Hiring a teller in San Diego, CA

Employers in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA area pay tellers a median of $47,550, with the middle half of the market between $46,140 and $49,010. San Diego residents working in office and administrative support occupations report a median of $42,107, which is 11% below what the metro pays for this role.

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What does a teller earn here?

Place of work

What employers pay

Annual wages paid by employers in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA area. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
25th percentile	$46,140
Median	$47,550
75th percentile	$49,010

Half of tellers in this area earn between $46,140 and $49,010. A band set below $46,140 competes for the bottom quarter of the market.

Place of residence

What San Diego residents earn

$42,107

Median earnings of San Diego residents working in office and administrative support occupations, 58,406 people. Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011. Where people live, not where they work, so it is not the same measurement as the wages beside it.

The 11% figure is not a pay gap. ACS counts the civilian employed population 16 and over, part-time and part-year work included; OEWS counts wage-and-salary jobs only. The two populations differ, so read this number against other cities rather than as a shortfall: the same definitional difference applies to every city equally, which is what makes a city-to-city reading sound.

The role pays well above the local residential norm, which usually means you can hire from inside San Diego rather than competing for commuters.

What does the role actually involve?

Core tasks

Balance currency, coin, and checks in cash drawers at ends of shifts and calculate daily transactions, using computers, calculators, or adding machines.
Receive checks and cash for deposit, verify amounts, and check accuracy of deposit slips.
Monitor bank vaults to ensure cash balances are correct.
Cash checks and pay out money after verifying that signatures are correct, that written and numerical amounts agree, and that accounts have sufficient funds.
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.

O*NET 29.1, task statements for SOC 43-3071.

Tools and technologies in demand

Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Word, Accounting software.

O*NET 29.1, flagged in demand or hot for this occupation. Useful as a screen, not as a checklist.

Is the talent actually in San Diego?

This is a job zone two: some preparation needed occupation. These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

It does not require a degree, which widens the pool considerably. For context, 49.9% of San Diego adults hold one. Census ACS 5-year 2023, table S1501.

The average San Diego commute runs 23.9 minutes, which is roughly how far your catchment reaches before candidates start saying no. 19.2% already work from home, so a fully onsite requirement here is competing against that.

How often do these jobs turn over?

In San Diego County, administrative and support services employs 116,224 and turns over 13.8% a quarter, with 27,196 hires against 26,241 separations. Average earnings in that industry run $6,289 a month. Census LEHD Quarterly Workforce Indicators, 2024 Q1, NAICS 56.

That figure covers every occupation in the industry, not this role alone, so read it as the local churn rate rather than as a number about tellers. It still tells you what you are hiring into: a high-churn market, where speed matters more than a perfect fit.

What does the search cost?

The fee is set by the seniority of the role, never by salary and never by location. Across all six tiers it runs $6,240 to $54,340 per search. A contingency firm hiring at this role's median would bill roughly $9,510 to $14,265 on the first year salary alone.

One owner runs the search from market map to signed offer. Searches typically fill in 23 to 35 days, which is a typical window rather than a promise, and the replacement guarantee runs 45 days at 50% off.

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