Highest-paying Cities for Office Clerks, General

The top 100 highest paying cities for office clerks, general (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 office clerks, general in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $49,550, Boulder, Colorado is the highest paying city for office clerks, general. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $49,150). 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 office clerks, general in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Office Clerks, General

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Boulder, Colorado	$49,550	$36,650	2,340
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$49,150	$36,880	12,540
3	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$48,150	$30,270	2,830
4	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$48,030	$35,180	1,530
5	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$47,770	$32,070	1,390
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$47,700	$36,480	29,660
7	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$47,530	$35,640	29,750
8	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$47,240	$31,170	2,040
9	Napa, California	$47,110	$35,580	1,070
10	Fairbanks, Alaska	$46,940	$33,280	490
11	Bismarck, North Dakota	$46,820	$31,270	1,760
12	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$46,650	$33,020	17,800
13	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$46,570	$32,040	37,500
14	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$46,520	$31,500	2,130
15	Springfield, Illinois	$46,070	$26,780	3,130
16	Greeley, Colorado	$45,990	$31,200	1,710
17	Anchorage, Alaska	$45,970	$29,940	2,970
18	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$45,760	$32,170	3,890
19	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$45,720	$29,550	2,130
20	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$45,360	$32,420	20,270
21	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$45,290	$31,060	36,050
22	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$45,040	$34,010	3,020
23	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$44,970	$33,180	2,120
24	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$44,960	$30,320	1,870
25	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$44,860	$32,440	1,850
26	Manchester, New Hampshire	$44,720	$31,810	2,900
27	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$44,580	$31,950	1,540
28	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$44,510	$31,380	1,110
29	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$44,470	$32,690	3,230
30	Rochester, Minnesota	$44,350	$30,650	2,080
31	Longview, Washington	$44,130	$32,150	630
32	Fargo, North Dakota	$43,960	$30,420	3,310
33	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$43,920	$32,180	820
34	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$43,760	$30,010	44,730
35	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$43,730	$24,760	1,470
36	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$43,560	$31,880	1,480
37	Bellingham, Washington	$43,250	$31,480	1,500
38	Salinas, California	$43,220	$31,420	2,630
39	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$43,050	$29,550	1,000
40	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$42,980	$25,580	16,060
41	Grand Junction, Colorado	$42,930	$29,360	1,130
42	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$42,780	$31,200	6,190
43	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$42,670	$29,950	10,510
44	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$42,630	$28,170	4,920
45	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$42,590	$31,030	20,130
46	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$42,580	$32,490	1,800
47	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$42,510	$31,980	1,820
48	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$42,450	$30,760	147,750
49	Battle Creek, Michigan	$42,450	$28,680	1,050
50	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$42,320	$32,930	800
51	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$42,220	$32,190	810
52	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$42,100	$29,680	920
53	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$42,040	$30,340	31,790
54	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$41,980	$31,030	5,270
55	Worcester, Massachusetts	$41,870	$30,250	4,240
56	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$41,600	$27,360	53,130
57	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$41,600	$30,490	1,590
58	New Haven, Connecticut	$41,600	$29,830	4,770
59	Pueblo, Colorado	$41,600	$29,040	830
60	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$41,580	$28,560	3,220
61	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$41,490	$30,100	8,520
62	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$41,390	$31,680	770
63	Olympia, Washington	$41,350	$31,770	2,430
64	Salem, Oregon	$41,200	$29,860	3,860
65	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$41,060	$31,290	2,250
66	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$40,990	$31,490	20,410
67	Iowa City, Iowa	$40,850	$27,470	1,820
68	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$40,820	$31,720	1,090
69	Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$40,810	$28,740	750
70	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$40,700	$28,690	2,040
71	St Cloud, Minnesota	$40,680	$29,560	2,020
72	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$40,670	$28,530	390
73	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$40,560	$30,310	1,220
74	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$40,560	$29,740	910
75	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$40,560	$31,200	1,450
76	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$40,550	$28,770	1,510
77	Spokane, Washington	$40,410	$31,070	4,620
78	Ames, Iowa	$40,380	$27,680	790
79	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$40,360	$28,050	1,060
80	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$40,350	$29,850	990
81	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$40,300	$28,090	38,800
82	Prescott, Arizona	$40,250	$29,860	1,400
83	Madison, Wisconsin	$40,180	$26,480	7,810
84	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$40,180	$28,560	2,010
85	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$40,150	$32,170	100,680
86	Yuba City, California	$40,140	$31,080	780
87	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$40,110	$28,270	89,680
88	Danbury, Connecticut	$40,090	$29,140	1,320
89	Walla Walla, Washington	$40,080	$31,680	550
90	Midland, Michigan	$40,040	$29,540	970
91	Carson City, Nevada	$39,990	$28,040	620
92	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$39,930	$27,720	1,130
93	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$39,920	$30,000	3,590
94	Springfield, Massachusetts	$39,900	$30,700	5,770
95	Casper, Wyoming	$39,890	$28,450	1,130
96	Duluth, Wisconsin	$39,890	$28,070	2,110
97	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$39,750	$28,770	2,590
98	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$39,740	$29,940	630
99	Flagstaff, Arizona	$39,680	$30,960	950
100	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$39,620	$27,770	2,700

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