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File Clerks in Pennsylvania

File Clerks in Pennsylvania

Is Pennsylvania a good place for you to work as a File Clerk?

-12% Jobs Projection
$30,840 Median Salary
470 Job Openings

While jobs for File Clerks in Pennsylvania are decreasing, those who do work in these jobs get paid higher than average.

  • Employment for File Clerks in Pennsylvania is expected to decrease.

  • File Clerks in Pennsylvania earn lower salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many File Clerks Work in Pennsylvania?

5,160 people worked as File Clerks in 2018 in this state.

There were 4,700 File Clerks employed in this state in 2017.

That’s growth of 460 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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The typical state has 1,290 File Clerks working in it, which means Pennsylvania has more File Clerks than average.

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Job Projections for Pennsylvania

Jobs for File Clerks in this state are declining at a rate of 12.4% which is a faster decline than the nationwide estimated projection of -10.4%.

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Pennsylvania Annual Job Openings

The BLS is projecting 470 annual File Clerks job openings in Pennsylvania, and 4,020 total jobs in the year 2026.

Nationwide, the prediction is 14,200 annual jobs and 121,000 total jobs in 2026.

What do File Clerks Make in Pennsylvania?

In 2018 wages for File Clerks ranged from $21,140 to $46,850 with $30,840 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $10.16 to $22.53. The median hourly rate was $14.83.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $14.56 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate grew by $0.27.

The median salary in Pennsylvania is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top Pennsylvania Metros for File Clerks

The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most File Clerks.

Metro Number Employed Annual Median Salary
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 11,520 $32,140
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 3,750 $29,570
Pittsburgh, PA 980 $33,280
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 510 $29,620
Lancaster, PA 240 $31,990
Erie, PA 180 $27,880
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 180 $31,960
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 150 $22,640
Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton, PA 140 $25,930
Reading, PA 90 $30,860
East Stroudsburg, PA 80 $28,620
York-Hanover, PA 60 $32,250
State College, PA 50 $35,130

Top States for File Clerks Employment

View the list below to see where most File Clerks work.

State Number Employed Annual Median Salary
California 13,610 $33,940
Florida 11,820 $31,720
Texas 11,350 $29,950
New Jersey 8,070 $31,400
New York 7,290 $31,620
Pennsylvania 5,160 $30,840
Ohio 3,670 $33,790
Illinois 3,570 $37,150
Missouri 2,420 $31,460
Georgia 2,390 $30,910
Tennessee 2,220 $30,140
Indiana 2,100 $30,360
Arizona 2,060 $32,500
Virginia 2,030 $31,170
Michigan 1,950 $32,920
Colorado 1,910 $35,040
Utah 1,570 $30,530
Oklahoma 1,540 $30,000
Massachusetts 1,530 $35,760
Wisconsin 1,520 $33,910

Below are the states where File Clerks get paid the most:

State Annual Median Salary
District of Columbia $43,480
Washington $38,560
Rhode Island $37,700
Illinois $37,150
Maryland $37,060
Massachusetts $35,760
Oregon $35,400
Colorado $35,040
North Dakota $34,990
California $33,940

References

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