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File Clerk Salary in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California

The annual salary statistics of file clerks in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of file clerks in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of File Clerks in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$37,680
25th Percentile Wage
$39,790
50th Percentile Wage
$49,920
75th Percentile Wage
$62,320
90th Percentile Wage
$76,080

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for file clerks in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $76,080. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $49,920. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,680.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of file clerks from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$49,920
6.75% 27.70%
2021
$46,550
9.13% -
2020
$42,300
11.68% -
2019
$37,360
5.67% -
2018
$35,240
7.95% -
2017
$32,440
-0.86% -
2016
$32,720
-0.73% -
2015
$32,960
-7.98% -
2014
$35,590
-1.69% -
2013
$36,190
0.28% -
2012
$36,090
- -

Table 2. Compare File Clerk Salary in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $49,920, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is the second highest paying city for file clerks in state of California, following the highest paying city Santa Cruz-Watsonville (median annual salary of $56,570). Compared with Santa Cruz-Watsonville, the median annual salary of file clerks in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 11.8 percent (11.8%) lower.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$56,570
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$49,920
Vallejo-Fairfield
$48,230
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$45,320
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$44,060
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$43,630
Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$42,100
Modesto
$41,920
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$41,390
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
$40,710
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$40,600
Salinas
$40,550
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$40,450
Merced
$39,940
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$39,710
Chico
$39,520
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$38,850
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$38,300
Stockton
$38,230
Hanford-Corcoran
$37,490
Bakersfield-Delano
$37,170
Napa
$36,940
Fresno
$35,240
Visalia-Porterville
$35,200
Redding
$35,180
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$34,370
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$32,260
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$32,080
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$31,140
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$31,130
Madera-Chowchilla
$31,060
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$30,560
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$30,540
Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$30,140
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
$26,550
El Centro
$25,260
Yuba City
$21,660

See also: Top paying jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California.