Cashiers · SOC 41-2011

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Cashiers

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for cashiers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 393 metro areas

Cashiers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$44,210	30,470	14.6
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$42,960	16,530	14.6
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$41,270	38,250	16.1
4	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$39,010	1,500	20.4
5	Boulder, CO	$38,520	3,100	16.1
6	Napa, CA	$38,500	1,540	19.8
7	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$38,440	5,030	24.5
8	Bozeman, MT	$38,130	1,460	20.2
9	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$38,100	1,790	19.1
10	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$37,960	1,270	24.1
11	Vallejo, CA	$37,810	3,630	25.2
12	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$37,620	23,860	14.8
13	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$37,390	2,530	25.7
14	Fairbanks-College, AK	$37,340	670	18.3
15	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$37,340	2,470	18.9
16	Bellingham, WA	$37,250	2,190	24.0
17	Salinas, CA	$37,080	4,020	21.5
18	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$37,020	30,420	19.8
19	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$36,980	109,940	17.5
20	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$36,880	2,590	21.6
21	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$36,790	19,910	18.4
22	Barnstable Town, MA	$36,640	2,650	28.1
23	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$36,610	2,450	18.9
24	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$36,600	4,170	20.8
25	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$36,560	20,150	16.7

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Cashiers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.