Counter and Rental Clerks · SOC 41-2021

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Counter and Rental Clerkss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for counter and rental clerks. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 392 metro areas

Counter and Rental Clerks: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$49,350	9,140	4.4
2	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$48,630	330	2.7
3	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$48,600	350	1.4
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$48,570	2,880	2.5
5	Portland-South Portland, ME	$48,090	510	1.8
6	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$48,040	16,880	1.8
7	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$48,010	6,410	2.0
8	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$47,740	7,700	3.2
9	Sheboygan, WI	$47,610	110	1.8
10	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	$47,450	240	4.7
11	Greeley, CO	$47,410	470	3.9
12	Madison, WI	$47,300	750	1.8
13	Minot, ND	$47,170	160	4.7
14	Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	$47,110	190	2.0
15	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$47,030	400	5.4
16	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$46,970	340	3.7
17	Boulder, CO	$46,960	700	3.6
18	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$46,960	790	4.7
19	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$46,900	7,760	4.8
20	Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	$46,840	190	2.5
21	Gettysburg, PA	$46,770	60	1.9
22	Fond du Lac, WI	$46,690	120	2.6
23	Billings, MT	$46,670	340	3.6
24	Rochester, MN	$46,660	200	1.6
25	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$46,530	340	2.0

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