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t  While working as a cashier, you may be asked to help customers on the floor.

to shelves or to assist in building a display for a product that’s on sale. Positions at convenience stores and service stations may demand more multitasking, from issuing money orders to selling lottery tickets. Although in a retail setting, you will most certainly be assigned to a register for a good portion of your day, you may be asked to restock shelves, conduct product inventory, or help out with general housekeep- ing chores, such as emptying waste- baskets and the like.

TALKING money Retail associate wages average around $11 an hour, while cash-

iers earn about $9.70 per hour, according to 2016 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The best-paying sales associate jobs tend to be in the wholesale business; for cashiers, pharma- cies tend to pay better than average. Full-time cashiers and retail associates usually receive health care benefits; part-time workers tradi- tionally do not.

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