File Clerks Salary

Median Salary
$43,600
per year
Hourly Rate
$20.96
per hour
Employment
73,440
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$31,200
25th percentile
$36,420
Median
$43,600
75th percentile
$51,770
90th percentile
$63,490

💰 File Clerks Salary by State

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$31K
$51K■ No data
StateMedianvs. National
Oregon$50,660+16.2%
Hawaii$50,630+16.1%
Illinois$49,920+14.5%
Alaska$49,910+14.5%
California$49,040+12.5%
Massachusetts$48,310+10.8%
Vermont$47,540+9.0%
Minnesota$46,640+7.0%
Iowa$46,560+6.8%
Colorado$46,490+6.6%
Idaho$45,910+5.3%
Washington$45,830+5.1%
Wisconsin$45,130+3.5%
Maryland$44,920+3.0%
Connecticut$44,810+2.8%
New Jersey$44,400+1.8%
New Hampshire$44,390+1.8%
New York$44,340+1.7%
Nevada$44,150+1.3%
Michigan$43,950+0.8%
Maine$43,910+0.7%
Arizona$43,690+0.2%
North Carolina$43,260-0.8%
Tennessee$43,010-1.4%
Pennsylvania$42,920-1.6%
North Dakota$42,860-1.7%
Kansas$42,130-3.4%
Florida$41,750-4.2%
Utah$41,450-4.9%
Georgia$41,000-6.0%
Ohio$40,650-6.8%
Nebraska$40,640-6.8%
Delaware$39,940-8.4%
Virginia$39,900-8.5%
Indiana$39,740-8.9%
Texas$39,480-9.4%
South Carolina$39,350-9.7%
Kentucky$39,250-10.0%
Oklahoma$39,170-10.2%
Arkansas$38,470-11.8%
Missouri$38,400-11.9%
Montana$38,370-12.0%
Alabama$38,290-12.2%
New Mexico$37,700-13.5%
South Dakota$36,640-16.0%
Rhode Island$36,400-16.5%
Louisiana$32,200-26.1%
West Virginia$31,600-27.5%
Mississippi$31,260-28.3%

