Highest-paying Cities for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks

The top 100 highest paying cities for credit authorizers, checkers, and 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 credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $64,080, Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin is the highest paying city for credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks. It is followed by Fargo, North Dakota (average annual salary $61,740). 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 credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$64,080	$42,320	360
2	Fargo, North Dakota	$61,740	$46,100	50
3	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$58,810	$48,200	130
4	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$57,650	$46,290	270
5	Fresno, California	$54,690	$31,360	60
6	Columbus, Georgia	$53,460	$30,010	50
7	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$52,950	$37,460	860
8	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$52,710	$30,690	880
9	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$51,170	$34,120	510
10	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$50,510	$30,040	220
11	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$50,510	$40,980	240
12	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$50,460	$32,270	40
13	Jacksonville, Florida	$50,390	$37,860	60
14	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$50,350	$45,490	160
15	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$50,290	$35,220	140
16	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$50,280	$49,610	430
17	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$50,140	$32,620	40
18	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$50,120	$29,540	120
19	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$49,670	$35,520	190
20	Dayton, Ohio	$49,190	$37,140	30
21	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$48,890	$30,070	40
22	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$48,780	$32,780	1,130
23	Framingham, Massachusetts	$48,720	$38,520	50
24	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$48,710	$28,640	140
25	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$48,640	$33,720	240
26	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$48,570	$38,770	30
27	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$48,560	$33,530	70
28	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$48,340	$30,010	40
29	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$48,220	$29,700	40
30	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$48,040	$31,250	40
31	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$47,980	$45,710	120
32	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$47,940	$43,690	50
33	Madison, Wisconsin	$47,720	$46,910	50
34	Kansas City, Missouri	$47,690	$35,400	40
35	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$47,510	$36,020	60
36	Columbus, Ohio	$47,440	$39,030	130
37	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$47,330	$18,360	180
38	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$46,910	$35,600	40
39	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$46,800	$18,060	n/a
40	St Louis, Missouri	$46,770	$34,810	50
41	Akron, Ohio	$46,760	$33,230	30
42	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$46,720	$39,780	40
43	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$46,700	$29,720	770
44	Jackson, Tennessee	$46,420	$35,130	40
45	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$46,390	$32,310	40
46	Evansville, Kentucky	$46,350	$35,860	30
47	Salt Lake City, Utah	$46,120	$39,660	80
48	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$45,850	$33,320	70
49	St Cloud, Minnesota	$45,800	$33,780	30
50	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$45,780	$29,120	60
51	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$45,680	$35,970	40
52	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$45,670	$29,750	30
53	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$45,570	$30,890	130
54	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$45,540	$35,740	40
55	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$45,430	$33,980	120
56	Stockton, California	$45,420	$29,180	30
57	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$45,370	$30,890	680
58	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$45,330	$45,330	50
59	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$45,330	$31,210	130
60	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$45,290	$32,720	390
61	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$45,280	$33,260	310
62	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$45,070	$30,440	30
63	Honolulu, Hawaii	$45,040	$32,080	40
64	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$45,030	$31,200	70
65	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$45,000	$30,640	2,190
66	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina	$44,950	$27,980	110
67	Wilmington, North Carolina	$44,730	$33,150	160
68	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$44,460	$35,250	70
69	Visalia-Porterville, California	$44,250	$34,840	40
70	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$44,120	$31,730	1,470
71	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$43,990	$29,440	30
72	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$43,860	$27,490	370
73	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$43,770	$29,250	310
74	Johnson City, Tennessee	$43,640	$23,660	n/a
75	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$43,580	$28,830	40
76	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$43,560	$34,110	30
77	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$43,490	$33,130	50
78	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$43,460	$28,980	120
79	Richmond, Virginia	$43,310	$32,040	80
80	Lynchburg, Virginia	$43,180	$26,610	30
81	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$43,130	$35,420	60
82	Winchester, West Virginia	$43,110	$38,940	40
83	Tacoma, Washington	$43,110	$22,720	50
84	Springfield, Missouri	$42,770	$24,890	60
85	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$42,620	$32,800	40
86	Boulder, Colorado	$42,540	$32,310	40
87	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$42,530	$29,270	90
88	Rochester, New York	$42,380	$35,150	30
89	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$42,250	$33,350	40
90	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$42,190	$32,960	40
91	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$42,170	$33,750	120
92	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$42,040	$34,360	80
93	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$41,920	$24,620	40
94	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$41,900	$21,840	200
95	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$41,730	$27,620	30
96	Wilmington, New Jersey	$41,570	$29,310	1,030
97	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$41,390	$26,220	40
98	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$41,360	$32,650	30
99	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$41,310	$27,550	30
100	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$41,310	$36,750	280

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