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File Clerks · SOC 43-4071

File Clerks Salary in the San Francisco Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Francisco city limits.

Median annual wage$54,910
Median hourly wage$26.40

File Clerks in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area earned a median of $54,910 per year ($26.40 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $40,920 at the 10th percentile to $79,660 at the 90th. BLS estimates 890 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of File Clerks in the San Francisco metro area earn more than $54,910 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $47,730 and $74,380.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$40,920$47,730$54,910$74,380$79,660
Hourly$19.67$22.95$26.40$35.76$38.30

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

  • San Francisco metro areathis metro area
    $54,910
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $49,040
  • United Statesnational
    $43,600

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

The median here is +12% vs California overall and +26% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$25,700$37,413$49,127$60,840San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $25,700Harrisonburg, VA — $25,810Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $26,530Monroe, LA — $27,080Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $27,240Lake Charles, LA — $27,680Ocala, FL — $29,070Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $29,590Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $31,440Wichita Falls, TX — $31,480Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $31,740Lafayette, LA — $31,760Baton Rouge, LA — $32,160New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $32,740Jackson, MS — $32,960McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $33,510Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $34,010St. George, UT — $34,220Laredo, TX — $34,270Texarkana, TX-AR — $34,510El Paso, TX — $34,640Springfield, MO — $34,710Tyler, TX — $35,030Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $35,130College Station-Bryan, TX — $35,270Greenville, NC — $35,270Muncie, IN — $35,370Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $35,400Great Falls, MT — $35,470Lubbock, TX — $35,500Eagle Pass, TX — $35,770Bloomington, IL — $36,090Florence, SC — $36,170Rome, GA — $36,180Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $36,210Johnson City, TN — $36,220Corpus Christi, TX — $36,290Missoula, MT — $36,330Chattanooga, TN-GA — $36,400Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $36,400Ogden, UT — $36,460Killeen-Temple, TX — $36,640Longview, TX — $36,670Sherman-Denison, TX — $36,670Morristown, TN — $36,810Tallahassee, FL — $37,040Youngstown-Warren, OH — $37,070Albuquerque, NM — $37,080El Centro, CA — $37,170Odessa, TX — $37,170Utica-Rome, NY — $37,190Flint, MI — $37,320Columbia, SC — $37,510Bloomington, IN — $37,550Billings, MT — $37,580Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $37,690Amarillo, TX — $37,700Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $37,750Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $37,790Las Cruces, NM — $37,950Roanoke, VA — $37,950Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $38,130Lynchburg, VA — $38,250Waco, TX — $38,500Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $38,530Charleston, WV — $38,540South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $38,590Evansville, IN — $38,600Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $38,690Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $38,720Abilene, TX — $38,830Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $38,840Cleveland, OH — $38,890Jackson, TN — $39,030Canton-Massillon, OH — $39,050Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $39,100Redding, CA — $39,110Chico, CA — $39,250Wilmington, NC — $39,290Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $39,430Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $39,500Macon-Bibb County, GA — $39,500North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $39,510San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $39,520Grand Junction, CO — $39,630Asheville, NC — $39,640Terre Haute, IN — $39,690Chambersburg, PA — $39,730Gainesville, FL — $39,790Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $39,810Dover, DE — $39,940Helena, MT — $39,980Syracuse, NY — $39,990Columbia, MO — $40,030Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $40,080Spartanburg, SC — $40,100Erie, PA — $40,150Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $40,160Winston-Salem, NC — $40,230Tucson, AZ — $40,540Tulsa, OK — $40,630Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $40,700Oklahoma City, OK — $40,750Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $40,770Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $40,780Lincoln, NE — $40,810St. Louis, MO-IL — $40,850Clarksville, TN-KY — $40,910Springfield, IL — $41,030Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $41,050Peoria, IL — $41,080Savannah, GA — $41,240Wichita, KS — $41,250Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $41,260Fayetteville, NC — $41,270Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $41,280Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $41,360Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $41,400Rochester, NY — $41,600Reading, PA — $41,610Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $41,700Lawton, OK — $41,710Knoxville, TN — $41,720Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $41,720Wausau, WI — $41,790Charlottesville, VA — $41,930Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $41,970Fargo, ND-MN — $42,040Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $42,070Omaha, NE-IA — $42,160Greensboro-High Point, NC — $42,590Urban Honolulu, HI — $42,590Topeka, KS — $42,620Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $42,670Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $42,850Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $42,860Pittsburgh, PA — $42,920Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $42,990Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $43,000Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $43,080Pueblo, CO — $43,220Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $43,250Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $43,270Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $43,320Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $43,360Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $43,490Lancaster, PA — $43,540Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $43,620Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $43,620York-Hanover, PA — $43,680Champaign-Urbana, IL — $43,690Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $43,750Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $43,820Colorado Springs, CO — $43,870Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $44,090Akron, OH — $44,170Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $44,180Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $44,250Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $44,300Sheboygan, WI — $44,320Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $44,460Lexington-Fayette, KY — $44,510Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $44,570Fresno, CA — $44,610New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $44,710Columbus, OH — $44,730Kansas City, MO-KS — $44,740Port St. Lucie, FL — $44,790Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $44,810Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $44,830Bend, OR — $44,840Flagstaff, AZ — $44,850St. Cloud, MN — $45,000Duluth, MN-WI — $45,140Worcester, MA — $45,160Yuma, AZ — $45,210Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $45,250Jacksonville, FL — $45,330Green Bay, WI — $45,390Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $45,520Kenosha, WI — $45,550Midland, TX — $45,650Visalia, CA — $45,660Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $45,760Portland-South Portland, ME — $45,800Idaho Falls, ID — $45,820Appleton, WI — $45,840Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $45,910Manchester-Nashua, NH — $45,940Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $45,970Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $45,980Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $46,160Naples-Marco Island, FL — $46,170Coeur d'Alene, ID — $46,190Gainesville, GA — $46,200Springfield, MA — $46,250Fort Wayne, IN — $46,270Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $46,300Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $46,400Boulder, CO — $46,570Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $46,650Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $46,680Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $46,700Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $46,880Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $46,990Richmond, VA — $47,020Ann Arbor, MI — $47,120Eugene-Springfield, OR — $47,230Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $47,270Janesville-Beloit, WI — $47,340Madison, WI — $47,370Raleigh-Cary, NC — $47,560Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $47,680San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $47,720State College, PA — $48,280Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $48,400Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $48,450Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $48,490Boise City, ID — $48,580Anchorage, AK — $48,630Reno, NV — $48,680Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $48,720Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $48,800Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $49,040Stockton-Lodi, CA — $49,050Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $49,180Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $49,420Cedar Rapids, IA — $49,460La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $49,620Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $49,810Rockford, IL — $49,870New Haven, CT — $50,140San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $50,260Salem, OR — $50,390Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $50,680Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $50,740Toledo, OH — $50,840Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $51,990Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $52,280Medford, OR — $52,780Modesto, CA — $52,830Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $53,860Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $54,240Greeley, CO — $54,360Carson City, NV — $54,820San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $54,910Napa, CA — $55,980Vallejo, CA — $56,750Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $58,320Salinas, CA — $59,040Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $60,530San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $60,840

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 Francisco metro area has the 7th-highest published median for this occupation among the 252 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 file clerks, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Francisco metro areathis page
    $54,910
  • San Jose metro area
    $60,840
  • Santa Cruz metro area
    $60,530
  • Salinas metro area
    $59,040
  • Vallejo metro area
    $56,750
  • Napa metro area
    $55,980
  • Hanford metro area
    $53,860

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:

Office Clerks, General$52,000Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$62,110Customer Service Representatives$57,830First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$88,560Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$65,530Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$61,330

Highest-paying metro areas for file clerkss · Highest-paying occupations in San Francisco 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.

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.