Salary and Outlook

According to the US Department of Labor, there are 11,300 people employed as gambling cage workers in the United States. The median annual salary is $28,700. Entry level employees earn approximately $21,090 per year and senior employees earn approximately $39,850 per year.

Estimates do not include other potential benefits such as health insurance, overtime pay, or retirement benefits that may be offered by employers.

Job Duties

• Follow all gaming regulations.
• Convert gaming checks, coupons, tokens, or coins to currency for gaming patrons.
• Maintain cage security.
• Maintain confidentiality of customers' transactions.
• Count funds and reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books.
• Cash checks and process credit card advances for patrons.
• Sell gambling chips, tokens, or tickets to patrons or to other workers for resale to patrons.
• Establish new computer accounts.
• Prepare reports, including assignment of company funds or recording of department revenues.
• Supply currency, coins, chips, or gaming checks to other departments as needed.
• Perform removal and rotation of cash, coin, or chip inventories as necessary.
• Provide assistance in the training and orientation of new cashiers.
• Record casino exchange transactions, using cash registers.
• Prepare bank deposits, balancing assigned funds as necessary.
• Determine cash requirements for windows and order all necessary currency, coins, or chips.
• Verify accuracy of reports, such as authorization forms, transaction reconciliations, or exchange summary reports.
• Provide customers with information about casino operations.

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