×
31	Michigan	$39,240	96.2	13,420	1.44×
32	Indiana	$38,730	93.3	8,400	1.24×
33	Illinois	$38,670	100.0	16,960	1.31×
34	South Dakota	$38,460	88.6	1,560	1.61×
35	Iowa	$38,450	87.8	5,470	1.65×
36	Utah	$38,370	98.9	4,790	1.30×
37	Wyoming	$38,290	92.7	970	1.63×
38	Nebraska	$38,140	90.1	4,590	2.12×
39	Montana	$38,080	94.6	1,660	1.53×
40	Texas	$38,050	97.1	25,860	0.87×
41	New Mexico	$37,680	92.2	2,330	1.26×
42	Alabama	$37,350	88.8	6,770	1.51×
43	Kentucky	$37,210	90.2	5,350	1.26×
44	Kansas	$36,840	90.1	4,720	1.55×
45	Mississippi	$36,810	87.0	3,750	1.52×
46	Tennessee	$36,750	91.9	7,560	1.09×
47	Missouri	$36,650	90.8	10,030	1.61×
48	Oklahoma	$35,840	87.8	7,230	2.00×
49	Arkansas	$35,710	86.9	4,250	1.54×
50	Louisiana	$35,680	88.2	4,900	1.20×
51	West Virginia	$34,560	89.5	2,620	1.76×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where tellers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for tellers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$50,090	110.4	1,030	0.43×
2	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$49,880	111.1	3,730	0.84×
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$49,370	115.6	2,810	0.56×
4	Napa, CA	$49,260	112.6	100	0.61×
5	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$48,700	103.7	530	1.92×
6	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$48,310	105.6	310	1.54×
7	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$48,060	108.8	330	0.77×
8	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$47,690	106.7	1,450	0.63×
9	Bellingham, WA	$47,630	103.3	420	2.15×
10	Vallejo, CA	$47,600	108.5	330	1.07×
11	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$47,550	111.9	2,110	0.65×
12	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$47,520	108.3	4,820	0.84×
13	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$47,490	110.5	440	0.64×
14	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$47,320	108.6	200	0.78×
15	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$47,230	106.9	920	1.08×
16	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$47,230	102.4	150	1.32×
17	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$47,230	112.6	15,820	0.79×
18	Boulder, CO	$47,220	105.2	310	0.76×
19	Longview-Kelso, WA	$47,220	97.5	170	2.00×
20	Salinas, CA	$47,200	109.0	220	0.57×
21	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$46,980	107.8	350	0.80×
22	Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$46,940	100.9	2,100	0.69×
23	Barnstable Town, MA	$46,910	98.4	260	1.31×
24	Naples-Marco Island, FL	$46,890	103.2	260	0.71×
25	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$46,880	108.9	4,060	0.61×
26	Anchorage, AK	$46,850	105.4	560	1.48×
27	Hanford-Corcoran, CA	$46,840	101.6	80	0.78×
28	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$46,840	102.4	530	0.73×
29	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$46,670	105.1	420	0.68×
30	Santa Fe, NM	$46,560	98.8	230	1.77×
31	Worcester, MA	$46,440	102.5	910	1.22×
32	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$46,390	100.3	1,030	1.90×
33	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$46,370	109.9	180	0.88×
34	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$46,350	113.6	8,790	0.66×
35	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	$46,290	97.0	250	0.94×
36	Modesto, CA	$46,190	104.1	320	0.78×
37	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$46,180	99.8	330	0.97×
38	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$46,170	105.8	2,610	0.77×
39	Punta Gorda, FL	$46,160	100.5	110	0.86×
40	Walla Walla, WA	$46,160	98.5	140	2.59×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where tellers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,670
Billing and Posting Clerks$48,500
Bill and Account Collectors$47,030
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$58,260
Procurement Clerks$50,580
Financial Clerks, All Other$53,830
Gambling Cage Workers$37,580