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Cashiers

The short answer

This job is less likely to change much. Most of the work is the kind AI can't help with. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to shrink over the next decade, with about 28,642 openings expected each year.

Step 1

Where your job stands

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. Most of what it involves isn't the kind of work AI can take over.

How much AI could touch this job

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Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a third of this job's tasks.

What this means

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.

Step 2

What AI can and can’t help with in this job

This job is in the second least exposed fifth of New York jobs for AI exposure. The tasks below show why: most of what it involves is work AI can't simply take over.

AI can help with or automate about 32% of the tasks in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

  1. Calculate total payments received during a time period, and reconcile this with total sales.

    AI could do much of this on its own

  2. Assist customers by providing information and resolving their complaints.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  3. Post charges against guests' or patients' accounts.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  4. Compute and record totals of transactions.

    AI could do much of this on its own

  5. Answer incoming phone calls.

    AI could do much of this on its own

Tasks AI can't do much of

  1. Receive payment by cash, check, credit cards, vouchers, or automatic debits.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  2. Greet customers entering establishments.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  3. Issue receipts, refunds, credits, or change due to customers.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  4. Count money in cash drawers at the beginning of shifts to ensure that amounts are correct and that there is adequate change.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  5. Issue trading stamps, and redeem food stamps and coupons.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

Step 3

Jobs you could switch to

If you're thinking about a change, these are jobs your experience already fits—related work you could move into. Pick your area to see local options.

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The closest matches by the skills they use—each has projected openings in New York State, pays within reach of your job now, and is no more exposed to AI than your job. Each card shows what the move would take.

  • Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers

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    Pays about 36% more—$48,543 vs your $35,818 here.

    What the move takes

    Usually requires no formal educational credential, plus short-term on-the-job training.

    Getting ready typically takes up to about a year.

    Skills you already have

    • Customer and Personal Service
    • Oral Comprehension
    • Oral Expression
    • Near Vision
    • Speech Recognition

    Your current skills largely cover this move.

  • Stockers and Order Fillers

    Similar work
    +11% pay25,104 openings/yrAbout as exposed as your job now

    Pays about 11% more—$39,881 vs your $35,818 here.

    What the move takes

    Usually requires no formal educational credential, plus short-term on-the-job training.

    Getting ready typically takes up to about a year.

    Skills you already have

    • Customer and Personal Service
    • Oral Comprehension
    • Near Vision
    • Oral Expression
    • English Language

    New skills to build

    • Extent Flexibility
    • Depth Perception