Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks · SOC 43-4041

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerkss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (7 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 57 metro areas

Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$63,400	410	0.1
2	Omaha, NE-IA	$63,220	80	0.2
3	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$62,930	770	0.2
4	St. Louis, MO-IL	$62,210	70	0.0
5	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$61,030	50	0.0
6	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$60,670	120	0.1
7	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$60,300	30	0.0
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$60,120	70	0.0
9	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$59,370	810	0.1
10	Richmond, VA	$58,330	60	0.1
11	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$57,910	140	0.0
12	Columbus, OH	$57,610	170	0.2
13	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$57,440	80	0.2
14	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$57,100	110	0.1
15	Cleveland, OH	$56,450	40	0.0
16	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$55,360	230	0.1
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$55,290	70	0.0
18	Portland-South Portland, ME	$54,510	Not published	Not published
19	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$53,790	130	0.1
20	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$53,430	70	0.0
21	Rochester, NY	$53,010	30	0.1
22	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$52,530	290	0.0
23	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$51,430	70	0.1
24	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$51,260	130	0.2
25	Pittsburgh, PA	$51,090	60	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and 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.