Pay distribution $44,990 10th $47,170 25th $59,150 75th $62,880 90th
Half of Tellers in the Seattle metro area earn more than $49,880 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $47,170 and $59,150.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $44,990 $47,170 $49,880 $59,150 $62,880 Hourly $21.63 $22.68 $23.98 $28.44 $30.23
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Seattle metro areathis metro area
$49,880 median for Seattle metro area; middle half earns $47,170 to $59,150
$47,670 median for Washington; middle half earns $45,430 to $57,450
$43,030 median for United States; middle half earns $37,040 to $46,580
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +5% vs Washington overall and +16% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $26,440 $34,323 $42,207 $50,090 Arecibo, PR — $26,440 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $29,520 Aguadilla, PR — $29,990 Mayaguez, PR — $30,250 Guayama, PR — $30,480 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $30,600 Ponce, PR — $30,780 Jonesboro, AR — $33,620 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $34,260 Eagle Pass, TX — $34,360 Charleston, WV — $34,480 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $34,590 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $34,620 Monroe, LA — $34,810 Morgantown, WV — $34,890 Lawton, OK — $34,950 Beckley, WV — $35,120 Gadsden, AL — $35,150 Columbia, MO — $35,180 Joplin, MO-KS — $35,190 Terre Haute, IN — $35,210 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $35,220 Wheeling, WV-OH — $35,230 Wichita Falls, TX — $35,230 Victoria, TX — $35,320 Alexandria, LA — $35,340 Lubbock, TX — $35,340 College Station-Bryan, TX — $35,360 Lake Charles, LA — $35,360 Hammond, LA — $35,390 Lafayette, LA — $35,400 Hot Springs, AR — $35,410 Texarkana, TX-AR — $35,550 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $35,580 Jackson, TN — $35,600 San Angelo, TX — $35,650 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $35,730 Wichita, KS — $35,730 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $35,740 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $35,780 Valdosta, GA — $35,880 Manhattan, KS — $35,930 El Paso, TX — $35,950 Las Cruces, NM — $35,960 Enid, OK — $36,090 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $36,100 Great Falls, MT — $36,100 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $36,120 Bowling Green, KY — $36,190 Tulsa, OK — $36,210 Topeka, KS — $36,230 Amarillo, TX — $36,250 Baton Rouge, LA — $36,300 Jefferson City, MO — $36,330 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $36,340 Corpus Christi, TX — $36,360 Erie, PA — $36,360 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $36,410 Altoona, PA — $36,430 Farmington, NM — $36,460 Killeen-Temple, TX — $36,460 Hattiesburg, MS — $36,470 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $36,490 Mansfield, OH — $36,490 Oklahoma City, OK — $36,520 Clarksville, TN-KY — $36,540 Longview, TX — $36,580 Springfield, MO — $36,650 Waco, TX — $36,660 Paducah, KY-IL — $36,670 Johnstown, PA — $36,680 Muncie, IN — $36,680 Dothan, AL — $36,750 Morristown, TN — $36,770 Tyler, TX — $36,810 Odessa, TX — $36,860 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $36,910 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $36,930 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $36,950 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $36,980 Bloomington, IN — $36,990 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $37,000 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $37,020 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $37,030 Bloomington, IL — $37,040 Elizabethtown, KY — $37,070 Saginaw, MI — $37,070 Knoxville, TN — $37,090 Sumter, SC — $37,090 Columbus, IN — $37,110 Decatur, AL — $37,120 Tuscaloosa, AL — $37,150 Cleveland, TN — $37,160 Decatur, IL — $37,160 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $37,180 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $37,180 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $37,180 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $37,220 Peoria, IL — $37,220 Abilene, TX — $37,280 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $37,280 Bay City, MI — $37,310 Lincoln, NE — $37,340 Kankakee, IL — $37,360 Springfield, IL — $37,360 Grand Island, NE — $37,440 Lawrence, KS — $37,450 Ogden, UT — $37,450 Midland, MI — $37,460 Florence, SC — $37,470 Evansville, IN — $37,500 Johnson City, TN — $37,520 Casper, WY — $37,530 Jackson, MS — $37,540 Springfield, OH — $37,580 Sandusky, OH — $37,610 Fort Wayne, IN — $37,630 Flint, MI — $37,640 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $37,660 State College, PA — $37,710 Missoula, MT — $37,720 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $37,740 Jackson, MI — $37,750 Warner Robins, GA — $37,790 Battle Creek, MI — $37,800 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $37,840 Columbus, OH — $37,840 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $37,850 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $37,850 Roanoke, VA — $37,870 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $37,890 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $37,890 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $37,890 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $37,940 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $37,950 Sherman-Denison, TX — $37,970 Fond du Lac, WI — $38,000 Twin Falls, ID — $38,000 Owensboro, KY — $38,020 Salisbury, MD — $38,040 Columbus, GA-AL — $38,070 Lima, OH — $38,070 Montgomery, AL — $38,070 Tallahassee, FL — $38,070 Carson City, NV — $38,110 Albany, GA — $38,160 