Gambling Cage Workers
Also called: Cage Cashier, Casino Cage Cashier, Casino Cashier, Vault CashierIn a gambling establishment, conduct financial transactions for patrons. Accept patron's credit application and verify credit references to provide check-cashing authorization or to establish house credit accounts. May reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books. May sell gambling chips, tokens, or tickets to patrons, or to other workers for resale to patrons. May convert gambling chips, tokens, or tickets to currency upon patron's request. May use a cash register or computer to record transaction.
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What the data says: AI could halve the time on 9 of its 17 tasks, and jobs are projected to shrink 3.1% by 2035. How to think about this →
About this projection
BLS builds AI into its projections where the research supports it: “BLS generally applies adjustments based on this research conservatively, where there is convincing evidence for a change.”
It also notes a limit: “BLS projection methods are not designed to capture extremely rapid technological change.”
On its AI exposure groups, BLS says exposure “does not imply job loss.”
Recent conditions
- From Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, 11.1 hires for every 10 job openings in arts, entertainment, and recreation, which employs about 57% of people in this work, against 7.3 across all industries BLS JOLTS
One box per opening, filled for each hire; hires beyond the openings are added in a lighter shade. Higher can mean openings get filled, or that people leave often; lower, that jobs go unfilled, or hiring is slow.11.1 this industry7.3 all industries
Median pay by state BLS OEWS May 2025, state estimates
Tap a state for its figures.
Median pay in every state
| State | Median | Middle half earn | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | $40,780 | $36,580 to $48,100 | 930 |
| California | $37,650 | $36,410 to $43,420 | 2,020 |
| Colorado | $34,850 | $33,760 to $45,450 | 130 |
| Delaware | $36,500 | $36,500 to $40,200 | 50 |
| Florida | $42,900 | $36,010 to $48,240 | 540 |
| Illinois | $39,900 | $37,050 to $44,880 | 500 |
| Indiana | $37,650 | $35,790 to $43,710 | 280 |
| Iowa | $37,230 | $33,700 to $37,720 | 210 |
| Kansas | $36,360 | $29,010 to $38,570 | 150 |
| Kentucky | $34,860 | $30,730 to $37,220 | 110 |
| Louisiana | $33,220 | $30,260 to $36,520 | 120 |
| Maryland | $47,930 | $39,850 to $49,920 | 280 |
| Michigan | $38,710 | $37,970 to $44,820 | 250 |
| Minnesota | $36,810 | $31,500 to $46,170 | 420 |
| Mississippi | $30,890 | $29,220 to $36,390 | 450 |
| Missouri | $36,560 | $33,450 to $38,610 | 220 |
| Nebraska | $31,640 | $28,080 to $36,270 | 90 |
| Nevada | $38,570 | $34,480 to $44,810 | 2,050 |
| New Hampshire | $36,820 | $35,190 to $46,570 | 40 |
| New Jersey | $41,430 | $39,580 to $46,650 | 360 |
| New Mexico | $31,520 | $27,540 to $36,320 | 370 |
| New York | $48,340 | $41,530 to $52,290 | 290 |
| North Dakota | $36,430 | $35,720 to $46,070 | 90 |
| Ohio | not published | not published | 380 |
| Oklahoma | $30,590 | $24,720 to $36,920 | 1,540 |
| Oregon | $38,040 | $36,280 to $47,870 | 220 |
| Pennsylvania | $38,980 | $36,890 to $44,510 | 310 |
| Puerto Rico | $22,550 | $21,980 to $26,330 | 240 |
| South Dakota | $33,300 | $29,440 to $38,950 | 160 |
| Texas | $27,480 | $25,700 to $28,820 | 130 |
| Washington | $41,720 | $37,670 to $46,400 | 620 |
| West Virginia | $30,490 | $29,950 to $35,240 | 80 |
| Wisconsin | $36,430 | $29,480 to $47,880 | 350 |
Nationally: $37,580. Shades run from the lowest state median to the highest; a territory below that range takes the lightest. How to read this
How AI touches the work
What AI could speed up, task by task, and where people already use it.
AI could halve the time on 9 of its 17 tasks
| AI rating | Its main tasks | Share of Claude conversations May 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| AI + software | Maintain confidentiality of customers' transactions. | Not published |
| AI + software | Follow all gaming regulations. | Not published |
| AI alone | Convert gaming checks, coupons, tokens, or coins to currency for gaming patrons. | Not published |
| Not much | Maintain cage security. | Not published |
| AI alone | Cash checks and process credit card advances for patrons. | Not published |
| Not much | Verify accuracy of reports, such as authorization forms, transaction reconciliations, or exchange summary reports. | under 0.01% |
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| Not much | Count funds and reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books. | Not published |
| Not much | Supply currency, coins, chips, or gaming checks to other departments as needed. | Not published |
| AI alone | Perform removal and rotation of cash, coin, or chip inventories as necessary. | Not published |
| Not much | Determine cash requirements for windows and order all necessary currency, coins, or chips. | Not published |
| Not much | Provide assistance in the training and orientation of new cashiers. | Not published |
| Not much | Prepare bank deposits, balancing assigned funds as necessary. | Not published |
| AI alone | Provide customers with information about casino operations. | Not published |
| AI alone | Prepare reports, including assignment of company funds or recording of department revenues. | Not published |
| AI + software | Record casino exchange transactions, using cash registers. | Not published |
| AI + software | Establish new computer accounts. | under 0.01% |
| Not much | Sell gambling chips, tokens, or tickets to patrons or to other workers for resale to patrons. | Not published |
Ordered by how important O*NET's respondents rate each task (1 to 5) times the share who say it is part of their job. The ordering is ours. 2 of the 17 have a published share of Claude conversations; “not published” means too few conversations for Anthropic to publish a figure.
