Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks · SOC 43-9041

Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks Salary in the Seattle Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area

Figures describe the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Seattle city limits.

Median annual wage$61,120
Median hourly wage$29.39

Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area earned a median of $61,120 per year ($29.39 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $43,370 at the 10th percentile to $77,970 at the 90th. BLS estimates 2,010 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks in the Seattle metro area earn more than $61,120 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $48,790 and $69,160.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$43,370$48,790$61,120$69,160$77,970
Hourly$20.85$23.46$29.39$33.25$37.49

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

  • Seattle metro areathis metro area
    $61,120 median for Seattle metro area; middle half earns $48,790 to $69,160
  • Washingtonstate (WA)
    $60,220 median for Washington; middle half earns $49,700 to $69,010
  • $49,230 median for United States; middle half earns $44,270 to $60,490

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

The median here is +1% vs Washington overall and +24% 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 Seattle metro area has the 11th-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 Washington

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.

  • Seattle metro areathis page
    $61,120 median for Seattle metro area; middle half earns $48,790 to $69,160
  • $61,390 median for Olympia metro area; middle half earns $58,010 to $74,710
  • $57,440 median for Spokane metro area; middle half earns $48,360 to $62,920
  • $52,070 median for Bremerton metro area; middle half earns $50,310 to $55,660

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.