Highest-paying Cities for Correspondence Clerks

The top 100 highest paying cities for correspondence 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 correspondence clerks in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $65,270, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is the highest paying city for correspondence clerks. It is followed by Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina (average annual salary $57,530). 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 correspondence clerks in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$65,270	$43,670	180
2	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$57,530	$47,780	30
3	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$56,920	$35,920	40
4	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$55,740	$25,470	280
5	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$54,130	$41,940	50
6	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$51,550	$40,100	50
7	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$49,300	$38,610	60
8	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$47,830	$31,740	50
9	Worcester, Massachusetts	$47,530	$39,750	80
10	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$47,530	$30,550	120
11	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$47,360	$39,650	50
12	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$47,330	$33,240	70
13	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$46,960	$37,280	70
14	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$46,960	$37,080	30
15	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$46,950	$36,520	310
16	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$46,680	$35,090	40
17	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$46,380	$30,610	40
18	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$46,270	$42,580	80
19	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$44,540	$33,470	60
20	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$44,320	$24,370	40
21	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$44,250	$32,280	150
22	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$43,300	$32,860	50
23	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$43,010	$31,930	60
24	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$42,740	$33,510	130
25	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$41,890	$31,360	30
26	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$41,670	$23,230	30
27	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$41,620	$29,130	110
28	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$41,080	$37,450	290
29	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$41,000	$35,360	250
30	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$40,850	$28,940	120
31	Springfield, Massachusetts	$40,770	$32,930	30
32	Springfield, Illinois	$40,690	$23,830	40
33	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$40,670	$24,740	40
34	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$40,610	$40,270	30
35	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$40,570	$40,570	40
36	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$39,860	$32,120	870
37	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$39,850	$31,310	50
38	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$39,640	$34,140	50
39	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$39,520	$28,200	40
40	Framingham, Massachusetts	$39,480	$32,970	40
41	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$39,190	$32,170	50
42	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$39,030	$30,920	30
43	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$39,000	$32,000	230
44	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$38,980	$37,920	60
45	Kansas City, Missouri	$38,730	$26,460	40
46	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$38,560	$28,230	70
47	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$38,490	$33,420	70
48	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$38,460	$27,210	30
49	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$38,260	$27,570	60
50	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$38,150	$30,170	150
51	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$38,140	$26,000	40
52	St Louis, Missouri	$37,920	$29,310	70
53	Salt Lake City, Utah	$37,850	$33,400	50
54	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$37,710	$36,890	30
55	Columbus, Ohio	$37,690	$34,800	140
56	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$37,680	$33,460	160
57	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$37,660	$23,800	90
58	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$37,650	$29,920	90
59	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$37,540	$31,830	30
60	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$37,500	$29,660	70
61	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$37,480	$27,950	40
62	Richmond, Virginia	$37,260	$29,160	30
63	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$37,170	$36,540	60
64	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$37,120	$32,240	n/a
65	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$37,080	$29,060	30
66	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$36,890	$29,160	70
67	Camden, New Jersey	$36,840	$27,050	30
68	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$36,540	$25,640	270
69	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$36,330	$29,420	30
70	Memphis, Tennessee	$36,230	$32,320	30
71	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$35,750	$27,000	40
72	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$35,540	$24,280	30
73	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$35,520	$27,960	30
74	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$35,430	$23,100	110
75	Provo-Orem, Utah	$34,960	$31,370	60
76	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$34,880	$30,480	80
77	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$34,570	$28,180	50
78	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$34,320	$34,320	40
79	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$34,190	$17,400	40
80	Jacksonville, Florida	$33,530	$26,870	70
81	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$33,190	$25,340	180
82	Cheyenne, Wyoming	$32,930	$26,850	40
83	Jackson, Mississippi	$32,510	$17,930	60
84	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$32,150	$27,110	50
85	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$32,040	$25,880	40
86	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$32,030	$27,090	130
87	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$31,580	$26,100	50
88	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$31,520	$23,730	40
89	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$31,040	$22,280	30
90	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$30,730	$22,490	40
91	Wilmington, New Jersey	$30,540	$23,730	110
92	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$30,020	$29,780	50
93	Knoxville, Tennessee	$29,660	$20,960	40
94	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$29,440	$26,340	120
95	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$28,430	$21,390	40
96	Waco, Texas	$28,340	$21,960	60
97	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$27,750	$19,140	n/a
98	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$24,820	$23,290	50
99	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$24,460	$20,820	40
100	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$22,150	$16,600	n/a

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for correspondence clerks.