Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks · SOC 43-9041

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerkss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for insurance claims and policy processing clerks. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (10 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 263 metro areas

Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$67,170	270	1.4
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$64,260	2,390	1.0
3	Barnstable Town, MA	$63,190	70	0.7
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$62,900	800	0.7
5	Janesville-Beloit, WI	$62,500	50	0.7
6	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$62,310	1,470	2.4
7	Appleton, WI	$62,170	140	1.1
8	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$61,460	100	0.5
9	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$61,410	230	1.1
10	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$61,390	820	6.3
11	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$61,120	2,010	1.0
12	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$60,740	1,780	1.7
13	Portland-South Portland, ME	$60,630	940	3.3
14	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$60,440	970	0.6
15	Vallejo, CA	$60,280	180	1.3
16	Bozeman, MT	$60,200	50	0.7
17	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$60,070	7,700	0.8
18	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$59,390	290	0.7
19	St. Cloud, MN	$59,390	60	0.5
20	Ann Arbor, MI	$59,370	100	0.4
21	Wausau, WI	$59,270	150	2.1
22	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$58,580	1,230	0.4
23	Glens Falls, NY	$58,400	50	1.1
24	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$58,260	2,460	1.3
25	Boise City, ID	$58,100	300	0.8

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Insurance Claims and Policy Processing 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.