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File Clerk Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of file clerks in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of file clerks in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of File Clerks in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$29,260
25th Percentile Wage
$31,200
50th Percentile Wage
$37,090
75th Percentile Wage
$47,690
90th Percentile Wage
$58,900

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for file clerks in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $58,900. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,090. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,260.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of file clerks from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$37,090
4.83% 29.98%
2021
$35,300
3.00% -
2020
$34,240
6.07% -
2019
$32,160
0.06% -
2018
$32,140
5.29% -
2017
$30,440
5.03% -
2016
$28,910
7.68% -
2015
$26,690
0.07% -
2014
$26,670
-1.27% -
2013
$27,010
3.85% -
2012
$25,970
- -

Table 2. Compare File Clerk Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $37,090 in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is in the middle of salary range for file clerks in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of file clerks in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 15.2 percent (15.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Kingston and 43.6 percent (43.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Ithaca.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Kingston
$43,760
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$40,460
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$38,690
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$38,350
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$38,090
Syracuse
$37,720
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$37,090
Rochester
$36,830
Utica-Rome
$34,320
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$32,740
Binghamton
$30,160
Nassau-Suffolk
$29,220
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$28,200
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$27,020
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$26,520
Glens Falls
$25,080
Elmira
$23,990
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$23,330
Ithaca
$20,930

See also: Top paying jobs in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York.