Win· Before you ask
How much do cashiers make in Pittsburgh, PA?
- Median
- $29,470/year
- Mean
- $29,840/year
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What cashiers in Pittsburgh, PA earn, from low to high.
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- 1Seattle, WA$44k
- 2San Jose, CA$43k
- 3Denver, CO$38k
- 4Chicago, IL$35k
- 5Phoenix, AZ$35k
- 6Austin, TX$34k
- 7Kansas City, MO$31k
- 8Miami, FL$30k
- 9Atlanta, GA$30k
- 10Pittsburgh, PA$29k
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Cashiers in Pittsburgh, PA: wage guide
Use the local pay range, same-source pay figures, job scale, price level, and survey limits as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 41-2011 and BLS area 38300.
What the Cashiers median says in Pittsburgh, PA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Cashiers median in Pittsburgh, PA at $29,470 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 41-2011 and BLS area 38300.
BLS lists 20,950 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $29,840 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Pittsburgh, PA's Cashiers median is 10.4% below the U.S. Cashiers median of $32,880 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.
Read source key 41-2011 with area 38300
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 41-2011 and area 38300. SOC 41-2011 names Cashiers. Area 38300 names Pittsburgh, PA. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 41-2011/38300 row has 20,950 wage and salary jobs. There are 18.8 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 0.95. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.
For 41-2011/38300, the annual median is $29,470 per year, while the matching mean is $29,840 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
- 41-2011/38300 10th percentile: $22,190 per year.
- 41-2011/38300 25th percentile: $23,810 per year.
- 41-2011/38300 median: $29,470 per year.
- 41-2011/38300 75th percentile: $33,870 per year.
- 41-2011/38300 90th percentile: $36,720 per year.
- 41-2011/38300 employment RSE: 5.2%. Mean-wage RSE: 1.8%.
- 41-2011/38300 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.
BLS area 38300 facts behind this Cashiers page
Area 38300 reports 1,114,490 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $65,230. Its annual median is $49,650. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.4%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 41-2011 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Pittsburgh, PA runs from $28,500 at the 10th percentile to $115,400 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $36,630. The median is $49,650. The 75th percentile is $77,830. This is a place check, not a pay range for Cashiers.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 38300. They do not show related skills or a path into Cashiers.
- 1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Area: 38300. SOC: 31-1120. Jobs: 37,200. Yearly median: $29,250. Jobs per 1,000: 33.38. Location quotient: 1.21.
- 2. General and Operations Managers. Area: 38300. SOC: 11-1021. Jobs: 31,020. Yearly median: $100,840. Jobs per 1,000: 27.83. Location quotient: 1.24.
- 3. Registered Nurses. Area: 38300. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 29,360. Yearly median: $82,370. Jobs per 1,000: 26.35. Location quotient: 1.21.
- 4. Retail Salespersons. Area: 38300. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 28,700. Yearly median: $30,840. Jobs per 1,000: 25.75. Location quotient: 1.03.
- 5. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 38300. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 27,460. Yearly median: $28,250. Jobs per 1,000: 24.64. Location quotient: 0.99.
- 6. Office Clerks, General. Area: 38300. SOC: 43-9061. Jobs: 19,150. Yearly median: $45,040. Jobs per 1,000: 17.18. Location quotient: 1.08.
Read the Pittsburgh, PA wage ladder for Cashiers
The 10th percentile is $22,190 per year. The 25th percentile is $23,810 per year. The median is $29,470 per year. The 75th percentile is $33,870 per year. The 90th percentile is $36,720 per year.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from $23,810 per year to $33,870 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $14,530. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Compare Pittsburgh, PA with its state and the U.S.
Pittsburgh, PA has a annual median of $29,470 per year. Pennsylvania has $29,220 per year. The U.S. row has $32,880 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
Pittsburgh, PA is 0.9% above Pennsylvania on the same published median. Pittsburgh, PA is 10.4% below the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are benchmarks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Where Pittsburgh, PA sits for Cashiers
Pittsburgh, PA ranks 222 of 393 among metro areas with a published annual median for Cashiers. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.
Rank 222 of 393 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.
The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.
- 219. Mansfield, OH. The Cashiers median is $29,540 per year. BLS estimates 1,250 jobs. The location quotient is 1.29.
- 220. Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA. The Cashiers median is $29,530 per year. BLS estimates 1,330 jobs. The location quotient is 1.3.
- 221. Akron, OH. The Cashiers median is $29,480 per year. BLS estimates 5,650 jobs. The location quotient is 0.89.
- 223. Sioux City, IA-NE-SD. The Cashiers median is $29,470 per year. BLS estimates 1,700 jobs. The location quotient is 1.14.