Midland, TX — $38,180 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $38,180 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $38,200 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $38,260 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $38,310 Billings, MT — $38,320 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $38,320 St. George, UT — $38,330 Lebanon, PA — $38,360 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $38,370 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $38,380 Eau Claire, WI — $38,410 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $38,430 Kansas City, MO-KS — $38,470 Kokomo, IN — $38,470 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $38,480 Helena, MT — $38,500 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $38,510 Logan, UT-ID — $38,530 Cedar Rapids, IA — $38,540 Mankato, MN — $38,570 Green Bay, WI — $38,630 Rapid City, SD — $38,630 Pocatello, ID — $38,640 Traverse City, MI — $38,640 Dalton, GA — $38,660 Minot, ND — $38,670 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $38,680 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $38,720 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $38,720 Bangor, ME — $38,740 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $38,770 Cheyenne, WY — $38,780 Elmira, NY — $38,840 Gettysburg, PA — $38,840 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $38,880 St. Louis, MO-IL — $38,890 Glens Falls, NY — $38,950 Rome, GA — $38,980 Dover, DE — $39,000 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $39,010 Omaha, NE-IA — $39,090 Lancaster, PA — $39,100 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $39,100 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $39,140 Niles, MI — $39,160 Winchester, VA-WV — $39,160 Huntsville, AL — $39,210 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $39,260 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $39,270 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $39,270 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $39,300 Binghamton, NY — $39,340 Fargo, ND-MN — $39,360 Dubuque, IA — $39,440 Chambersburg, PA — $39,490 Mobile, AL — $39,600 Syracuse, NY — $39,600 Grand Junction, CO — $39,630 Lynchburg, VA — $39,630 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $39,650 Monroe, MI — $39,650 Duluth, MN-WI — $39,690 Jacksonville, NC — $39,830 Birmingham, AL — $39,840 Harrisonburg, VA — $39,880 Ann Arbor, MI — $39,900 Lewiston, ID-WA — $39,910 Albuquerque, NM — $39,920 York-Hanover, PA — $39,950 Idaho Falls, ID — $40,000 Pueblo, CO — $40,000 Ithaca, NY — $40,020 Canton-Massillon, OH — $40,030 Laredo, TX — $40,140 Pittsburgh, PA — $40,200 Wausau, WI — $40,370 Rockford, IL — $40,420 Iowa City, IA — $40,680 Wilmington, NC — $40,740 Gainesville, GA — $41,090 Akron, OH — $41,310 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $41,350 Homosassa Springs, FL — $41,970 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $42,110 Yuma, AZ — $42,260 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $42,370 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $42,630 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $42,660 Appleton, WI — $42,820 Sebring, FL — $42,860 Boise City, ID — $42,880 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $42,880 Tucson, AZ — $42,900 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $42,930 Corvallis, OR — $42,950 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $42,960 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $43,030 Utica-Rome, NY — $43,030 Ames, IA — $43,060 Rocky Mount, NC — $43,110 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $43,130 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $43,270 Madison, WI — $43,380 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $43,400 Urban Honolulu, HI — $43,430 Medford, OR — $43,440 Columbia, SC — $43,560 Sheboygan, WI — $43,560 Lexington Park, MD — $43,580 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $43,590 Greenville, NC — $43,630 Albany, OR — $43,670 Bozeman, MT — $43,680 Vineland, NJ — $43,680 Rochester, NY — $43,690 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $43,710 Kingston, NY — $43,710 Kenosha, WI — $43,780 St. Cloud, MN — $43,820 Goldsboro, NC — $43,840 Reading, PA — $43,840 Bismarck, ND — $43,880 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $43,940 Burlington, NC — $43,960 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $43,980 Flagstaff, AZ — $44,020 Savannah, GA — $44,080 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $44,100 Toledo, OH — $44,160 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $44,180 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $44,310 Pittsfield, MA — $44,310 Spartanburg, SC — $44,430 Bend, OR — $44,450 Grants Pass, OR — $44,500 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $44,540 Yuba City, CA — $44,560 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $44,590 Ocala, FL — $44,610 Reno, NV — $44,610 Charlottesville, VA — $44,620 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $44,650 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $44,720 Portland-South Portland, ME — $44,730 Fresno, CA — $44,750 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $44,760 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $44,790 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $44,830 Asheville, NC — $44,850 Springfield, MA — $44,850 Fayetteville, NC — $44,890 Merced, CA — $44,950 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $45,030 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $45,050 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $45,090 Greeley, CO — $45,100 