Pay distribution $41,010 10th $44,850 25th $58,410 75th $78,130 90th
Half of Counter and Rental Clerks in the San Jose metro area earn more than $48,570 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $44,850 and $58,410.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $41,010 $44,850 $48,570 $58,410 $78,130 Hourly $19.72 $21.56 $23.35 $28.08 $37.56
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares San Jose metro areathis metro area
$48,570 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $44,850 to $58,410
$45,010 median for California; middle half earns $37,630 to $53,640
$41,300 median for United States; middle half earns $35,630 to $50,190
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +8% vs California overall and +18% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $22,410 $31,390 $40,370 $49,350 Ponce, PR — $22,410 Aguadilla, PR — $22,510 Arecibo, PR — $22,530 Mayaguez, PR — $22,690 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $23,190 Hammond, LA — $29,460 Las Cruces, NM — $29,510 Laredo, TX — $30,250 Gadsden, AL — $30,530 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $30,770 Hattiesburg, MS — $30,810 Alexandria, LA — $30,890 Sumter, SC — $30,910 Monroe, LA — $30,950 Hot Springs, AR — $30,990 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $31,200 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $31,510 Morgantown, WV — $31,850 Beckley, WV — $32,010 Dothan, AL — $32,010 Eagle Pass, TX — $32,030 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $32,290 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $32,980 Wheeling, WV-OH — $32,990 Enid, OK — $33,040 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $33,270 El Paso, TX — $33,280 Longview, TX — $33,680 Tyler, TX — $33,710 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $33,810 Texarkana, TX-AR — $33,850 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $33,880 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $33,900 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $33,960 Baton Rouge, LA — $34,310 Terre Haute, IN — $34,420 Tuscaloosa, AL — $34,430 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $34,510 Montgomery, AL — $34,630 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $34,730 Victoria, TX — $34,940 Abilene, TX — $35,000 Lubbock, TX — $35,000 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $35,060 Jacksonville, NC — $35,090 Sebring, FL — $35,170 Columbus, GA-AL — $35,180 Decatur, AL — $35,190 Springfield, OH — $35,220 Columbia, MO — $35,240 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $35,280 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $35,350 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $35,470 Florence, SC — $35,480 Mobile, AL — $35,480 Wichita Falls, TX — $35,480 Corpus Christi, TX — $35,490 Charleston, WV — $35,500 Killeen-Temple, TX — $35,540 Farmington, NM — $35,570 Kankakee, IL — $35,600 Tallahassee, FL — $35,610 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $35,620 Albuquerque, NM — $35,630 Goldsboro, NC — $35,650 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $35,670 Decatur, IL — $35,680 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $35,760 Bay City, MI — $35,810 Fayetteville, NC — $35,850 Paducah, KY-IL — $35,940 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $35,940 Evansville, IN — $36,050 Wichita, KS — $36,060 Morristown, TN — $36,120 Rapid City, SD — $36,120 Jefferson City, MO — $36,130 College Station-Bryan, TX — $36,140 Sherman-Denison, TX — $36,140 Lake Charles, LA — $36,190 Columbus, IN — $36,230 Muncie, IN — $36,230 Rocky Mount, NC — $36,240 San Angelo, TX — $36,250 Lawton, OK — $36,300 Birmingham, AL — $36,310 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $36,370 Clarksville, TN-KY — $36,380 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $36,380 Joplin, MO-KS — $36,390 Ocala, FL — $36,390 Albany, GA — $36,400 Jonesboro, AR — $36,470 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $36,540 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $36,540 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $36,550 Bloomington, IN — $36,570 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $36,570 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $36,580 Greenville, NC — $36,580 Fort Wayne, IN — $36,630 Hinesville, GA — $36,650 Niles, MI — $36,650 Homosassa Springs, FL — $36,680 Huntsville, AL — $36,710 Cleveland, TN — $36,730 Gainesville, FL — $36,750 Waco, TX — $36,760 Dover, DE — $36,770 Mansfield, OH — $36,770 Bloomington, IL — $36,800 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $36,800 Jackson, MI — $36,810 Salisbury, MD — $36,830 St. George, UT — $36,880 Columbia, SC — $36,900 Jackson, MS — $36,910 Burlington, NC — $36,920 Erie, PA — $36,950 Lincoln, NE — $36,970 Port St. Lucie, FL — $36,970 Valdosta, GA — $36,970 Amarillo, TX — $36,980 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $37,050 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $37,060 Omaha, NE-IA — $37,060 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $37,070 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $37,120 Lexington Park, MD — $37,150 Winston-Salem, NC — $37,150 Warner Robins, GA — $37,200 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $37,200 Tulsa, OK — $37,280 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $37,290 Traverse City, MI — $37,300 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $37,340 Bowling Green, KY — $37,350 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $37,360 Jackson, TN — $37,360 Johnson City, TN — $37,370 Santa Fe, NM — $37,370 State College, PA — $37,390 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $37,430 