Office and administrative support
Teller
Receive and pay out money. Keep records of money and negotiable instruments involved in a financial institution's various transactions.
Median pay
$43,030
Growth to 2035
−13%
declining
Openings a year
26,800
Time to qualify*
1 month
* From a bachelor's degree in an unrelated field.
Pay
Teller
Getting in
- Typical entry education
- High school diploma or equivalent
- On-the-job training
- Short-term on-the-job training
- Prior experience
- None
What the work is like
Dealing with the public
Unpleasant or angry people
Time pressure
Cost of a mistake
Freedom to make decisions
Repeating the same tasks
Time sitting
Time standing
Exposure to disease
Teller: 11% usually work over 40 hours a week
Core tasks
- Balance currency, coin, and checks in cash drawers at ends of shifts and calculate daily transactions, using computers, calculators, or adding machines.
- Receive checks and cash for deposit, verify amounts, and check accuracy of deposit slips.
- Monitor bank vaults to ensure cash balances are correct.
- Cash checks and pay out money after verifying that signatures are correct, that written and numerical amounts agree, and that accounts have sufficient funds.
- Count currency, coins, and checks received, by hand or using currency-counting machine, to prepare them for deposit or shipment to branch banks or the Federal Reserve Bank.
- Enter customers' transactions into computers to record transactions and issue computer-generated receipts.
- Examine checks for endorsements and to verify other information, such as dates, bank names, identification of the persons receiving payments, and the legality of the documents.
- Resolve problems or discrepancies concerning customers' accounts.
Also called: Account Representative · Bank Teller · Branch Operations Specialist · Customer Relationship Specialist · Customer Service Associate (CSA) · Financial Services Representative (FSR) · Member Services Representative · Personal Banking Representative
Outlook and AI
Tellers held 339,200 jobs in 2025. BLS projects 294,500 by 2035 (−13%, declining; all jobs: +3.5%).
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