Where people already use AI
The tasks above say what AI could speed up. This shows what people are using it for. Its 17 tasks fall under 13 work activities that many occupations share, and Microsoft counted how often each one came up in 200,000 conversations with its Copilot assistant in 2024.
- #12 Explain regulations, policies, or procedures
- #20 Present research or technical information
- #35 Process digital or online data
- and 1 more, in the table below
| Work activity | This occupation's tasks under it | People asked AI for help in 10,000 conversations |
AI did it for them in 10,000 conversations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Execute financial transactions | |||
| Maintain safety or security | |||
| Reconcile financial data | |||
| Explain regulations, policies, or procedures | |||
| Present research or technical information | |||
| Process digital or online data | |||
| Purchase goods or services | |||
| Evaluate the quality or accuracy of data |
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| Monitor operations to ensure compliance with regulations or standards | |||
| Sell products or services | |||
| Maintain sales or financial records | |||
| Train others on operational or work procedures | |||
| Stock supplies or products |
How people in this work use Claude
What people in this work made with Claude % of conversations
- Data or a spreadsheet40%
- An analysis or summary16%
- A document or report9%
- A script or snippet4%
- A chart or visualization4%
How they worked with Claude
86% of these conversations were about work. Anthropic Economic Index, May 2026.
How to read this
Work activities come from O*NET, which links every task to the broader activities it involves. Microsoft's figures are for the activity across everyone who used Copilot, not for gambling cage workers specifically. Copilot is a general chat assistant; dedicated coding tools are not included, so programming help is under-counted here. Activities are listed by how many of this occupation's tasks fall under them.
The task ratings say whether AI could halve the time a task takes: on its own (“AI alone”), or with software built on it (“AI + software”). They were made by people in 2023 (Eloundou et al.). Claude's share is the task's share of all Claude.ai conversations in May 2026; Anthropic doesn't publish a task with too few conversations. None of these add up to the BLS exposure group, which combines five research measures.
More in the Guide: task ratings · task order · work activities · Copilot figures · Claude
High exposure doesn't mean fewer jobs
BLS projects most occupations in its two most exposed groups to grow: 141 of 206 rated Very high and 165 of 206 rated High. Each dot is one of the 831 occupations BLS rates.
Career moves into and out of this occupation
From moves between occupations found in online resumes, 2002–2016. Career changes only: a first job after school isn't a move.
Where people moved next
of 4,636 moves out
- 1 Cashiers High -6.5% 6%
- 2 Managers, All Other (2010 group) an older group BLS has since split; no exposure group today 6%
- 3 Customer Service Representatives Very high -5.3% 6%
- 4 Tellers High -13.2% 5%
- 5 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Very high -5.6% 4%
Where people moved in from
of 3,670 moves in
- 1 Cashiers High -6.5% 14%
- 2 Customer Service Representatives Very high -5.3% 9%
- 3 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Very high -5.6% 6%
- 4 Retail Salespersons Very high -0.3% 6%
- 5 Tellers High -13.2% 5%
Resumes over-represent younger, white-collar job-seekers and moves into management. Schubert, Stansbury and Taska (resume data).
Education and training for the occupation
O*NET survey of workers in this occupation
- 85% high school
- 14% some college
- 1% associate's
O*NET 31.0 survey of workers in this occupation · 18 people answered.
1 program: Casino Operations and Services, General.
Jobs that require a credential BLS Occupational Requirements Survey 2023
43.1% this occupation
45.3% all occupations
| By kind | This occupation | All occupations |
|---|---|---|
| a license | 33.1% | 19.1% |
| a certification | <0.5% | 5.8% |
| an educational certificate | <0.5% | 2.8% |
Share of jobs whose employer requires it. BLS doesn't say which credential. How to read this
Look up certifications, training and licenses U.S. Department of Labor
- Certification Finder ↗ certifications CareerOneStop lists for this occupation
- Training Finder ↗ schools and programs, nationwide; narrow the place there
- License Finder ↗ licenses by state
- Apprenticeships: DOL's list of apprenticeable occupations doesn't include this one.
These open in a new tab and send only the occupation's public code. More in the Guide
BLS AI exposure categories (Aug 2026) · BLS Employment Projections 2025–35 · O*NET 31.0 · Task ratings: Eloundou et al., Science (2024) · Microsoft "Working with AI" v1.1 · Anthropic Economic Index (2026-06-26) · Schubert, Stansbury and Taska · NCES CIP–SOC · Census ACS 2024 · BLS JOLTS
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