Correspondence Clerks · SOC 43-4021

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Correspondence Clerkss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for correspondence clerks. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (2 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 20 of 20 metro areas

Correspondence Clerks: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$65,270	80	0.1
2	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$58,270	40	0.2
3	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$56,030	30	0.0
4	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$51,650	330	0.0
5	Chattanooga, TN-GA	$51,480	50	0.2
6	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$50,890	Not published	Not published
7	Omaha, NE-IA	$49,800	60	0.1
8	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$49,650	280	0.1
9	San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$48,860	130	0.1
10	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$48,370	60	0.1
11	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$48,310	Not published	Not published
12	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$47,600	30	0.0
13	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$47,450	90	0.1
14	Syracuse, NY	$47,280	40	0.1
15	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$45,180	40	0.0
16	Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$43,540	60	0.1
17	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$43,340	40	0.0
18	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$42,380	30	0.0
19	Baton Rouge, LA	$36,790	Not published	Not published
20	Jacksonville, FL	$33,930	50	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Correspondence 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.