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Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks · SOC 43-9041

Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks Salary in the New Orleans Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area

Figures describe the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not New Orleans city limits.

Median annual wage$44,920
Median hourly wage$21.60

Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area earned a median of $44,920 per year ($21.60 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $32,670 at the 10th percentile to $60,130 at the 90th. BLS estimates 270 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks in the New Orleans metro area earn more than $44,920 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $37,720 and $57,420.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$32,670$37,720$44,920$57,420$60,130
Hourly$15.71$18.14$21.60$27.61$28.91

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

  • New Orleans metro areathis metro area
    $44,920
  • Louisianastate (LA)
    $46,800
  • United Statesnational
    $49,230

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

The median here is −4% vs Louisiana overall and −9% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$25,950$39,690$53,430$67,170Ponce, PR — $25,950El Paso, TX — $30,540Arecibo, PR — $30,560San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $30,950Aguadilla, PR — $32,420Laredo, TX — $34,360Mobile, AL — $35,140Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $35,380Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $35,710Johnson City, TN — $35,900Visalia, CA — $36,160Johnstown, PA — $36,210Tuscaloosa, AL — $36,270Monroe, LA — $36,400Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $36,530Hattiesburg, MS — $36,800Jackson, TN — $36,810Erie, PA — $37,580Dothan, AL — $37,680Auburn-Opelika, AL — $37,750Albuquerque, NM — $38,220Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $38,250Montgomery, AL — $38,370Beckley, WV — $38,560Columbia, SC — $38,760Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $38,940Columbus, IN — $38,960Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $39,540Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $39,600Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $39,780Columbus, GA-AL — $39,840Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $40,370Abilene, TX — $40,610Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $40,660Jacksonville, NC — $40,670Valdosta, GA — $40,850Fort Smith, AR-OK — $40,970Corpus Christi, TX — $41,540Huntsville, AL — $41,590Bend, OR — $41,600Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $41,610Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $41,880Ocala, FL — $41,900Dalton, GA — $42,060Wheeling, WV-OH — $42,340Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $42,370McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $42,670Port St. Lucie, FL — $42,820Jefferson City, MO — $42,930Macon-Bibb County, GA — $43,120Joplin, MO-KS — $43,240Las Cruces, NM — $43,290Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $43,340Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $43,380Morgantown, WV — $43,400Charleston, WV — $43,410Bangor, ME — $43,560Jonesboro, AR — $43,670Youngstown-Warren, OH — $43,740Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $43,840Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $44,080Champaign-Urbana, IL — $44,140Amarillo, TX — $44,240Longview, TX — $44,450St. Joseph, MO-KS — $44,480Knoxville, TN — $44,520Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $44,630Wilmington, NC — $44,670Gainesville, GA — $44,710Lincoln, NE — $44,710Fayetteville, NC — $44,830Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $44,860New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $44,920Tyler, TX — $44,920San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $45,030Clarksville, TN-KY — $45,180Elmira, NY — $45,210Winston-Salem, NC — $45,340Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $45,380Roanoke, VA — $45,410Toledo, OH — $45,410Cedar Rapids, IA — $45,670Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $45,760Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $45,830Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $45,840Albany, GA — $45,980Albany, OR — $45,980Mansfield, OH — $46,010Bloomington, IL — $46,040Dubuque, IA — $46,040Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $46,050Florence, SC — $46,120North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $46,180Reno, NV — $46,180Tallahassee, FL — $46,200St. Louis, MO-IL — $46,210Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $46,230Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $46,300Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $46,330Traverse City, MI — $46,340Jackson, MI — $46,400Springfield, IL — $46,400Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $46,410Ogden, UT — $46,410Jacksonville, FL — $46,450Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $46,450Merced, CA — $46,470Jackson, MS — $46,500Asheville, NC — $46,740Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $46,770Gainesville, FL — $46,870Lancaster, PA — $46,890Hammond, LA — $46,910Canton-Massillon, OH — $46,950Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $46,970Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $47,010Rapid City, SD — $47,060Dover, DE — $47,070Urban Honolulu, HI — $47,070Akron, OH — $47,120Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $47,120Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $47,170Springfield, MO — $47,170Rochester, NY — $47,320Naples-Marco Island, FL — $47,340Burlington, NC — $47,490Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $47,520Topeka, KS — $47,550Peoria, IL — $47,580Wichita, KS — $47,590Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $47,620Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $47,630Killeen-Temple, TX — $47,630Baton Rouge, LA — $47,650Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $47,650Flint, MI — $47,680Fort Wayne, IN — $47,690Richmond, VA — $47,690Columbia, MO — $47,720Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $47,720Spartanburg, SC — $47,750Cleveland, OH — $47,800Rockford, IL — $47,810Eugene-Springfield, OR — $47,930Green Bay, WI — $48,000Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $48,070Chico, CA — $48,090Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $48,110Monroe, MI — $48,140Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $48,170Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $48,240Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $48,280Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $48,280Pittsburgh, PA — $48,280Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $48,300Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $48,330Fargo, ND-MN — $48,390Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $48,430Billings, MT — $48,510Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $48,550Coeur d'Alene, ID — $48,630Birmingham, AL — $48,700Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $48,700Tulsa, OK — $48,710Chattanooga, TN-GA — $48,770Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $48,920Iowa City, IA — $49,060Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $49,090Springfield, MA — $49,310South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $49,320Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $49,360Omaha, NE-IA — $49,410Stockton-Lodi, CA — $49,560Eau Claire, WI — $49,570Columbus, OH — $49,670La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $49,770Corvallis, OR — $49,790Oklahoma City, OK — $49,790Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $49,920Kansas City, MO-KS — $49,940Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $49,990Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $49,990Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $50,010Fresno, CA — $50,060Saginaw, MI — $50,070Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $50,120Reading, PA — $50,150Bismarck, ND — $50,180Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $50,270Lubbock, TX — $50,270Madison, WI — $50,320Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $50,580Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $50,620Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $50,630Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $50,720Lynchburg, VA — $50,760Modesto, CA — $50,930Tucson, AZ — $50,960Duluth, MN-WI — $51,020Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $51,090Syracuse, NY — $51,170Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $51,280Raleigh-Cary, NC — $51,300San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $51,310Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $51,370Worcester, MA — $51,400Greensboro-High Point, NC — $51,610Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $51,850Medford, OR — $52,000Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $52,070Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $52,070Missoula, MT — $52,190Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $52,290Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $52,560Utica-Rome, NY — $52,980Savannah, GA — $53,260Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $53,980Terre Haute, IN — $53,980Bloomington, IN — $54,000Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $54,900Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $55,310Bowling Green, KY — $55,480Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $55,890San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $55,910Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $55,950New Haven, CT — $56,110Redding, CA — $56,320Salinas, CA — $57,020Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $57,150Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $57,150Helena, MT — $57,260Lexington-Fayette, KY — $57,300Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $57,340Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $57,440Binghamton, NY — $57,500Salem, OR — $57,720Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $57,840Colorado Springs, CO — $58,080Boise City, ID — $58,100Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $58,260Glens Falls, NY — $58,400Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $58,580Wausau, WI — $59,270Ann Arbor, MI — $59,370Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $59,390St. Cloud, MN — $59,390New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $60,070Bozeman, MT — $60,200Vallejo, CA — $60,280Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $60,440Portland-South Portland, ME — $60,630Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $60,740Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $61,120Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $61,390Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $61,410Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $61,460Appleton, WI — $62,170Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $62,310Janesville-Beloit, WI — $62,500San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $62,900Barnstable Town, MA — $63,190San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $64,260Manchester-Nashua, NH — $67,170

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 New Orleans metro area has the 190th-highest published median for this occupation among the 263 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 Louisiana

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for insurance claims and policy processing clerks, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • New Orleans metro areathis page
    $44,920
  • Baton Rouge metro area
    $47,650
  • Hammond metro area
    $46,910
  • Shreveport metro area
    $45,840
  • Slidell metro area
    $38,940
  • Monroe metro area
    $36,400
  • Houma metro area
    $35,710

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$33,860Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$42,830Customer Service Representatives$39,300First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$60,270Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$46,980Receptionists and Information Clerks$35,750

Highest-paying metro areas for insurance claims and policy processing clerkss · Highest-paying occupations in New Orleans 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.