Tellers

SOC Code: 43-3071

Tellerss balance currency, coin, and checks in cash drawers at ends of shifts and calculate daily transactions, using computers, calculators, or adding machines. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 69.8/100, this role has moderate resilience to automation. Key skills include Active Listening, Active Listening, Critical Thinking.

AI-Proof Score: 69.8High
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Median Salary

$39,340

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Job Growth

-12.9%

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Training Time

Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)

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Job Zone

Zone 2 / 5

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Training Cost

~$5,000

Key Skills

  • Active Listening
  • Critical Thinking
  • Speaking
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Service Orientation
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Monitoring

Common 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.

Why AI-Proof?

  • Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
  • Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
  • Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
  • Social and regulatory barriers to full automation