How to become a Cashier
Official title: Cashier (general)
Also called: Booking office cashier, Box-office cashier, Cash desk cashier, Check-out cashier (self-service store), Restaurant cashier, Store cashier, Ticket clerk (booking office), Booking office cashier, Box-office cashier, Restaurant cashier, Store cashier
Cashier (general) receives cash and gives change in retail stores, theatres or other establishments in payment for goods or services. He/she checks the amount due, collects money, gives change and issues receipts or tickets as required.
Main tasks
- Receiving and verifying payment by cash, cheque, credit card or automatic debit in stores, ticket offices or similar establishments
- Giving change and issuing receipts
- Issuing tickets for attendance at sporting and cultural events
- Counting and recording money received or paid out and balancing against cash register sales records
- Operating the cash register to calculate the total to be paid to or from clients
- Scanning, weighing and recording prices of goods
- Wrapping and placing merchandise in bags
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $25,812 a year. The middle half earn $19,200 to $31,056 a year.
- Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How much does a Cashier earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $25,812 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $19,200 to $31,056.
Will AI change the work of a Cashier?
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026