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Office Clerks in California

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$35,320 Median Salary
38,760 Job Openings
  • Office Clerks in California earn lower salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many Office Clerks Work in California?

In California, there were 331,120 people working as Office Clerks in the year 2018.

There were 320,800 Office Clerks employed in this state in 2017.

That’s growth of 10,320 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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The typical state has 33,310 Office Clerks working in it, which means California has more Office Clerks than average.

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Job Projections for California

Jobs for Office Clerks in this state are not projected to grow or decrease, which is better than what is projected nationwide which is a decrease of 1.0%.

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California Annual Job Openings

The BLS is projecting 38,760 annual Office Clerks job openings in California, and 334,500 total jobs in the year 2026.

Nationwide, the prediction is 356,200 annual jobs and 3,086,000 total jobs in 2026.

What do Office Clerks Make in California?

In 2018 wages for Office Clerks ranged from $23,440 to $57,900 with $35,320 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $11.27 to $27.84. The median hourly rate was $16.98.

In 2017 the median pay for this field was $16.3 an hour.

The hourly rate grew by $0.68.

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

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Top California Metros for Office Clerks

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

Metro Number Employed Annual Median Salary
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 125,290 $33,800
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 40,650 $40,380
Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA 27,860 $35,500
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 27,080 $35,520
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 27,020 $32,640
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 18,910 $44,690
Fresno, CA 7,720 $31,540
Bakersfield, CA 5,420 $33,590
Stockton-Lodi, CA 5,310 $33,100
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 5,080 $36,460
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA 4,890 $32,070
Santa Rosa, CA 3,760 $39,180
Modesto, CA 3,730 $32,340
Salinas, CA 2,660 $36,910
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 2,560 $33,060
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 2,430 $38,050
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA 2,360 $32,010
Visalia-Porterville, CA 2,230 $33,670
El Centro, CA 1,510 $29,790
Redding, CA 1,400 $35,880
Chico, CA 1,260 $32,400
Napa, CA 1,180 $41,110
Merced, CA 1,140 $32,000
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 880 $36,880
Yuba City, CA 780 $36,170
Madera, CA 760 $35,790

Top States for Office Clerks Employment

The table below shows the states where most Office Clerks work.

State Number Employed Annual Median Salary
California 331,120 $35,320
Texas 330,250 $33,850
New York 189,360 $32,650
Florida 186,860 $29,980
Illinois 165,970 $34,530
Pennsylvania 162,570 $33,720
Ohio 109,130 $32,730
Michigan 95,110 $33,260
North Carolina 82,630 $30,230
Virginia 77,480 $32,400
Georgia 77,060 $28,470
Washington 73,370 $37,780
Indiana 67,600 $31,930
New Jersey 67,480 $33,320
Wisconsin 62,230 $34,320
Massachusetts 60,130 $37,190
Tennessee 58,950 $31,120
Minnesota 55,140 $36,360
Arizona 52,150 $33,620
Missouri 42,890 $29,870

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

State Annual Median Salary
Alaska $44,160
District of Columbia $42,320
Colorado $38,310
New Hampshire $38,290
Washington $37,780
North Dakota $37,620
Massachusetts $37,190
Connecticut $36,710
Rhode Island $36,410
Minnesota $36,360

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