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $37,430 Springfield, MO — $37,430 Knoxville, TN — $37,440 Topeka, KS — $37,440 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $37,460 Toledo, OH — $37,530 Ogden, UT — $37,600 Jacksonville, FL — $37,650 Kokomo, IN — $37,650 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $37,650 Punta Gorda, FL — $37,650 Carson City, NV — $37,680 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $37,710 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $37,710 Altoona, PA — $37,770 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $37,850 Oklahoma City, OK — $37,850 Grand Island, NE — $37,870 Wilmington, NC — $37,900 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $37,920 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $37,920 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $37,930 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $37,940 Sandusky, OH — $37,950 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $38,000 Rockford, IL — $38,020 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $38,040 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $38,060 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $38,060 Spartanburg, SC — $38,060 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $38,080 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $38,110 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $38,120 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $38,170 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $38,180 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $38,190 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $38,200 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $38,220 Kingston, NY — $38,280 St. Louis, MO-IL — $38,290 Springfield, IL — $38,310 Albany, OR — $38,380 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $38,380 Dubuque, IA — $38,400 Pittsburgh, PA — $38,460 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $38,470 Casper, WY — $38,480 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $38,480 Grants Pass, OR — $38,480 Lafayette, LA — $38,500 Savannah, GA — $38,510 Odessa, TX — $38,590 Idaho Falls, ID — $38,600 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $38,620 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $38,640 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $38,700 Tucson, AZ — $38,720 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $38,740 Ames, IA — $38,780 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $38,800 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $38,860 Springfield, MA — $38,860 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $38,870 Lynchburg, VA — $38,880 Canton-Massillon, OH — $38,890 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $38,900 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $38,910 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $38,920 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $38,960 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $38,990 El Centro, CA — $39,050 Cleveland, OH — $39,080 Reading, PA — $39,130 Ann Arbor, MI — $39,150 Great Falls, MT — $39,170 Johnstown, PA — $39,170 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $39,180 Columbus, OH — $39,180 Midland, TX — $39,240 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $39,240 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $39,300 Midland, MI — $39,320 Roanoke, VA — $39,370 New Haven, CT — $39,410 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $39,490 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $39,520 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $39,530 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $39,580 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $39,630 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $39,690 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $39,770 Peoria, IL — $39,770 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $39,890 Akron, OH — $39,930 Owensboro, KY — $40,000 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $40,020 Rome, GA — $40,110 Logan, UT-ID — $40,120 Gainesville, GA — $40,180 Kansas City, MO-KS — $40,190 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $40,200 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $40,200 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $40,300 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $40,330 Flagstaff, AZ — $40,360 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $40,430 Chico, CA — $40,460 Monroe, MI — $40,610 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $40,670 Asheville, NC — $40,740 Utica-Rome, NY — $40,790 Manhattan, KS — $41,030 Redding, CA — $41,150 Binghamton, NY — $41,220 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $41,250 Helena, MT — $41,260 Lewiston, ID-WA — $41,310 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $41,590 Elizabethtown, KY — $41,590 Boise City, ID — $41,600 Pocatello, ID — $41,600 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $41,600 Cedar Rapids, IA — $41,680 Dalton, GA — $41,750 Twin Falls, ID — $41,790 Pittsfield, MA — $41,860 Longview-Kelso, WA — $41,890 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $41,910 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $41,990 Yuma, AZ — $42,110 Medford, OR — $42,120 Saginaw, MI — $42,120 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $42,230 Salem, OR — $42,290 Flint, MI — $42,420 Visalia, CA — $42,450 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $42,470 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $42,470 Ithaca, NY — $42,590 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $42,600 Fresno, CA — $42,640 Reno, NV — $42,690 Worcester, MA — $42,840 Salinas, CA — $42,880 Bangor, ME — $42,940 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $43,050 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $43,050 Anchorage, AK — $43,070 Lancaster, PA — $43,110 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $43,130 Lima, OH — $43,160 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $43,200 Lawrence, KS — $43,280 Elmira, NY — $43,420 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $43,440 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $43,480 Colorado Springs, CO — $43,510 Merced, CA — $43,540 Fargo, ND-MN — $43,630 Walla Walla, WA — $43,630 Chambersburg, PA — $43,660 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $43,660 York-Hanover, PA — $43,720 Williamsport, PA — $43,790 Cheyenne, WY — $43,860 Bozeman, MT — $43,880 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $43,880 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $43,880 Yuba City, CA — $43,880 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $43,910 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $43,970 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $43,980 Urban Honolulu, HI — $43,980 Iowa City, IA — $44,020 Grand Junction, CO — $44,060 Lebanon, PA — $44,060 Mankato, MN — $44,070 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $44,140 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $44,140 Yakima, WA — $44,160 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $44,380 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $44,410 Corvallis, OR — $44,460 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $44,460 Modesto, CA — $44,600 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $44,740 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $44,760 Duluth, MN-WI — $44,770 Bend, OR — $44,810 Battle Creek, MI — $44,840 Charlottesville, VA — $44,960 Winchester, VA-WV — $44,990 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $45,040 Missoula, MT — $45,050 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $45,120 Bismarck, ND — $45,240 Barnstable Town, MA — $45,250 Napa, CA — $45,280 Syracuse, NY — $45,280 Glens Falls, NY — $45,300 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $45,300 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $45,310 Fairbanks-College, AK — $45,340 Vallejo, CA — $45,490 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $45,510 Green Bay, WI — $45,510 St. Cloud, MN — $45,540 Kenosha, WI — $45,570 Vineland, NJ — $45,620 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $45,690 Wausau, WI — $45,700 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $45,730 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $45,760 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $45,780 Pueblo, CO — $45,900 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $45,990 Eau Claire, WI — $46,090 Harrisonburg, VA — $46,120 Bellingham, WA — $46,140 Appleton, WI — $46,360 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $46,380 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $46,420 Rochester, NY — $46,480 Richmond, VA — $46,520 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $46,530 Rochester, MN — $46,660 Billings, MT — $46,670 Fond du Lac, WI — $46,690 Gettysburg, PA — $46,770 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $46,840 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $46,900 Boulder, CO — $46,960 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $46,960 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $46,970 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $47,030 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $47,110 Minot, ND — $47,170 Madison, WI — $47,300 Greeley, CO — $47,410 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $47,450 Sheboygan, WI — $47,610 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $47,740 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $48,010 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $48,040 Portland-South Portland, ME — $48,090 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $48,570 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $48,600 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $48,630 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $49,350 San Jose metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The San Jose metro area has the 4th-highest published median for this occupation among the 392 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in California Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for counter and rental clerks, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
San Jose metro areathis page
$48,570 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $44,850 to $58,410
$47,740 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $43,850 to $57,560
$45,780 median for Santa Rosa metro area; middle half earns $39,980 to $57,960
$45,490 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $38,960 to $62,000
$45,280 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $40,670 to $58,240
$45,120 median for Sacramento metro area; middle half earns $38,260 to $57,900
$44,600 median for Modesto metro area; middle half earns $37,820 to $58,050
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Retail Salespersons $44,220 Cashiers $42,960 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel $116,510 Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products $103,670 First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers $61,710 Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents $100,030 Highest-paying metro areas for counter and rental clerkss · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .