Receptionists and Information Clerks · SOC 43-4171

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Receptionists and Information Clerkss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for receptionists and information 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 393 metro areas

Receptionists and Information Clerks: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$49,450	8,510	3.6
2	Fairbanks-College, AK	$47,260	160	4.4
3	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$47,130	3,990	3.5
4	Napa, CA	$46,850	280	3.6
5	Barnstable Town, MA	$45,820	670	7.1
6	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$45,820	14,260	6.8
7	Hanford-Corcoran, CA	$45,650	180	3.6
8	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$45,550	1,160	5.6
9	Vallejo, CA	$45,500	720	5.0
10	Sheboygan, WI	$45,430	610	10.1
11	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$45,140	4,570	4.2
12	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$45,060	450	8.5
13	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$44,980	510	5.2
14	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$44,890	690	5.7
15	Portland-South Portland, ME	$44,770	1,730	6.0
16	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$44,690	74,190	7.8
17	Anchorage, AK	$44,630	890	5.0
18	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$44,610	4,780	11.8
19	Modesto, CA	$44,610	890	4.5
20	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$44,390	6,690	4.4
21	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$44,270	1,020	5.1
22	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$44,130	920	9.8
23	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$43,930	14,320	5.3
24	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$43,710	470	6.4
25	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$43,680	5,480	3.4

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