Office Clerk Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

There were about 3,200,000 jobs for office clerks in the US in 2008. Compared to other occupations, unemployment for workers was ranked high. The percentage of employees without jobs in 2008 was 6%.

Area Job Conditions

The cities with the most jobs for office clerks are Iowa City (Iowa), Charlottesville (Virginia), and Harrisonburg (Virginia), and cities with the least jobs are Burlington (Vermont), Sioux Falls (South Dakota), and Cheyenne (Wyoming).

The highest salaries for workers are found in Oakland (California), San Francisco (California), and Brockton (Massachusetts), and the lowest-paying areas are in Lawrence (Kansas), Las Cruces (New Mexico), and Albany (Georgia).

Training and Education

People who want to work as employees should consider getting short-term on-the-job training. More than 19% of office clerks have a four year degree. About 45% of workers have attended college, but not earned a bachelor's degree. For 36% of employees a high school diploma was all that was required. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

About 26% of office clerks work part of the time. About 1% of workers are self-employed.

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Office Clerks Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of office clerks compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for office clerks.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Birmingham	$22,000	10,600
Mobile	$20,000	4,610
Montgomery	$21,000	3,670
Huntsville	$22,000	3,100
Tuscaloosa	$21,000	1,770
Auburn	$21,000	960
Dothan	$20,000	960
Florence	$20,000	850
Decatur	$21,000	780
Gadsden	$22,000	680
Anniston	$21,000	610

Alaska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Anchorage	$32,000	4,350
Fairbanks	$33,000	790

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$28,000	41,050
Tucson	$27,000	7,960
Yuma	$24,000	1,450
Kingman	$25,000	1,110
Prescott	$24,000	1,100

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Little Rock	$23,000	6,240
Fayetteville	$23,000	3,000
Fort Smith	$22,000	1,880
Hot Springs	$22,000	940
Jonesboro	$21,000	720
Pine Bluff	$20,000	550

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Santa Ana	$30,000	36,570
San Diego	$29,000	32,140
Riverside	$27,000	31,700
Sacramento	$30,000	29,460
Oakland	$35,000	25,440
San Francisco	$33,000	21,690
San Jose	$33,000	15,940
Fresno	$27,000	8,310
Oxnard	$29,000	6,290
Bakersfield	$27,000	5,740
Santa Barbara	$32,000	5,190
Stockton	$27,000	4,660
Santa Rosa	$30,000	3,880
Visalia	$24,000	3,560
Modesto	$26,000	3,340
Salinas	$29,000	2,930
San Luis Obispo	$28,000	2,920
Vallejo	$31,000	2,770
Santa Cruz	$27,000	2,410
Chico	$27,000	2,260
Redding	$26,000	1,460
Merced	$25,000	1,450
El Centro	$26,000	1,080
Napa	$29,000	960
Yuba City	$27,000	750
Madera	$25,000	700

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$29,000	18,030
Colorado Springs	$26,000	4,170
Boulder	$30,000	1,860
Fort Collins	$26,000	1,410
Grand Junction	$23,000	1,060
Greeley	$26,000	890
Pueblo	$26,000	810

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Hartford	$31,000	10,750
Bridgeport	$31,000	7,990
New Haven	$31,000	4,970
Norwich	$30,000	2,000
Danbury	$30,000	1,470
Waterbury	$31,000	1,240

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$28,000	8,390
Dover	$28,000	1,170

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$33,000	63,860

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Tampa	$25,000	25,880
Miami	$24,000	25,150
Orlando	$25,000	19,570
Fort Lauderdale	$25,000	17,810
Jacksonville	$25,000	13,770
West Palm Beach	$25,000	10,610
Sarasota	$25,000	6,090
Lakeland	$25,000	4,390
Tallahassee	$24,000	4,050
Deltona	$22,000	3,980
Palm Bay	$24,000	3,970
Cape Coral	$25,000	3,480
Pensacola	$24,000	3,210
Port St Lucie	$24,000	2,910
Gainesville	$23,000	2,860
Naples	$27,000	2,490
Ocala	$24,000	1,940
Fort Walton Beach	$23,000	1,310
Panama City	$24,000	1,180
Sebastian	$23,000	870
Punta Gorda	$22,000	770
Palm Coast	$23,000	340

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Atlanta	$26,000	49,360
Augusta	$24,000	4,290
Savannah	$25,000	3,330
Columbus	$23,000	2,450
Macon	$22,000	2,320
Albany	$20,000	1,490
Gainesville	$25,000	1,340
Athens	$23,000	1,330
Dalton	$24,000	1,220
Brunswick	$23,000	1,050
Warner Robins	$23,000	910
Valdosta	$21,000	870
Rome	$22,000	690
Hinesville	$25,000	310

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$28,000	10,940

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boise	$26,000	7,170
Idaho Falls	$26,000	1,670
Coeur Dalene	$24,000	1,570
Pocatello	$23,000	1,160
Lewiston	$26,000	710

