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Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks salary in California

The median credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks in California earns $51,950 a year, 4% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,357 a month.

10th percentile
$40,700
25th percentile
$48,120
Median percentile
$51,950
75th percentile
$61,530
90th percentile
$74,630

Based on 590 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$40,285 take-home a year
Gross pay$51,950
Federal income tax−$4,054
Social Security + Medicare−$3,974
California income tax (approx.)−$3,637
Monthly take-home$3,357
Every two weeks$1,549

Does it go far here?

$46,920Median pay in California is worth this at average US prices (local price level 110.7 vs 100).
61%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,036 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in California

JobMedian pay
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric$400,150
Neurologists$357,080
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$353,900
Psychiatrists$353,500
General Internal Medicine Physicians$313,890
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$301,240
Nurse Anesthetists$292,410
Physicians, All Other$281,590

All credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks salaries · Take-home pay in California