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Bank Teller: what the job is, what it pays, and how to get hired.

The work, the skills that matter, the tools in demand and the pay range, from U.S. government data, plus every TryHired page for the role.

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Updated Oct 24, 2026 · Data: BLS OEWS May 2025 · O*NET 31.0
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Median percentile pay

Half of bank tellers earn more than this and half earn less.

Annual
$43,030
Hourly
$20.69
Source
BLS May 2025
Quick answer

Bank Tellers receive and pay out money. The median pay is $43,030 a year ($20.69 an hour) (BLS, May 2025). The most commonly reported education requirement is a high school diploma or equivalent (73% of workers surveyed by O*NET).

Median pay
$43,030
BLS May 2025
Employed in the U.S.
329,480
BLS May 2025
Preparation
Job Zone 2 of 5
some preparation
Most common education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
73% of workers
Explore the role

Every page for Bank Tellers

SalaryBank Teller salary

Pay by percentile, state and metro, with a negotiation script.

Open →How to becomeBank Teller how to become

Education, training and the skills to build first.

Open →ResumeBank Teller resume

Keywords, bullet formulas and the skills to prove.

Open →Interview questionsBank Teller interview questions

Questions with what they test, plus practice mode.

Open →Free toolCheck your resume

Parsed text, evidence per bullet, fixes first.

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The work

What bank tellers do day to day

Data Core tasks rated most important by workers in the role (O*NET).

  1. Balance currency, coin, and checks in cash drawers at ends of shifts and calculate daily transactions, using computers, calculators, or adding machines.
  2. Receive checks and cash for deposit, verify amounts, and check accuracy of deposit slips.
  3. Monitor bank vaults to ensure cash balances are correct.
  4. Cash checks and pay out money after verifying that signatures are correct, that written and numerical amounts agree, and that accounts have sufficient funds.
  5. 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.
  6. Enter customers' transactions into computers to record transactions and issue computer-generated receipts.
  7. Examine checks for endorsements and to verify other information, such as dates, bank names, identification of the persons receiving payments, and the legality of the documents.
  8. Resolve problems or discrepancies concerning customers' accounts.
Skills that matter

Ranked by importance to the job

Data O*NET importance ratings. The first three are core.

Active ListeningcoreSpeakingcoreSocial PerceptivenesscoreService OrientationReading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingMonitoringTime ManagementWriting

Knowledge areas: Customer and Personal Service, English Language, Mathematics, Economics and Accounting, Public Safety and Security.

Tools and technology

Software bank tellers use

Data Examples reported for the role; employer demand flags from O*NET.

  • Microsoft Office softwareOffice suite softwareIn demand
  • Microsoft ExcelSpreadsheet softwareHot technology
  • Microsoft OutlookElectronic mail softwareHot technology
  • Microsoft PowerPointPresentation softwareHot technology
  • Microsoft WindowsOperating system softwareHot technology
  • Microsoft WordWord processing softwareHot technology
  • Email softwareElectronic mail software
  • Hyland Software OnBaseDocument management software
  • IBM NotesElectronic mail software
  • Information Technology Incorporated Premier TellerAccounting software
  • Jack Henry & Associates VertexEnterprise resource planning ERP software
  • Microsoft DynamicsEnterprise resource planning ERP software

Also called: Teller, Account Representative, Branch Operations Specialist, Customer Relationship Specialist, Customer Service Associate (CSA), Financial Services Representative (FSR).

Method

How this page is built

Tasks, skills, tools, education and related roles come from O*NET 31.0. Pay and employment come from the BLS OEWS May 2025 national estimates. The skill-match score is our calculation: Skill match is the correlation between the two occupations' skill profiles: for each of 35 O*NET skills (10 essential, 25 transferable) we multiply importance by level, subtract the average across all occupations, and correlate the two profiles. 100 means identical shape; 0 or below means unrelated. Only occupations that O*NET itself lists as related are compared.

What this page can't tell you
  • How a specific employer defines the job.
  • Pay for self-employed workers (OEWS covers employees).
  • Your own chances: data describes the occupation, not you.
Sources
  1. O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. TryHired selected, ranked and combined the data; O*NET is not responsible for these pages.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).