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Chicago	$28,000	72,040
Peoria	$25,000	3,370
Springfield	$28,000	3,080
Rockford	$25,000	2,520
Champaign	$27,000	1,750
Bloomington	$25,000	1,470
Kankakee	$24,000	970
Decatur	$23,000	910
Danville	$24,000	590

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Indianapolis	$26,000	15,560
Gary	$24,000	6,300
Fort Wayne	$25,000	4,040
Evansville	$23,000	3,250
South Bend	$23,000	2,860
Elkhart	$26,000	2,160
Lafayette	$23,000	1,900
Bloomington	$25,000	1,840
Terre Haute	$20,000	1,580
Columbus	$24,000	990
Muncie	$22,000	860
Michigan City	$24,000	860
Anderson	$20,000	710
Kokomo	$24,000	700

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Des Moines	$28,000	7,820
Davenport	$25,000	3,740
Iowa City	$32,000	3,320
Cedar Rapids	$27,000	2,930
Waterloo	$25,000	1,840
Sioux City	$25,000	1,330
Ames	$30,000	1,130
Dubuque	$24,000	1,040

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$26,000	5,130
Topeka	$25,000	2,000
Lawrence	$20,000	1,460

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$27,000	8,870
Lexington	$27,000	3,050
Bowling Green	$23,000	810
Owensboro	$21,000	510
Elizabethtown	$23,000	440

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New Orleans	$22,000	9,080
Baton Rouge	$20,000	7,330
Shreveport	$20,000	3,530
Lafayette	$22,000	3,070
Houma	$20,000	1,880
Monroe	$19,000	1,790
Lake Charles	$22,000	1,530
Alexandria	$21,000	820

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$27,000	4,600
Lewiston	$25,000	1,580
Bangor	$25,000	1,550

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$29,000	34,950
Bethesda	$33,000	13,520
Hagerstown	$26,000	2,340
Salisbury	$27,000	1,530
Cumberland	$22,000	980

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$32,000	32,660
Springfield	$30,000	6,140
Worcester	$31,000	5,670
Framingham	$33,000	2,570
Barnstable Town	$29,000	2,120
Brockton	$34,000	1,950
Lowell	$33,000	1,850
Haverhill	$29,000	1,330
New Bedford	$29,000	1,320
Leominster	$29,000	1,200
Lawrence	$31,000	1,060
Taunton	$27,000	1,030
Pittsfield	$26,000	910

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Warren	$27,000	30,320
Detroit	$28,000	16,750
Grand Rapids	$30,000	9,100
Ann Arbor	$28,000	6,190
Lansing	$26,000	5,510
Flint	$24,000	4,310
Kalamazoo	$27,000	3,470
Holland	$28,000	2,580
Saginaw	$23,000	1,790
Jackson	$28,000	1,690
Battle Creek	$27,000	1,430
Muskegon	$27,000	1,380
Niles	$28,000	1,140
Monroe	$26,000	990
Bay City	$22,000	820

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$30,000	41,350
Duluth	$26,000	3,270
St Cloud	$26,000	2,430
Rochester	$28,000	2,120

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$23,000	4,000
Gulfport	$25,000	1,040
Hattiesburg	$19,000	740
Pascagoula	$24,000	600

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
St Louis	$29,000	35,230
Kansas City	$29,000	22,850
Springfield	$24,000	6,610
Columbia	$26,000	2,970
Joplin	$23,000	2,290
Jefferson City	$26,000	1,880
St Joseph	$25,000	1,300

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Billings	$24,000	1,060
Missoula	$23,000	700
Great Falls	$20,000	360

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$26,000	6,280
Lincoln	$21,000	3,920

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$29,000	19,990
Reno	$29,000	4,530
Carson City	$28,000	730

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Manchester	$32,000	2,460
Nashua	$30,000	2,360
Portsmouth	$30,000	1,230
Rochester	$30,000	1,140

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Edison	$28,000	18,880
Newark	$29,000	18,500
Camden	$28,000	9,280
Trenton	$30,000	4,180
Atlantic City	$27,000	1,790
Vineland	$26,000	960
Ocean City	$25,000	710

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$24,000	6,630
Santa Fe	$24,000	1,050
Las Cruces	$19,000	1,000
Farmington	$21,000	770

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$28,000	115,580
Nassau	$28,000	25,470
Albany	$28,000	10,670
Buffalo	$25,000	10,420
Rochester	$24,000	7,570
Syracuse	$25,000	5,960
Poughkeepsie	$28,000	3,990
Utica	$24,000	2,910
Binghamton	$23,000	2,120
Kingston	$25,000	970
Ithaca	$27,000	880
Glens Falls	$24,000	750
Elmira	$25,000	570