- 224. Jefferson City, MO. The Cashiers median is $29,420 per year. BLS estimates 1,650 jobs. The location quotient is 1.04.
- 225. Asheville, NC. The Cashiers median is $29,400 per year. BLS estimates 4,240 jobs. The location quotient is 1.18.
Where Cashiers medians lead among metro areas
The rows below use the same SOC 41-2011, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has the highest published median in this set, at $44,210 per year. Pittsburgh, PA sits at $29,470 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Cashiers is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
- 1. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has a Cashiers median of $44,210 per year, or $14,740 above Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 30,470 jobs there, compared with 20,950 in Pittsburgh, PA. The location quotient is 0.74.
- 2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Cashiers median of $42,960 per year, or $13,490 above Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 16,530 jobs there, compared with 20,950 in Pittsburgh, PA. The location quotient is 0.73.
- 3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Cashiers median of $41,270 per year, or $11,800 above Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 38,250 jobs there, compared with 20,950 in Pittsburgh, PA. The location quotient is 0.81.
- 4. Kahului-Wailuku, HI has a Cashiers median of $39,010 per year, or $9,540 above Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 1,500 jobs there, compared with 20,950 in Pittsburgh, PA. The location quotient is 1.03.
- 5. Boulder, CO has a Cashiers median of $38,520 per year, or $9,050 above Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 3,100 jobs there, compared with 20,950 in Pittsburgh, PA. The location quotient is 0.81.
- 6. Napa, CA has a Cashiers median of $38,500 per year, or $9,030 above Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 1,540 jobs there, compared with 20,950 in Pittsburgh, PA. The location quotient is 1.
- 7. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA has a Cashiers median of $38,440 per year, or $8,970 above Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 5,030 jobs there, compared with 20,950 in Pittsburgh, PA. The location quotient is 1.23.
- 8. Bozeman, MT has a Cashiers median of $38,130 per year, or $8,660 above Pittsburgh, PA. BLS lists 1,460 jobs there, compared with 20,950 in Pittsburgh, PA. The location quotient is 1.02.
Where BLS counts the most Cashiers jobs
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the largest published metro job estimate for Cashiers in this same-source set, at 173,830 jobs. Pittsburgh, PA has 20,950. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
- 1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 173,830 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 152,880 jobs from Pittsburgh, PA. Its median is $35,950 per year, or $6,480 above Pittsburgh, PA. Its location quotient is 0.92.
- 2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 109,940 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 88,990 jobs from Pittsburgh, PA. Its median is $36,980 per year, or $7,510 above Pittsburgh, PA. Its location quotient is 0.88.
- 3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 99,240 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 78,290 jobs from Pittsburgh, PA. Its median is $35,010 per year, or $5,540 above Pittsburgh, PA. Its location quotient is 1.11.
- 4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 65,070 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 44,120 jobs from Pittsburgh, PA. Its median is $29,910 per year, or $440 above Pittsburgh, PA. Its location quotient is 0.81.
- 5. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 56,340 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 35,390 jobs from Pittsburgh, PA. Its median is $30,250 per year, or $780 above Pittsburgh, PA. Its location quotient is 1.01.
- 6. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 54,950 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 34,000 jobs from Pittsburgh, PA. Its median is $29,350 per year, or $120 below Pittsburgh, PA. Its location quotient is 0.84.
- 7. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD has 54,100 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 33,150 jobs from Pittsburgh, PA. Its median is $33,050 per year, or $3,580 above Pittsburgh, PA. Its location quotient is 0.94.
- 8. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA has 51,180 estimated Cashiers jobs, a gap of 30,230 jobs from Pittsburgh, PA. Its median is $30,010 per year, or $540 above Pittsburgh, PA. Its location quotient is 0.89.
How common Cashiers is in Pittsburgh, PA
BLS lists 20,950 Cashiers jobs in Pittsburgh, PA. It also lists 18.8 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 0.95. A value of 1 means Cashiers has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is lower than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Cashiers beside other roles in Pittsburgh, PA
The all-occupations median in Pittsburgh, PA is $49,650 per year. The Cashiers median is $29,470 per year. Cashiers is 40.6% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.
The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Pittsburgh, PA. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.
Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Cashiers. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.
- 1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides, SOC 31-1120, has a Pittsburgh, PA median of $29,250 per year. BLS lists 37,200 jobs and a location quotient of 1.21.
- 2. Bartenders, SOC 35-3011, has a Pittsburgh, PA median of $29,750 per year. BLS lists 8,370 jobs and a location quotient of 1.54.
- 3. Fast Food and Counter Workers, SOC 35-3023, has a Pittsburgh, PA median of $28,250 per year. BLS lists 27,460 jobs and a location quotient of 0.99.
- 4. Retail Salespersons, SOC 41-2031, has a Pittsburgh, PA median of $30,840 per year. BLS lists 28,700 jobs and a location quotient of 1.03.
- 5. Waiters and Waitresses, SOC 35-3031, has a Pittsburgh, PA median of $35,470 per year. BLS lists 16,120 jobs and a location quotient of 0.99.
- 6. Security Guards, SOC 33-9032, has a Pittsburgh, PA median of $35,850 per year. BLS lists 9,250 jobs and a location quotient of 1.01.
- 7. Stockers and Order Fillers, SOC 53-7065, has a Pittsburgh, PA median of $35,900 per year. BLS lists 18,060 jobs and a location quotient of 0.89.
- 8. Cooks, Restaurant, SOC 35-2014, has a Pittsburgh, PA median of $36,130 per year. BLS lists 13,260 jobs and a location quotient of 1.31.
The largest detailed roles in Pittsburgh, PA
Home Health and Personal Care Aides is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Pittsburgh, PA table, at 37,200 jobs. Cashiers has 20,950 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 1,114,490. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Cashiers's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
- 1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 37,200 jobs in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 16,250 from Cashiers. Its median is $29,250 per year, or $220 below Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.21.
- 2. General and Operations Managers has 31,020 jobs in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 10,070 from Cashiers. Its median is $100,840 per year, or $71,370 above Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.24.
- 3. Registered Nurses has 29,360 jobs in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 8,410 from Cashiers. Its median is $82,370 per year, or $52,900 above Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.21.
- 4. Retail Salespersons has 28,700 jobs in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 7,750 from Cashiers. Its median is $30,840 per year, or $1,370 above Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.03.
- 5. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 27,460 jobs in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 6,510 from Cashiers. Its median is $28,250 per year, or $1,220 below Cashiers. Its location quotient is 0.99.
- 6. Office Clerks, General has 19,150 jobs in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 1,800 from Cashiers. Its median is $45,040 per year, or $15,570 above Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.08.
- 7. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 18,830 jobs in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 2,120 from Cashiers. Its median is $41,830 per year, or $12,360 above Cashiers. Its location quotient is 0.89.
- 8. Stockers and Order Fillers has 18,060 jobs in Pittsburgh, PA, a gap of 2,890 from Cashiers. Its median is $35,900 per year, or $6,430 above Cashiers. Its location quotient is 0.89.
Published role medians around Pittsburgh, PA
Software Developers has the highest published median in the bounded Pittsburgh, PA role table, at $124,500 per year. Cashiers has $29,470 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $49,650 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
- 1. Software Developers has a median of $124,500 per year in Pittsburgh, PA, or $95,030 above Cashiers. BLS lists 10,320 jobs, compared with 20,950 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 0.85.
- 2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $100,840 per year in Pittsburgh, PA, or $71,370 above Cashiers. BLS lists 31,020 jobs, compared with 20,950 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.24.
- 3. Registered Nurses has a median of $82,370 per year in Pittsburgh, PA, or $52,900 above Cashiers. BLS lists 29,360 jobs, compared with 20,950 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.21.
- 4. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a median of $81,350 per year in Pittsburgh, PA, or $51,880 above Cashiers. BLS lists 9,600 jobs, compared with 20,950 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.26.
- 5. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $76,940 per year in Pittsburgh, PA, or $47,470 above Cashiers. BLS lists 10,430 jobs, compared with 20,950 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.
- 6. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $76,550 per year in Pittsburgh, PA, or $47,080 above Cashiers. BLS lists 7,640 jobs, compared with 20,950 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 0.77.
- 7. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $63,270 per year in Pittsburgh, PA, or $33,800 above Cashiers. BLS lists 8,760 jobs, compared with 20,950 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 0.99.
- 8. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $63,260 per year in Pittsburgh, PA, or $33,790 above Cashiers. BLS lists 10,440 jobs, compared with 20,950 for Cashiers. Its location quotient is 1.01.
What $29,470 may mean after the Pittsburgh, PA price level
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Pittsburgh, PA is 94.7. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 5.3% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
WageScope divides the $29,470 Cashiers median by 94.7 divided by 100. The result is $31,129 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.
Housing is 72.0. Goods are 100.7. Utilities are 107.7. Other services are 97.7. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.
How much care to use with the Pittsburgh, PA row
The employment RSE for this Cashiers row is 5.2%. The mean-wage RSE is 1.8%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 20,950 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $29,840 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
Use Pittsburgh, PA wage data before you tailor
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Cashiers. It uses a Pittsburgh, PA place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $29,470 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Cashiers row for Pittsburgh, PA does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 20,950 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.95 is not a growth score. Rank 222 of 393 is not a place score. The 94.7 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 41-2011 in BLS area 38300. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.