Office Clerks in Florida

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You’re in luck! Jobs for Office Clerks in Florida are projected to grow and these jobs tend to pay higher than average.

• Projected employment for Office Clerks in Florida is growing faster than average.

• Office Clerks in Florida earn lower salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many Office Clerks Work in Florida?

In Florida, there were 186,860 people working as Office Clerks in the year 2018.

There were 176,520 Office Clerks employed in this state in 2017.

That’s growth of 10,340 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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

Job Projections for Florida

Jobs for Office Clerks in this state are growing at a rate of 8.4% which is faster than the nationwide estimated projection of -1.0%.

Florida Annual Job Openings

The BLS is projecting 21,700 annual Office Clerks job openings in Florida, and 182,150 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 Florida?

In 2018 wages for Office Clerks ranged from $19,300 to $49,680 with $29,980 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $9.28 to $23.88. The median hourly rate was $14.41.

In 2017 the median pay for this field was $13.75 an hour.

The hourly rate grew by $0.66.

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

Top Florida 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
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	59,570	$31,240
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	27,580	$29,930
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	21,850	$29,040
Jacksonville, FL	15,370	$30,760
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL	6,920	$30,390
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	5,900	$30,350
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	5,310	$26,130
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	4,640	$29,910
Port St. Lucie, FL	4,300	$31,550
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	3,990	$29,400
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	3,960	$28,160
Tallahassee, FL	3,840	$26,490
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL	3,040	$32,790
Gainesville, FL	2,730	$30,380
Ocala, FL	2,360	$28,360
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	2,320	$29,640
Panama City, FL	1,650	$27,420
Punta Gorda, FL	1,280	$29,510
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL	970	$29,240
Sebring, FL	910	$25,800
Homosassa Springs, FL	740	$27,360
The Villages, FL	590	$31,520

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

References

• Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.