Highest-paying Cities for File Clerks

The top 100 highest paying cities for file 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 file clerks in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $58,530, Ames, Iowa is the highest paying city for file clerks. It is followed by Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California (average annual salary $56,570). 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 file clerks in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Ames, Iowa	$58,530	$34,930	40
2	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$56,570	$34,000	50
3	Gainesville, Florida	$50,060	$31,370	180
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$49,920	$37,680	1,190
5	Medford, Oregon	$49,850	$32,780	40
6	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$48,230	$33,730	70
7	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$47,640	$28,890	30
8	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$47,570	$20,260	70
9	Flagstaff, Arizona	$47,280	$32,140	30
10	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$47,100	$25,470	40
11	Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan	$47,020	$33,280	30
12	Carson City, Nevada	$46,570	$28,910	30
13	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$46,480	$30,220	40
14	Decatur, Alabama	$46,470	$27,770	40
15	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$46,270	$35,180	640
16	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$46,130	$31,020	30
17	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$46,080	$25,790	50
18	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$45,320	$33,130	130
19	Cleveland, Tennessee	$45,140	$16,920	50
20	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$44,620	$24,670	70
21	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$44,410	$36,370	820
22	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$44,330	$29,720	40
23	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$44,270	$26,000	70
24	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$44,200	$31,370	140
25	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$44,060	$38,340	800
26	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$43,850	$28,150	1,150
27	Kingston, New York	$43,760	$28,740	40
28	Rochester, Minnesota	$43,730	$37,480	110
29	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$43,660	$28,830	130
30	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$43,630	$32,760	570
31	Toledo, Ohio	$42,820	$27,820	120
32	Worcester, Massachusetts	$42,200	$33,050	90
33	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$42,100	$26,810	110
34	Modesto, California	$41,920	$30,930	110
35	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$41,850	$24,960	90
36	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$41,810	$21,620	30
37	Tacoma, Washington	$41,750	$24,850	150
38	Columbus, Ohio	$41,670	$28,860	570
39	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$41,500	$33,090	30
40	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$41,430	$37,230	70
41	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$41,390	$31,840	5,480
42	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$41,320	$28,840	30
43	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$41,270	$34,610	70
44	Holland-Grand Haven, Michigan	$41,180	$22,690	80
45	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$40,820	$31,200	3,770
46	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$40,780	$30,470	530
47	Bloomington, Indiana	$40,780	$27,160	50
48	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$40,710	$30,440	40
49	Springfield, Massachusetts	$40,700	$33,240	90
50	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$40,640	$25,400	120
51	Flint, Michigan	$40,620	$28,850	50
52	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$40,600	$31,210	900
53	Salinas, California	$40,550	$33,300	70
54	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$40,500	$30,840	180
55	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$40,460	$29,680	200
56	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$40,450	$31,810	300
57	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$40,000	$28,810	30
58	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$39,950	$23,350	80
59	Merced, California	$39,940	$29,720	40
60	St Louis, Missouri	$39,890	$25,030	670
61	Spokane, Washington	$39,800	$30,140	50
62	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$39,710	$31,000	70
63	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$39,680	$27,260	60
64	Salem, Oregon	$39,680	$33,050	160
65	Provo-Orem, Utah	$39,580	$27,180	180
66	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$39,540	$25,920	470
67	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$39,520	$29,580	1,700
68	Chico, California	$39,520	$31,660	40
69	Carbondale-Marion, Illinois	$39,450	$31,270	60
70	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$39,330	$29,210	70
71	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$39,320	$27,600	150
72	Manchester, New Hampshire	$39,280	$29,260	40
73	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$39,220	$31,410	380
74	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$39,190	$28,790	120
75	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$39,140	$31,710	120
76	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$39,140	$31,800	950
77	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$39,100	$25,760	50
78	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$39,020	$22,400	90
79	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$38,970	$27,660	100
80	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$38,860	$22,030	160
81	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$38,850	$33,490	30
82	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$38,780	$27,740	480
83	St Cloud, Minnesota	$38,750	$31,640	60
84	New Haven, Connecticut	$38,750	$29,740	70
85	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$38,740	$32,360	40
86	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$38,730	$27,950	240
87	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$38,730	$27,240	350
88	Anchorage, Alaska	$38,720	$29,190	110
89	Winchester, West Virginia	$38,700	$23,550	40
90	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$38,700	$25,560	940
91	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$38,700	$26,990	50
92	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$38,690	$27,460	60
93	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$38,630	$27,770	50
94	Madison, Wisconsin	$38,610	$21,370	330
95	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$38,600	$18,130	40
96	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$38,570	$28,660	1,090
97	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$38,540	$31,580	60
98	Boulder, Colorado	$38,540	$31,840	150
99	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$38,470	$27,050	630
100	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$38,420	$27,920	2,390

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for file clerks.