Clergy Salary

Median Salary
$60,810
per year
Hourly Rate
$29.24
per hour
Employment
57,200
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$37,860
25th percentile
$48,260
Median
$60,810
75th percentile
$76,640
90th percentile
$98,890

💰 Clergy Salary by State

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$48K
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StateMedianvs. National
Washington$80,830+32.9%
California$77,710+27.8%
Nevada$73,910+21.5%
Massachusetts$72,190+18.7%
New Jersey$65,500+7.7%
New Hampshire$65,200+7.2%
Vermont$64,950+6.8%
District of Columbia$64,800+6.6%
Maine$64,340+5.8%
New Mexico$64,100+5.4%
Colorado$63,700+4.8%
Connecticut$63,470+4.4%
Delaware$63,260+4.0%
Oregon$63,140+3.8%
Arizona$61,900+1.8%
Illinois$61,820+1.7%
Maryland$61,620+1.3%
Wyoming$61,590+1.3%
Minnesota$61,230+0.7%
Hawaii$61,050+0.4%
Wisconsin$60,950+0.2%
North Dakota$60,680-0.2%
Iowa$60,630-0.3%
Georgia$60,530-0.5%
South Dakota$59,860-1.6%
Rhode Island$59,660-1.9%
North Carolina$59,600-2.0%
Idaho$59,570-2.0%
Montana$59,550-2.1%
Texas$59,480-2.2%
Ohio$59,160-2.7%
Oklahoma$59,110-2.8%
Indiana$59,020-2.9%
Kentucky$58,920-3.1%
Missouri$58,740-3.4%
New York$58,580-3.7%
Pennsylvania$58,300-4.1%
Nebraska$57,520-5.4%
Tennessee$57,260-5.8%
Florida$56,940-6.4%
South Carolina$56,630-6.9%
Michigan$56,490-7.1%
Alaska$55,780-8.3%
Virginia$55,430-8.8%
Louisiana$54,140-11.0%
Mississippi$52,450-13.7%
Kansas$52,130-14.3%
Alabama$50,180-17.5%
Arkansas$49,070-19.3%
West Virginia$48,460-20.3%

