Brokerage Clerks · SOC 43-4011

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Brokerage Clerkss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for brokerage clerks. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 81 metro areas

Brokerage Clerks: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$90,220	320	0.3
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$89,370	1,360	0.6
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$82,680	Not published	Not published
4	Akron, OH	$81,230	110	0.3
5	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$79,660	270	0.7
6	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$78,930	7,100	0.7
7	Portland-South Portland, ME	$78,210	60	0.2
8	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$77,940	190	0.1
9	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$77,710	1,730	0.3
10	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$76,950	50	0.1
11	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$75,420	340	0.3
12	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$74,730	Not published	Not published
13	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$74,340	410	0.3
14	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$73,080	470	0.2
15	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$71,660	330	1.4
16	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$68,660	180	0.2
17	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$68,140	110	0.6
18	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$68,100	70	0.1
19	Columbus, OH	$67,800	310	0.3
20	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$67,410	300	0.4
21	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$66,990	90	0.1
22	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$66,860	550	0.2
23	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$66,840	260	0.2
24	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$66,740	60	0.2
25	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$66,350	40	0.3

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Brokerage Clerks overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.