File Clerks salary
The median pay for file clerks in the United States is $43,600 a year. About 73,440 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $31,200
- 25th percentile
- $36,420
- Median percentile
- $43,600
- 75th percentile
- $51,770
- 90th percentile
- $63,490
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- Oregon $50,660
- Hawaii $50,630
- Illinois $49,920
- Alaska $49,910
- California $49,040
- Massachusetts $48,310
- Vermont $47,540
- Minnesota $46,640
- Iowa $46,560
- Colorado $46,490
- Idaho $45,910
- Washington $45,830
- Wisconsin $45,130
- Maryland $44,920
- Connecticut $44,810
- New Jersey $44,400
- New Hampshire $44,390
- New York $44,340
- Nevada $44,150
- Michigan $43,950
- Maine $43,910
- Arizona $43,690
- North Carolina $43,260
- Tennessee $43,010
- Pennsylvania $42,920
- North Dakota $42,860
- Kansas $42,130
- Florida $41,750
- Utah $41,450
- Georgia $41,000
- Ohio $40,650
- Nebraska $40,640
- Virginia $39,900
- Indiana $39,740
- Texas $39,480
- South Carolina $39,350
- Kentucky $39,250
- Oklahoma $39,170
- Arkansas $38,470
- Missouri $38,400
- Montana $38,370
- Alabama $38,290
- New Mexico $37,700
- Louisiana $32,200
- West Virginia $31,600
By metro area
- San Jose, CA $60,840
- Santa Cruz, CA $60,530
- Salinas, CA $59,040
- Chicago, IL $58,320
- Vallejo, CA $56,750
- Napa, CA $55,980
- San Francisco, CA $54,910
- Carson City, NV $54,820
- Greeley, CO $54,360
- Hartford, CT $54,240
- Hanford, CA $53,860
- Modesto, CA $52,830
- Medford, OR $52,780
- Portland, OR $52,280
- Hagerstown, MD $51,990
- Toledo, OH $50,840
- Muskegon, MI $50,740
- Boston, MA $50,680
- Salem, OR $50,390
- San Luis Obispo, CA $50,260
- New Haven, CT $50,140
- Rockford, IL $49,870
- Des Moines, IA $49,810
- La Crosse, WI $49,620
- Cedar Rapids, IA $49,460
- Grand Rapids, MI $49,420
- Riverside, CA $49,180
- Stockton, CA $49,050
- Sacramento, CA $49,040
- Harrisburg, PA $48,800
- Durham, NC $48,720
- Reno, NV $48,680
- Anchorage, AK $48,630
- Boise City, ID $48,580
- Waterloo, IA $48,490
- Los Angeles, CA $48,450
- Santa Maria, CA $48,400
- State College, PA $48,280
- San Diego, CA $47,720
- Denver, CO $47,680
- Raleigh, NC $47,560
- Madison, WI $47,370
- Janesville, WI $47,340
- Racine, WI $47,270
- Eugene, OR $47,230
- Ann Arbor, MI $47,120
- Richmond, VA $47,020
- Nashville, TN $46,990
- Atlantic City, NJ $46,880
- Atlanta, GA $46,700
- Oxnard, CA $46,680
- Minneapolis, MN $46,650
- Boulder, CO $46,570
- Austin, TX $46,400
- Hilton Head Island, SC $46,300
- Fort Wayne, IN $46,270
- Springfield, MA $46,250
- Gainesville, GA $46,200
- Coeur d'Alene, ID $46,190
- Naples, FL $46,170
- Santa Rosa, CA $46,160
- Philadelphia, PA $45,980
- Milwaukee, WI $45,970
- Manchester, NH $45,940
- Seattle, WA $45,910
- Appleton, WI $45,840
- Idaho Falls, ID $45,820
- Portland, ME $45,800
- Miami, FL $45,760
- Visalia, CA $45,660
- Midland, TX $45,650
- Kenosha, WI $45,550
- Cape Coral, FL $45,520
- Green Bay, WI $45,390
- Jacksonville, FL $45,330
- Louisville/Jefferson County, KY $45,250
- Yuma, AZ $45,210
- Worcester, MA $45,160
- Duluth, MN $45,140
- St. Cloud, MN $45,000
- Flagstaff, AZ $44,850
- Bend, OR $44,840
- Charleston, SC $44,830
- Norwich, CT $44,810
- Port St. Lucie, FL $44,790
- Kansas City, MO $44,740
- Columbus, OH $44,730
- New York, NY $44,710
- Fresno, CA $44,610
- Trenton, NJ $44,570
- Lexington, KY $44,510
- Phoenix, AZ $44,460
- Sheboygan, WI $44,320
- Wildwood, FL $44,300
- Buffalo, NY $44,250
- Dayton, OH $44,180
- Akron, OH $44,170
- Fort Collins, CO $44,090
- Colorado Springs, CO $43,870
- Sebastian, FL $43,820
- Las Vegas, NV $43,750
- Champaign, IL $43,690
- York, PA $43,680
- Bakersfield, CA $43,620
- Lancaster, PA $43,540
- Baltimore, MD $43,490
- Waterbury, CT $43,360
- Myrtle Beach, SC $43,320
- Washington, DC $43,270
- Pueblo, CO $43,220
- Allentown, PA $43,080
- Memphis, TN $43,000
- Detroit, MI $42,990
- Pittsburgh, PA $42,920
- Pensacola, FL $42,860
- Dallas, TX $42,850
- Kiryas Joel, NY $42,670
- Topeka, KS $42,620
- Greensboro, NC $42,590
- Urban Honolulu, HI $42,590