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charlotte	$26,000	13,040
Raleigh	$26,000	7,430
Greensboro	$26,000	5,340
Durham	$30,000	5,240
Fayetteville	$24,000	2,940
Winston Salem	$25,000	2,850
Asheville	$24,000	2,510
Wilmington	$24,000	2,330
Hickory	$24,000	2,060
Greenville	$26,000	1,900
Rocky Mount	$23,000	1,070
Burlington	$24,000	800
Goldsboro	$22,000	630
Jacksonville	$23,000	630

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Fargo	$25,000	2,870
Bismarck	$22,000	1,440
Grand Forks	$24,000	990

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cleveland	$27,000	21,880
Columbus	$31,000	19,400
Cincinnati	$27,000	17,320
Akron	$26,000	6,900
Dayton	$27,000	6,730
Toledo	$26,000	5,880
Youngstown	$24,000	5,290
Canton	$25,000	3,790
Lima	$26,000	1,030
Mansfield	$24,000	970
Springfield	$24,000	960
Sandusky	$25,000	700

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$23,000	15,380
Tulsa	$24,000	7,780
Lawton	$24,000	860

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$30,000	21,100
Salem	$28,000	4,170
Eugene	$28,000	3,230
Medford	$27,000	1,970
Bend	$30,000	1,460
Corvallis	$29,000	680

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Philadelphia	$30,000	51,690
Pittsburgh	$26,000	31,810
Allentown	$27,000	9,340
Harrisburg	$29,000	8,640
Scranton	$25,000	6,830
Lancaster	$27,000	5,670
Reading	$28,000	4,300
York	$26,000	3,990
Erie	$27,000	3,150
Altoona	$23,000	1,860
Johnstown	$24,000	1,650
Williamsport	$25,000	1,430
Lebanon	$26,000	1,130

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$27,000	10,920

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Columbia	$26,000	10,300
Charleston	$25,000	6,320
Greenville	$23,000	6,190
Spartanburg	$23,000	2,540
Myrtle Beach	$22,000	2,430
Florence	$21,000	1,670
Anderson	$23,000	1,360
Sumter	$21,000	980

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$22,000	1,190
Rapid City	$21,000	540

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashville	$28,000	18,080
Memphis	$27,000	11,550
Knoxville	$27,000	9,090
Chattanooga	$26,000	5,480
Kingsport	$23,000	3,260
Clarksville	$24,000	1,490
Johnson City	$23,000	1,440
Jackson	$24,000	1,370
Morristown	$25,000	970
Cleveland	$24,000	890

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Houston	$25,000	48,080
Dallas	$26,000	39,350
Austin	$25,000	16,600
San Antonio	$24,000	15,700
Fort Worth	$24,000	14,990
El Paso	$21,000	6,710
Mcallen	$19,000	5,270
Corpus Christi	$21,000	3,620
Beaumont	$22,000	2,890
Brownsville	$19,000	2,830
Laredo	$21,000	2,430
Amarillo	$21,000	2,420
College Station	$20,000	2,170
Lubbock	$22,000	2,120
Killeen	$21,000	2,060
Longview	$22,000	2,020
Waco	$24,000	1,850
Midland	$23,000	1,820
Abilene	$20,000	1,550
Tyler	$22,000	1,500
Odessa	$23,000	1,340
Wichita Falls	$23,000	1,030
Victoria	$22,000	880
Texarkana	$22,000	830
San Angelo	$24,000	810
Sherman	$22,000	800

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$25,000	14,140
Ogden	$23,000	4,320
Provo	$22,000	3,700
St George	$22,000	1,120
Logan	$23,000	1,010

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$28,000	990

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Virginia Beach	$26,000	27,010
Richmond	$29,000	21,310
Roanoke	$25,000	4,960
Charlottesville	$29,000	4,250
Lynchburg	$24,000	3,530
Harrisonburg	$26,000	2,340
Blacksburg	$25,000	2,050
Winchester	$26,000	1,820
Danville	$24,000	1,030

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$31,000	27,320
Tacoma	$29,000	5,460
Spokane	$27,000	4,720
Olympia	$29,000	3,000
Yakima	$27,000	1,830
Kennewick	$28,000	1,830
Bellingham	$27,000	1,630
Bremerton	$27,000	1,560
Mount Vernon	$27,000	1,010
Wenatchee	$26,000	820
Longview	$26,000	760

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charleston	$25,000	6,080
Huntington	$24,000	2,750
Wheeling	$23,000	2,120
Parkersburg	$23,000	2,010
Morgantown	$25,000	1,820
Weirton	$23,000	1,060

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$28,000	16,220
Madison	$28,000	6,780
Green Bay	$26,000	2,850
Appleton	$26,000	2,350
La Crosse	$26,000	1,730
Racine	$26,000	1,540
Oshkosh	$28,000	1,320
Eau Claire	$26,000	1,240
Wausau	$26,000	1,200
Janesville	$24,000	1,110
Sheboygan	$26,000	1,080
Fond	$25,000	790

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Casper	$25,000	360
Cheyenne	$25,000	300

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