Highest-paying Cities for Brokerage Clerks

The top 100 highest paying cities for brokerage clerks (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of brokerage clerks in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $75,370, Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut is the highest paying city for brokerage clerks. It is followed by New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York (average annual salary $72,800). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of brokerage clerks in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Brokerage Clerks

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$75,370	$32,150	250
2	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$72,800	$50,640	7,060
3	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$67,400	$49,920	100
4	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$64,570	$49,750	270
5	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$63,880	$44,170	120
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$62,510	$52,440	700
7	New Haven, Connecticut	$62,180	$37,290	40
8	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$61,650	$34,560	120
9	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$61,240	$40,100	50
10	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$61,220	$37,680	50
11	Madison, Wisconsin	$61,070	$44,030	60
12	Montgomery, Alabama	$60,790	$46,270	40
13	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$60,300	$37,300	50
14	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$60,240	$40,820	240
15	Boulder, Colorado	$60,170	$52,510	50
16	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$60,150	$38,920	1,210
17	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$60,110	$45,940	30
18	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$59,890	$50,900	120
19	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$59,720	$47,880	60
20	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$59,710	$49,120	250
21	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$59,680	$51,380	160
22	Memphis, Tennessee	$59,610	$48,270	150
23	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$59,180	$46,700	50
24	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$59,150	$44,030	260
25	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$58,860	$36,780	30
26	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$58,780	$39,910	3,150
27	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$58,660	$39,930	350
28	Gainesville, Florida	$58,660	$47,450	40
29	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$58,500	$45,360	60
30	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$58,410	$50,310	1,100
31	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$58,300	$42,270	140
32	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$58,150	$46,550	450
33	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$57,710	$40,000	80
34	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$57,700	$49,890	450
35	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$57,680	$47,060	450
36	Manchester, New Hampshire	$57,460	$40,990	50
37	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$57,410	$36,300	420
38	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$57,390	$39,300	320
39	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina	$57,350	$37,560	40
40	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$57,270	$34,700	140
41	Mobile, Alabama	$57,260	$31,000	60
42	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$57,200	$36,020	10,050
43	Salinas, California	$57,180	$36,680	40
44	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$56,450	$35,640	420
45	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$56,190	$37,460	940
46	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$56,080	$49,180	160
47	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina	$56,020	$41,470	n/a
48	Worcester, Massachusetts	$55,660	$36,930	40
49	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$55,510	$38,170	680
50	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$55,350	$28,630	n/a
51	Wilmington, New Jersey	$54,930	$43,200	100
52	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$54,600	$35,610	40
53	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$54,590	$46,750	280
54	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$54,550	$47,940	220
55	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$54,490	$47,100	190
56	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$54,430	$35,070	30
57	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$54,410	$38,020	80
58	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$54,240	$38,410	1,710
59	Charlottesville, Virginia	$54,170	$37,250	40
60	Modesto, California	$54,020	$43,350	n/a
61	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$53,880	$36,370	50
62	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$53,880	$35,520	460
63	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$53,840	$35,200	1,780
64	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$53,820	$39,160	50
65	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$53,550	$48,090	100
66	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$53,300	$42,700	130
67	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$53,280	$32,160	510
68	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$52,990	$34,890	2,530
69	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$52,810	$36,370	510
70	Fresno, California	$52,760	$35,540	30
71	Wichita, Kansas	$52,760	$33,290	40
72	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$52,730	$47,700	420
73	Midland, Texas	$52,670	$34,180	40
74	Columbus, Ohio	$52,400	$49,470	450
75	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$52,340	$36,860	1,390
76	Tacoma, Washington	$52,330	$35,870	40
77	Knoxville, Tennessee	$52,130	$37,250	40
78	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$52,110	$35,190	n/a
79	Peabody, Massachusetts	$51,920	$36,390	60
80	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$51,810	$38,100	40
81	Honolulu, Hawaii	$51,780	$33,620	80
82	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$51,730	$44,730	30
83	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$51,610	$36,070	100
84	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$51,580	$35,880	60
85	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$51,410	$51,410	490
86	Dayton, Ohio	$51,170	$45,070	50
87	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$51,100	$48,080	300
88	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$51,070	$47,180	490
89	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$50,970	$48,070	1,410
90	Billings, Montana	$50,960	$34,590	30
91	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$50,920	$42,760	70
92	Erie, Pennsylvania	$50,820	$31,620	30
93	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$50,560	$39,660	230
94	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$50,550	$35,090	450
95	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$50,520	$31,170	30
96	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$50,500	$47,840	1,740
97	Fargo, North Dakota	$50,470	$34,210	40
98	Provo-Orem, Utah	$50,350	$31,060	n/a
99	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$49,860	$37,240	320
100	Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$49,800	$37,060	n/a

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for brokerage clerks.