🏙️ File Clerks Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$60,840+39.5%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$60,530+38.8%
Salinas, CA$59,040+35.4%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$58,320+33.8%
Vallejo, CA$56,750+30.2%
Napa, CA$55,980+28.4%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$54,910+25.9%
Carson City, NV$54,820+25.7%
Greeley, CO$54,360+24.7%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$54,240+24.4%
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$53,860+23.5%
Modesto, CA$52,830+21.2%
Medford, OR$52,780+21.1%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$52,280+19.9%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$51,990+19.2%
Toledo, OH$50,840+16.6%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$50,740+16.4%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$50,680+16.2%
Salem, OR$50,390+15.6%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$50,260+15.3%
New Haven, CT$50,140+15.0%
Rockford, IL$49,870+14.4%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$49,810+14.2%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$49,620+13.8%
Cedar Rapids, IA$49,460+13.4%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$49,420+13.3%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$49,180+12.8%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$49,050+12.5%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$49,040+12.5%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$48,800+11.9%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$48,720+11.7%
Reno, NV$48,680+11.7%
Anchorage, AK$48,630+11.5%
Boise City, ID$48,580+11.4%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$48,490+11.2%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$48,450+11.1%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$48,400+11.0%
State College, PA$48,280+10.7%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$47,720+9.4%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$47,680+9.4%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$47,560+9.1%
Madison, WI$47,370+8.6%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$47,340+8.6%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$47,270+8.4%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$47,230+8.3%
Ann Arbor, MI$47,120+8.1%
Richmond, VA$47,020+7.8%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$46,990+7.8%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$46,880+7.5%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$46,700+7.1%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$46,680+7.1%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$46,650+7.0%
Boulder, CO$46,570+6.8%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$46,400+6.4%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$46,300+6.2%
Fort Wayne, IN$46,270+6.1%
Springfield, MA$46,250+6.1%
Gainesville, GA$46,200+6.0%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$46,190+5.9%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$46,170+5.9%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$46,160+5.9%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$45,980+5.5%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$45,970+5.4%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$45,940+5.4%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$45,910+5.3%
Appleton, WI$45,840+5.1%
Idaho Falls, ID$45,820+5.1%
Portland-South Portland, ME$45,800+5.0%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$45,760+5.0%
Visalia, CA$45,660+4.7%
Midland, TX$45,650+4.7%
Kenosha, WI$45,550+4.5%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$45,520+4.4%
Green Bay, WI$45,390+4.1%
Jacksonville, FL$45,330+4.0%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$45,250+3.8%
Yuma, AZ$45,210+3.7%
Worcester, MA$45,160+3.6%
Duluth, MN-WI$45,140+3.5%
St. Cloud, MN$45,000+3.2%
Flagstaff, AZ$44,850+2.9%
Bend, OR$44,840+2.8%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$44,830+2.8%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$44,810+2.8%
Port St. Lucie, FL$44,790+2.7%
Kansas City, MO-KS$44,740+2.6%
Columbus, OH$44,730+2.6%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$44,710+2.5%
Fresno, CA$44,610+2.3%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$44,570+2.2%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$44,510+2.1%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$44,460+2.0%
Sheboygan, WI$44,320+1.7%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$44,300+1.6%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$44,250+1.5%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$44,180+1.3%
Akron, OH$44,170+1.3%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$44,090+1.1%
Colorado Springs, CO$43,870+0.6%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$43,820+0.5%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$43,750+0.3%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$43,690+0.2%
York-Hanover, PA$43,680+0.2%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$43,620+0.0%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$43,620+0.0%
Lancaster, PA$43,540-0.1%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$43,490-0.3%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$43,360-0.6%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$43,320-0.6%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$43,270-0.8%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$43,250-0.8%
Pueblo, CO$43,220-0.9%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$43,080-1.2%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$43,000-1.4%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$42,990-1.4%
Pittsburgh, PA$42,920-1.6%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$42,860-1.7%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$42,850-1.7%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$42,670-2.1%
Topeka, KS$42,620-2.2%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$42,590-2.3%
Urban Honolulu, HI$42,590-2.3%
Omaha, NE-IA$42,160-3.3%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$42,070-3.5%
Fargo, ND-MN$42,040-3.6%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$41,970-3.7%
Charlottesville, VA$41,930-3.8%
Wausau, WI$41,790-4.2%
Knoxville, TN$41,720-4.3%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$41,720-4.3%
Lawton, OK$41,710-4.3%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$41,700-4.4%
Reading, PA$41,610-4.6%
Rochester, NY$41,600-4.6%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$41,400-5.0%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$41,360-5.1%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$41,280-5.3%
Fayetteville, NC$41,270-5.3%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$41,260-5.4%
Wichita, KS$41,250-5.4%
Savannah, GA$41,240-5.4%
Peoria, IL$41,080-5.8%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$41,050-5.8%
Springfield, IL$41,030-5.9%
Clarksville, TN-KY$40,910-6.2%
St. Louis, MO-IL$40,850-6.3%
Lincoln, NE$40,810-6.4%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$40,780-6.5%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$40,770-6.5%
Oklahoma City, OK$40,750-6.5%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$40,700-6.7%
Tulsa, OK$40,630-6.8%
Tucson, AZ$40,540-7.0%
Winston-Salem, NC$40,230-7.7%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$40,160-7.9%
Erie, PA$40,150-7.9%
Spartanburg, SC$40,100-8.0%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$40,080-8.1%
Columbia, MO$40,030-8.2%
Syracuse, NY$39,990-8.3%
Helena, MT$39,980-8.3%
Dover, DE$39,940-8.4%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$39,810-8.7%
Gainesville, FL$39,790-8.7%
Chambersburg, PA$39,730-8.9%
Terre Haute, IN$39,690-9.0%
Asheville, NC$39,640-9.1%
Grand Junction, CO$39,630-9.1%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$39,520-9.4%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$39,510-9.4%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$39,500-9.4%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$39,500-9.4%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$39,430-9.6%
Wilmington, NC$39,290-9.9%
Chico, CA$39,250-10.0%
Redding, CA$39,110-10.3%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$39,100-10.3%
Canton-Massillon, OH$39,050-10.4%
Jackson, TN$39,030-10.5%
Cleveland, OH$38,890-10.8%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$38,840-10.9%
Abilene, TX$38,830-10.9%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$38,720-11.2%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$38,690-11.3%
Evansville, IN$38,600-11.5%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$38,590-11.5%
Charleston, WV$38,540-11.6%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$38,530-11.6%
Waco, TX$38,500-11.7%
Lynchburg, VA$38,250-12.3%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$38,130-12.5%
Las Cruces, NM$37,950-13.0%
Roanoke, VA$37,950-13.0%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$37,790-13.3%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$37,750-13.4%
Amarillo, TX$37,700-13.5%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$37,690-13.6%
Billings, MT$37,580-13.8%
Bloomington, IN$37,550-13.9%
Columbia, SC$37,510-14.0%
Flint, MI$37,320-14.4%
Utica-Rome, NY$37,190-14.7%
El Centro, CA$37,170-14.7%
Odessa, TX$37,170-14.7%
Albuquerque, NM$37,080-15.0%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$37,070-15.0%
Tallahassee, FL$37,040-15.0%
Morristown, TN$36,810-15.6%
Longview, TX$36,670-15.9%
Sherman-Denison, TX$36,670-15.9%
Killeen-Temple, TX$36,640-16.0%
Ogden, UT$36,460-16.4%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$36,400-16.5%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$36,400-16.5%
Missoula, MT$36,330-16.7%
Corpus Christi, TX$36,290-16.8%
Johnson City, TN$36,220-16.9%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$36,210-16.9%
Rome, GA$36,180-17.0%
Florence, SC$36,170-17.0%
Bloomington, IL$36,090-17.2%
Eagle Pass, TX$35,770-18.0%
Lubbock, TX$35,500-18.6%
Great Falls, MT$35,470-18.6%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$35,400-18.8%
Muncie, IN$35,370-18.9%
College Station-Bryan, TX$35,270-19.1%
Greenville, NC$35,270-19.1%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$35,130-19.4%
Tyler, TX$35,030-19.7%
Springfield, MO$34,710-20.4%
El Paso, TX$34,640-20.6%
Texarkana, TX-AR$34,510-20.8%
Laredo, TX$34,270-21.4%
St. George, UT$34,220-21.5%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$34,010-22.0%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$33,510-23.1%
Jackson, MS$32,960-24.4%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$32,740-24.9%
Guam$32,360-25.8%
Baton Rouge, LA$32,160-26.2%
Lafayette, LA$31,760-27.2%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$31,740-27.2%
Wichita Falls, TX$31,480-27.8%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$31,440-27.9%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$29,590-32.1%
Ocala, FL$29,070-33.3%
Lake Charles, LA$27,680-36.5%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$27,240-37.5%
Monroe, LA$27,080-37.9%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$26,530-39.2%
Harrisonburg, VA$25,810-40.8%
Puerto Rico$25,700-41.1%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$25,700-41.1%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.