Mid-Level

Vault Cashier

At a bank, casino, armored-car operation, or cash-services firm, you work in the vault โ€” handling large-volume cash, supporting vault operations, processing cash transfers, and the high-trust cash-handling work that vault operations require.

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Job markets for Vault Cashiers
Employment concentration ยท ~77 areas
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What it's like

What it's like to be a Vault Cashier

A typical shift involves continuous cash and currency handling, vault operations, and the steady cadence of cash transfers โ€” counting and verifying currency, supporting branch or business-customer cash needs, processing inbound and outbound cash transfers, balancing vault contents through the shift. Vault balance, transaction accuracy, and absence of variances tend to be how the work gets measured.

The hardest part is often the dual security-and-accuracy discipline โ€” vault work operates under significant security protocols and cash-handling controls, and cashiers carry consistent attention across thousands of dollars (or millions) of currency. Variance across employers is wide: large bank vault operations run with structured security and cash-management; casino vault operations run under Title 31 / gaming-commission frameworks; armored-car and cash-services operations carry their own security cultures.

Strong vault cashiers tend to carry calm composure under cash-volume work, comfort with security protocols, and the steady disposition that high-trust work requires. Bank-operations or gaming-industry credentials anchor advancement. The trade-off is the security-and-personal-exposure dimension that high-value cash work involves and the regulatory accountability that vault operations carry.

RelationshipsModerate
SupportModerate
IndependenceLower
Working ConditionsLower
AchievementLower
RecognitionLower
O*NET Work Values survey
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Career Paths

Where this role sits in the broader career landscape โ€” and where it can take you.

$239K$179K$119K$60K$0KLower paying387 metro areas, sorted by salary level
All experience levels1
This level's estimated range
INDUSTRIES PAYING ABOVE AVERAGE
1 BLS OEWS May 2024 covers all Vault Cashiers (SOC 41-2012.00, 43-3041.00), not just this title ยท BEA RPP 2023
* Top salaries exceed this figure. BLS caps reported wages at ~$240K to protect individual privacy in high-earning roles.
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The Broader Landscape

Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape โ€” helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.

$23Kโ€“$49K
Salary Range
10th โ€“ 90th percentile
35K
U.S. Employment
-5.7%
10yr Growth
5K
Annual Openings

How this category is changing

$64K$61K$59K$56K$53K201920202021202220232024$53K$64K
BLS OEWS May 2024 ยท BLS Employment Projections 2024โ€“2034

Skills & Requirements

SpeakingMathematicsActive ListeningReading ComprehensionActive ListeningReading ComprehensionService OrientationCoordinationSocial PerceptivenessSpeaking
O*NET OnLine ยท Bureau of Labor Statistics
41-2012.0043-3041.00

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Federal data: BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (May 2024) ยท BLS Employment Projections ยท O*NET OnLine
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