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $45,100 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $45,110 Salem, OR — $45,120 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $45,130 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $45,140 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $45,140 Gainesville, FL — $45,190 Rochester, MN — $45,200 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $45,240 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $45,310 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $45,310 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $45,320 Visalia, CA — $45,350 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $45,360 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $45,360 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $45,380 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $45,400 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $45,430 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $45,450 Yakima, WA — $45,450 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $45,460 Redding, CA — $45,460 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $45,500 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $45,540 El Centro, CA — $45,550 Cleveland, OH — $45,560 Jacksonville, FL — $45,580 Richmond, VA — $45,590 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $45,610 Fairbanks-College, AK — $45,690 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $45,720 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $45,770 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $45,780 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $45,880 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $45,910 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $45,920 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $45,980 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $45,980 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $46,000 Colorado Springs, CO — $46,020 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $46,030 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $46,040 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $46,050 Chico, CA — $46,050 Winston-Salem, NC — $46,060 New Haven, CT — $46,070 Port St. Lucie, FL — $46,090 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $46,110 Punta Gorda, FL — $46,160 Walla Walla, WA — $46,160 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $46,170 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $46,180 Modesto, CA — $46,190 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $46,290 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $46,350 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $46,370 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $46,390 Worcester, MA — $46,440 Santa Fe, NM — $46,560 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $46,670 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $46,840 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $46,840 Anchorage, AK — $46,850 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $46,880 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $46,890 Barnstable Town, MA — $46,910 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $46,940 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $46,980 Salinas, CA — $47,200 Boulder, CO — $47,220 Longview-Kelso, WA — $47,220 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $47,230 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $47,230 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $47,230 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $47,320 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $47,490 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $47,520 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $47,550 Vallejo, CA — $47,600 Bellingham, WA — $47,630 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $47,690 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $48,060 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $48,310 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $48,700 Napa, CA — $49,260 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $49,370 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $49,880 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $50,090 Seattle metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Seattle metro area has the 2nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 391 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Washington Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for tellers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Seattle metro areathis page
$49,880 median for Seattle metro area; middle half earns $47,170 to $59,150
$48,700 median for Olympia metro area; middle half earns $45,880 to $60,430
$48,310 median for Bremerton metro area; middle half earns $47,050 to $51,680
$47,630 median for Bellingham metro area; middle half earns $45,830 to $49,100
$47,230 median for Mount Vernon metro area; middle half earns $45,270 to $49,840
$47,220 median for Longview metro area; middle half earns $46,220 to $57,270
$46,390 median for Spokane metro area; middle half earns $45,620 to $51,120
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Office Clerks, General $53,290 Customer Service Representatives $53,550 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers $81,640 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks $60,460 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive $60,230 Receptionists and Information Clerks $45,820 Highest-paying metro areas for tellerss · Highest-paying occupations in Seattle Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .