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Also called bank teller, bilingual spanish teller, bilingual teller and branch teller.
$43,030
Median pay a year
329,480
People do this work
6
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Teller
Summary
Teller receiving and paying out money, keeping records of transactions, and assisting customers in a financial institution. Responsibilities include balancing cash drawers, verifying deposits, and monitoring bank vaults
Experience
Teller
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Balanced currency, coins, and checks in cash drawers at the end of shifts using computers and calculators
Received checks and cash for deposit, verified amounts, and checked accuracy of deposit slips
Monitored bank vaults to ensure cash balances were correct
Cashed checks and paid out money after verifying signatures and account funds
Counted currency, coins, and checks received by hand or using a currency-counting machine
Entered customers' transactions into computers to record transactions and issue receipts
Answered telephones and assisted customers with their questions
Skills
Core Skills
Verifying financial or transactional accuracy, Executing sales transactions, Preparing cash for deposits, Calculating financial data, Ordering equipment, Obtaining personal information, Calculating costs of goods or services, Entering information, Maintaining financial records
Administration
Collecting deposits
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Balanced cash drawers at end of shiftsReceived checks and cash for depositMonitored bank vaults for cash balanceCashed checks after verifying signaturesCounted currency and checks for depositEntered transactions into computers
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Balanced cash drawers at the end of shifts, ensuring accuracy and accountability in all transactions
Monitored bank vaults to maintain correct cash balances and prevent discrepancies
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Add how often you balanced cash drawers each shift
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Balanced cash drawers at the end of every shift I worked, ensuring accuracy and accountability in all transactions
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Every shift I workedAt the end of each dayMultiple times a day
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Show what improved once the cash balances were monitored
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Monitored bank vaults to maintain correct cash balances and prevent discrepancies
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Reduced errors in cash handlingIncreased trust in cash managementImproved overall cash accuracy
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Verifying financial or transactional accuracy
Executing sales transactions
Preparing cash for deposits
Collecting deposits
Calculating financial data
Ordering equipment
Obtaining personal information
Calculating costs of goods or services
Entering information
Maintaining financial records
Explaining procedures
Interpreting financial information
The work itself
What a Teller does
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Receive and pay out money. Keep records of money and negotiable instruments involved in a financial institution's various transactions.
What it pays
How much does a Teller make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$37,040
Median
$43,030
75th percentile
$46,580
About 329,480 people do this work in the United States.
This page is about the occupation Tellers. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.