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File Clerk Salary in Rochester, New York

The annual salary statistics of file clerks in Rochester, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of file clerks in Rochester 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 Rochester, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$27,470
25th Percentile Wage
$31,220
50th Percentile Wage
$36,830
75th Percentile Wage
$45,180
90th Percentile Wage
$51,700

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for file clerks in Rochester, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $51,700. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,830. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,470.

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
$36,830
3.39% 42.66%
2021
$35,580
-1.83% -
2020
$36,230
28.51% -
2019
$25,900
-8.65% -
2018
$28,140
14.53% -
2017
$24,050
-11.93% -
2016
$26,920
6.02% -
2015
$25,300
10.00% -
2014
$22,770
1.58% -
2013
$22,410
5.76% -
2012
$21,120
- -

Table 2. Compare File Clerk Salary in Rochester with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $36,830 in Rochester is in the middle of salary range for file clerks in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of file clerks in Rochester is 15.8 percent (15.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Kingston and 43.2 percent (43.2%) 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 Rochester, New York.