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Tellers salary in the United States

Median annual pay
$39,340

Tellers in the United States earn a median of $39,340 a year, about $18.91 an hour.

$31,270 10th $36,420 25th $39,340 Median $45,550 75th $48,270 90th
The middle half of workers — the shaded block — earn between $36,420 and $45,550. One in ten earns less than $31,270; one in ten earns more than $48,270.
Median
$39,340
per year
Hourly
$18.91
as published
Mean
$40,940
pulled up by top earners
Workers
339,340
in this occupation

Where it pays more in the United States

Median pay for this occupation by area, highest-employing first.

AreaType Medianvs national
TexasState $37,190 -5%
CaliforniaState $45,920 +17%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJMetro $46,200 +17%
New YorkState $44,040 +12%
IllinoisState $38,490 -2%
PennsylvaniaState $38,750 -1%
OhioState $42,990 +9%
FloridaState $44,120 +12%
MichiganState $37,840 -4%
New JerseyState $45,720 +16%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INMetro $44,410 +13%
IndianaState $38,350 -3%
WisconsinState $39,010 -1%
TennesseeState $36,400 -7%
MissouriState $35,510 -10%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAMetro $45,580 +16%
GeorgiaState $38,890 -1%
WashingtonState $46,890 +19%
VirginiaState $43,340 +10%
North CarolinaState $42,990 +9%
MassachusettsState $45,100 +15%
OklahomaState $35,160 -11%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXMetro $37,260 -5%
AlabamaState $36,350 -8%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MDMetro $43,810 +11%

Regional figures come from the same release as the national one. Where an area is missing, the source suppressed it for sample-size reasons rather than reporting an unreliable estimate.

How United States measured this

Employer payroll survey of ~1.1m establishments

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 · Public domain (US Government work)

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