Occupations/43-3071.00
Tellers
Receive and pay out money. Keep records of money and negotiable instruments involved in a financial institution's various transactions.
Usually a high school diploma, plus some experience or short training.
AI automation risk
77%
Higher automation risk
Human characteristics
58%
Balanced human and task mix
Task orientation
87%
Higher automation risk
A day in this job
- Mostly routine
Balance currency, coin, and checks in cash drawers at ends of shifts and calculate daily transactions, using computers, calculators, or adding machines.
- Mostly routine
Monitor bank vaults to ensure cash balances are correct.
- Mostly routine
Enter customers' transactions into computers to record transactions and issue computer-generated receipts.
The tasks we can read here lean routine. That sits next to the AI risk rank — it is not a forecast that the job disappears.
Core tasks
- 01Balance currency, coin, and checks in cash drawers at ends of shifts and calculate daily transactions, using computers, calculators, or adding machines.
- 02Receive checks and cash for deposit, verify amounts, and check accuracy of deposit slips.
- 03Monitor bank vaults to ensure cash balances are correct.
- 04Cash checks and pay out money after verifying that signatures are correct, that written and numerical amounts agree, and that accounts have sufficient funds.
- 05Count 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.
- 06Enter customers' transactions into computers to record transactions and issue computer-generated receipts.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks4.72
- Degree of automation2.45
- Time sitting3.13
- Originality (ability)2.25
- Conflict situations3.36
- Hands-on objects/tools4.11
- Outdoors / weather1.22
- Disease exposure2.35
- Decision freedom3.67
Top abilities
- Oral Comprehension4.00
- Speech Recognition3.88
- Oral Expression3.88
- Number Facility3.88
- Speech Clarity3.75
- Problem Sensitivity3.62
- Information Ordering3.62
- Near Vision3.50
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension3.12
- Active Listening3.50
- Writing3.00
- Speaking3.25
- Mathematics3.00
- Science1.00
- Critical Thinking3.12
- Active Learning2.88
- Learning Strategies2.25
- Monitoring3.12
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
12 of 67 shown
Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit | Banking and Financial Support Services 52.0803 | $60,100 | 4% | 96% | 1 yr $101,964 2 yr $88,198 Master's · CIP 52.08 |
Georgetown University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | Banking and Financial Support Services 52.0803 | $65,400 | 12% | 95% | 1 yr $92,505 2 yr $85,538 Bachelor's · CIP 52.08 |
Boston University Boston, MA · Private nonprofit | Banking and Financial Support Services 52.0803 | $65,200 | 14% | 89% | 1 yr $91,744 2 yr $84,653 Master's · CIP 52.08 |
New York University New York, NY · Private nonprofit | Banking and Financial Support Services 52.0803 | $60,400 | 12% | 88% | 1 yr — 2 yr $84,653 Bachelor's · CIP 52.08 |
Northeastern University Boston, MA · Private nonprofit | Banking and Financial Support Services 52.0803 | $63,200 | 7% | 91% | 1 yr $75,413 2 yr $75,518 Bachelor's · CIP 52.08 |
Howard University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | Banking and Financial Support Services 52.0803 | $33,200 | 53% | 65% | 1 yr $73,852 2 yr $72,214 Bachelor's · CIP 52.08 |
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit | Banking and Financial Support Services 52.0803 | $68,200 | 12% | 92% | 1 yr $72,671 2 yr $74,576 Master's · CIP 52.08 |
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX · Public | Banking and Financial Support Services 52.0803 | $11,700 | 31% | 88% | 1 yr $72,588 2 yr $70,680 Bachelor's · CIP 52.08 |
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · Public | Banking and Financial Support Services 52.0803 | $17,500 | 45% | 85% | 1 yr $71,619 2 yr $71,935 Bachelor's · CIP 52.08 |
University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA · Public | Banking and Financial Support Services 52.0803 | $12,600 | 48% | 84% | 1 yr $64,672 2 yr $63,898 Bachelor's · CIP 52.08 |
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA · Public | Banking and Financial Support Services 52.0803 | $19,600 | 55% | 86% | 1 yr $63,972 2 yr $65,013 Bachelor's · CIP 52.08 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · Public | Banking and Financial Support Services 52.0803 | $11,200 | 49% | 89% | 1 yr $63,228 2 yr $65,029 Bachelor's · CIP 52.08 |