🏙️ Clergy Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$84,050+38.2%
Bozeman, MT$81,770+34.5%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$81,750+34.4%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$81,280+33.7%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$80,760+32.8%
Vallejo, CA$79,590+30.9%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$78,330+28.8%
Salem, OR$78,220+28.6%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$77,510+27.5%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$77,450+27.4%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$77,420+27.3%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$77,050+26.7%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$77,030+26.7%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$76,720+26.2%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$75,020+23.4%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$74,800+23.0%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$74,580+22.6%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$73,770+21.3%
Salinas, CA$73,770+21.3%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$73,160+20.3%
Worcester, MA$72,300+18.9%
Corvallis, OR$71,130+17.0%
Fresno, CA$71,130+17.0%
Billings, MT$70,660+16.2%
Waco, TX$70,300+15.6%
Albuquerque, NM$70,160+15.4%
Grants Pass, OR$69,990+15.1%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$69,940+15.0%
Springfield, MA$69,900+14.9%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$69,280+13.9%
Boulder, CO$68,800+13.1%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$67,640+11.2%
St. Cloud, MN$66,280+9.0%
Portland-South Portland, ME$65,790+8.2%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$65,710+8.1%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$65,670+8.0%
Modesto, CA$65,360+7.5%
New Haven, CT$65,290+7.4%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$65,150+7.1%
Redding, CA$64,640+6.3%
Visalia, CA$64,240+5.6%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$64,060+5.3%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$63,430+4.3%
Rochester, MN$63,430+4.3%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$63,190+3.9%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$63,070+3.7%
Boise City, ID$63,040+3.7%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$63,000+3.6%
Elmira, NY$62,780+3.2%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$62,760+3.2%
Fargo, ND-MN$62,730+3.2%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$62,670+3.1%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$62,610+3.0%
Albany, OR$62,540+2.8%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$62,540+2.8%
Tucson, AZ$62,400+2.6%
Charlottesville, VA$62,370+2.6%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$61,970+1.9%
Medford, OR$61,860+1.7%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$61,860+1.7%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$61,820+1.7%
Green Bay, WI$61,820+1.7%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$61,730+1.5%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$61,640+1.4%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$61,640+1.4%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$61,630+1.3%
Helena, MT$61,520+1.2%
Rockford, IL$61,510+1.2%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$61,410+1.0%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$61,390+1.0%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$61,170+0.6%
Winston-Salem, NC$61,160+0.6%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$61,030+0.4%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$61,010+0.3%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$60,970+0.3%
Oklahoma City, OK$60,910+0.2%
Madison, WI$60,900+0.1%
Columbus, OH$60,820+0.0%
Akron, OH$60,810+0.0%
Asheville, NC$60,790-0.0%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$60,760-0.1%
Missoula, MT$60,730-0.1%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$60,720-0.1%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$60,690-0.2%
Urban Honolulu, HI$60,540-0.4%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$60,520-0.5%
Utica-Rome, NY$60,460-0.6%
Killeen-Temple, TX$60,380-0.7%
Fort Wayne, IN$60,360-0.7%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$60,340-0.8%
St. Louis, MO-IL$60,290-0.9%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$60,230-1.0%
Richmond, VA$60,190-1.0%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$60,170-1.1%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$60,040-1.3%
Amarillo, TX$59,910-1.5%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$59,890-1.5%
San Angelo, TX$59,870-1.5%
Bend, OR$59,850-1.6%
Canton-Massillon, OH$59,810-1.6%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$59,800-1.7%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$59,780-1.7%
College Station-Bryan, TX$59,740-1.8%
Rochester, NY$59,710-1.8%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$59,700-1.8%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$59,650-1.9%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$59,630-1.9%
Colorado Springs, CO$59,620-2.0%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$59,610-2.0%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$59,570-2.0%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$59,530-2.1%
Lancaster, PA$59,530-2.1%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$59,510-2.1%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$59,240-2.6%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$59,220-2.6%
Cleveland, OH$59,210-2.6%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$59,200-2.6%
Great Falls, MT$59,130-2.8%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$59,120-2.8%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$59,040-2.9%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$59,000-3.0%
Tulsa, OK$59,000-3.0%
Reading, PA$58,950-3.1%
Kansas City, MO-KS$58,850-3.2%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$58,820-3.3%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$58,780-3.3%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$58,770-3.4%
Ithaca, NY$58,750-3.4%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$58,610-3.6%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$58,470-3.8%
Evansville, IN$58,430-3.9%
Anchorage, AK$58,280-4.2%
Toledo, OH$58,260-4.2%
Corpus Christi, TX$58,210-4.3%
Omaha, NE-IA$58,170-4.3%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$58,050-4.5%
Columbia, SC$57,990-4.6%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$57,900-4.8%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$57,850-4.9%
Lubbock, TX$57,820-4.9%
Morgantown, WV$57,810-4.9%
Lincoln, NE$57,790-5.0%
Pittsburgh, PA$57,720-5.1%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$57,710-5.1%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$57,430-5.6%
Cedar Rapids, IA$57,320-5.7%
Columbus, GA-AL$57,210-5.9%
Wilmington, NC$57,190-6.0%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$57,160-6.0%
Knoxville, TN$57,140-6.0%
Jackson, MS$57,110-6.1%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$56,970-6.3%
Baton Rouge, LA$56,810-6.6%
Bay City, MI$56,810-6.6%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$56,760-6.7%
El Paso, TX$56,450-7.2%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$56,420-7.2%
Spartanburg, SC$56,400-7.3%
Jacksonville, FL$56,330-7.4%
Gainesville, FL$56,270-7.5%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$56,240-7.5%
Peoria, IL$56,080-7.8%
Saginaw, MI$55,970-8.0%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$55,950-8.0%
Fayetteville, NC$55,540-8.7%
Kingston, NY$55,380-8.9%
Columbia, MO$55,280-9.1%
Greenville, NC$55,280-9.1%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$55,110-9.4%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$55,070-9.4%
Jackson, MI$54,870-9.8%
Wichita, KS$54,870-9.8%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$54,840-9.8%
Huntsville, AL$54,550-10.3%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$54,360-10.6%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$54,350-10.6%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$54,140-11.0%
Ann Arbor, MI$54,000-11.2%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$53,870-11.4%
Duluth, MN-WI$53,770-11.6%
Savannah, GA$53,650-11.8%
Traverse City, MI$53,640-11.8%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$53,540-12.0%
Johnson City, TN$53,390-12.2%
Roanoke, VA$53,130-12.6%
Bloomington, IL$52,650-13.4%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$52,420-13.8%
Birmingham, AL$52,190-14.2%
Topeka, KS$52,170-14.2%
Springfield, MO$52,130-14.3%
Springfield, IL$52,070-14.4%
Binghamton, NY$51,990-14.5%
Hattiesburg, MS$51,670-15.0%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$51,670-15.0%
Montgomery, AL$50,860-16.4%
Altoona, PA$50,830-16.4%
Tyler, TX$50,800-16.5%
Lebanon, PA$50,560-16.9%
Charleston, WV$50,520-16.9%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$50,410-17.1%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$50,330-17.2%
York-Hanover, PA$50,200-17.4%
Mobile, AL$49,850-18.0%
Glens Falls, NY$49,800-18.1%
Flint, MI$49,460-18.7%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$49,410-18.7%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$49,330-18.9%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$49,160-19.2%
Syracuse, NY$48,770-19.8%
Tallahassee, FL$47,580-21.8%
Abilene, TX$47,380-22.1%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$46,400-23.7%
Lafayette, LA$45,760-24.7%
Port St. Lucie, FL$45,570-25.1%
Midland, MI$45,450-25.3%
Ocala, FL$44,280-27.2%
Erie, PA$44,040-27.6%
Lynchburg, VA$43,990-27.7%
Johnstown, PA$41,760-31.3%
Guam$37,460-38.4%
Wheeling, WV-OH$37,390-38.5%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$29,580-51.4%
Puerto Rico$28,880-52.5%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.