Highest-paying Cities for Counter and Rental Clerks

The top 100 highest paying cities for counter and rental 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 counter and rental clerks in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $46,660, Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont is the highest paying city for counter and rental clerks. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $44,900). 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 counter and rental clerks in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Counter and Rental Clerks

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$46,660	$29,990	120
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$44,900	$36,440	3,080
3	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$43,670	$28,760	230
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$43,540	$35,610	8,050
5	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$42,140	$28,900	6,990
6	Manhattan, Kansas	$41,380	$22,790	60
7	Boulder, Colorado	$41,370	$29,420	710
8	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$41,160	$26,740	180
9	Greeley, Colorado	$40,640	$28,130	370
10	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$40,390	$32,930	110
11	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$40,320	$34,680	8,990
12	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$40,230	$27,460	80
13	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$39,970	$34,460	920
14	Napa, California	$39,920	$32,540	180
15	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$39,890	$28,460	150
16	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$39,850	$29,260	660
17	Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$39,800	$26,460	110
18	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$39,750	$30,500	220
19	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$39,740	$23,980	110
20	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$39,630	$31,030	6,660
21	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$39,590	$30,530	240
22	Ithaca, New York	$39,590	$30,170	90
23	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$39,340	$31,060	420
24	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$39,250	$30,510	3,340
25	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$39,210	$23,370	410
26	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$39,110	$28,320	140
27	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$39,080	$32,340	190
28	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$39,080	$24,350	60
29	Fairbanks, Alaska	$39,000	$29,910	110
30	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$38,880	$26,510	50
31	Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$38,800	$27,770	80
32	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$38,790	$28,640	150
33	Corvallis, Oregon	$38,780	$28,370	70
34	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$38,590	$28,050	780
35	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$38,460	$22,360	210
36	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$38,320	$31,270	4,550
37	Kingston, New York	$38,310	$29,020	110
38	Albany, Oregon	$38,280	$30,330	90
39	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$38,270	$28,490	1,250
40	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$38,220	$32,490	650
41	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$38,190	$27,920	120
42	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$38,180	$28,230	2,970
43	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$38,160	$28,930	360
44	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$38,080	$29,720	190
45	Madison, Wisconsin	$38,050	$21,420	830
46	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$38,040	$28,030	15,270
47	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$38,020	$29,730	5,010
48	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$38,010	$26,870	280
49	Midland, Texas	$37,970	$24,850	260
50	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$37,920	$31,500	4,310
51	Pueblo, Colorado	$37,900	$27,980	220
52	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$37,870	$29,310	460
53	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$37,860	$22,670	350
54	Richmond, Virginia	$37,850	$26,080	2,270
55	Salisbury, Maryland	$37,840	$26,950	390
56	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$37,780	$29,780	890
57	Danbury, Connecticut	$37,740	$27,990	190
58	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$37,720	$26,460	470
59	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$37,710	$28,590	440
60	Midland, Michigan	$37,670	$24,910	70
61	Casper, Wyoming	$37,650	$23,500	200
62	Racine, Wisconsin	$37,640	$20,560	190
63	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$37,600	$30,920	480
64	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$37,590	$26,020	5,080
65	Salem, Oregon	$37,570	$27,190	410
66	Bangor, Maine	$37,540	$28,520	180
67	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$37,480	$30,750	6,080
68	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$37,480	$30,900	400
69	Salinas, California	$37,470	$30,720	630
70	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$37,440	$28,660	90
71	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$37,440	$27,790	660
72	Syracuse, New York	$37,440	$29,150	870
73	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$37,440	$30,300	120
74	Bend, Oregon	$37,440	$28,520	310
75	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$37,400	$31,060	26,830
76	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$37,370	$29,950	100
77	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$37,340	$30,180	290
78	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$37,270	$27,240	1,200
79	Yuba City, California	$37,270	$30,770	210
80	El Centro, California	$37,230	$29,860	150
81	Wausau, Wisconsin	$37,190	$22,840	230
82	Rochester, New York	$37,180	$29,640	1,270
83	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$37,170	$27,660	210
84	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$37,150	$30,590	100
85	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$37,140	$27,490	290
86	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$37,140	$23,050	170
87	Battle Creek, Michigan	$37,120	$27,050	170
88	Chico, California	$37,110	$29,480	340
89	Glens Falls, New York	$37,100	$29,750	140
90	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$37,050	$28,860	540
91	Monroe, Michigan	$37,040	$27,190	80
92	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$37,000	$30,330	1,280
93	Charlottesville, Virginia	$37,000	$24,590	360
94	Modesto, California	$36,920	$29,950	730
95	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$36,900	$30,190	510
96	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$36,890	$18,630	280
97	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$36,850	$22,780	200
98	Owensboro, Kentucky	$36,850	$22,340	70
99	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$36,840	$22,100	4,630
100	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$36,820	$23,910	3,150

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