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Correspondence Clerks — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$46,800

United States, 2025

Employment

4,290

United States, 2025

Typical education

High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)

Job Zone 2

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Compose letters or electronic correspondence in reply to requests for merchandise, damage claims, credit and other information, delinquent accounts, incorrect billings, or unsatisfactory services. Duties may include gathering data to formulate reply and preparing correspondence.

O*NET code
43-4021.00
Job zone
2
Experience required
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years

Typical tasks

  • Maintain files and control records to show correspondence activities.
  • Read incoming correspondence to ascertain nature of writers' concerns and to determine disposition of correspondence.
  • Gather records pertinent to specific problems, review them for completeness and accuracy, and attach records to correspondence as necessary.
  • Prepare documents and correspondence, such as damage claims, credit and billing inquiries, invoices, and service complaints.
  • Compile data from records to prepare periodic reports.
  • Compose letters in reply to correspondence concerning such items as requests for merchandise, damage claims, credit information requests, delinquent accounts, incorrect billing, or unsatisfactory service.
  • Route correspondence to other departments for reply.
  • Ensure that money collected is properly recorded and secured.

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Salary analysis — United States

$33,300
10th
$38,610
25th
$46,800
Median
$56,090
75th
$64,510
90th

10th percentile

$33,300

25th percentile

$38,610

75th percentile

$56,090

90th percentile

$64,510

Most important skills

  • Writing4.0
  • Reading Comprehension3.8
  • Active Listening3.8
  • Speaking3.5
  • Critical Thinking3.4
  • Judgment and Decision Making3.3
  • Social Perceptiveness3.1
  • Time Management3.0
  • Service Orientation3.0
  • Complex Problem Solving2.9
  • Monitoring2.9
  • Coordination2.9

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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 9 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

9

Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.

Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Writing4.04.1Not selected4.1
Reading Comprehension3.84.0Not selected4.0
Active Listening3.83.9Not selected3.9
Critical Thinking3.43.8Not selected3.8
Speaking3.53.5Not selected3.5
Judgment and Decision Making3.33.0Not selected3.0
Service Orientation3.03.0Not selected3.0
Social Perceptiveness3.12.9Not selected2.9
Time Management3.02.9Not selected2.9

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
Portland, OR$65,270802025
CT$61,310702025
OR$61,1601102025
Manchester, NH$58,270402025
Chicago, IL$56,030302025
CA$53,6402402025
New York, NY$51,6503302025
Chattanooga, TN$51,480502025
ID$51,010402025
Las Vegas, NV$50,8902025
NE$49,800602025
Omaha, NE$49,800602025
NH$49,7301202025
IN$49,710702025
OH$49,700402025
Dallas, TX$49,6502802025
NY$49,3605402025
ME$49,180402025
TX$48,8608302025
San Antonio, TX$48,8601302025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.