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

Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks Salary in the Atlanta Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area

Figures describe the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Atlanta city limits.

Median annual wage$37,590
Median hourly wage$18.07

Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area earned a median of $37,590 per year ($18.07 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $29,380 at the 10th percentile to $75,100 at the 90th. BLS estimates 370 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks in the Atlanta metro area earn more than $37,590 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $29,800 and $47,860.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$29,380$29,800$37,590$47,860$75,100
Hourly$14.13$14.33$18.07$23.01$36.10

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.

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How this area compares

  • Atlanta metro areathis metro area
    $37,590 median for Atlanta metro area; middle half earns $29,800 to $47,860
  • Georgiastate (GA)
    $30,490 median for Georgia; middle half earns $27,440 to $43,340
  • $50,080 median for United States; middle half earns $40,520 to $60,860

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +23% vs Georgia overall and −25% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$27,120$39,213$51,307$63,400Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $27,120San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $33,710Baton Rouge, LA — $33,870Knoxville, TN — $34,800Birmingham, AL — $35,990Huntsville, AL — $36,400Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $37,330New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $37,440Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $37,590Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $38,140Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $41,220Greensboro-High Point, NC — $42,250Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $42,510Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $43,270Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $44,010Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $45,100Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $45,490Oklahoma City, OK — $46,040San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $46,040Tulsa, OK — $47,110Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $47,520Jacksonville, FL — $47,530Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $47,650Evansville, IN — $48,480Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $48,580Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $48,630Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $48,790Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $49,640Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $49,750Winston-Salem, NC — $49,750San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $50,440Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $50,820Pittsburgh, PA — $51,090Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $51,260Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $51,430Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $52,530Rochester, NY — $53,010Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $53,430Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $53,790Portland-South Portland, ME — $54,510Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $55,290Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $55,360Cleveland, OH — $56,450Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $57,100Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $57,440Columbus, OH — $57,610Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $57,910Richmond, VA — $58,330New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $59,370Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $60,120Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $60,300Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $60,670Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $61,030St. Louis, MO-IL — $62,210Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $62,930Omaha, NE-IA — $63,220Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $63,400

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 Atlanta metro area has the 49th-highest published median for this occupation among the 57 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 Georgia

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Atlanta metro areathis page
    $37,590 median for Atlanta metro area; middle half earns $29,800 to $47,860
  • $27,120 median for Augusta metro area; middle half earns $26,680 to $38,370

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

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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.

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.