File Clerks · SOC 43-4071

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for File Clerkss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for file 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 25 of 252 metro areas

File 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	$60,840	540	0.5
2	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$60,530	60	0.7
3	Salinas, CA	$59,040	80	0.4
4	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$58,320	2,640	0.6
5	Vallejo, CA	$56,750	60	0.4
6	Napa, CA	$55,980	40	0.5
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$54,910	890	0.4
8	Carson City, NV	$54,820	40	1.3
9	Greeley, CO	$54,360	40	0.3
10	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$54,240	90	0.2
11	Hanford-Corcoran, CA	$53,860	30	0.7
12	Modesto, CA	$52,830	100	0.5
13	Medford, OR	$52,780	40	0.5
14	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$52,280	480	0.4
15	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	$51,990	40	0.3
16	Toledo, OH	$50,840	100	0.3
17	Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	$50,740	30	0.5
18	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$50,680	450	0.2
19	Salem, OR	$50,390	130	0.7
20	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$50,260	50	0.4
21	New Haven, CT	$50,140	40	0.1
22	Rockford, IL	$49,870	100	0.7
23	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$49,810	80	0.2
24	La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	$49,620	30	0.4
25	Cedar Rapids, IA	$49,460	90	0.7

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