How much do Cashiers make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

Percentile spread

For Cashiers, the published 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $33,140. The difference is $11,300, which is 50.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $21,840 to the 75th at $23,480, covers $1,640.

The mean annual wage is $24,410, which sits above the median of $22,300. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR median is 32.2% lower than the national median of $32,880 for Cashiers.

It is 0.7% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $22,140.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Cashiers. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR ranks 2nd of 6 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Guayama, PR is 22 miles away, with a median of $22,070 and employment of 550. That median is 1% lower than the median here.
• Ponce, PR is 44 miles away, with a median of $21,840 and employment of 2,320. That median is 2.1% lower than the median here.
• Arecibo, PR is 48 miles away, with a median of $22,440 and employment of 1,360. That median is 0.6% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Cashiers accounts for 2.6% of wage-and-salary employment in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR (18,010 of 690,810). Nationally the occupation is 2.0% of employment (3,089,410 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.31 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.