Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks Career, Salary and Skills
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $50,080 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 12,030. Wage data is published for 91 locations.
Occupation description
Authorize credit charges against customers' accounts. Investigate history and credit standing of individuals or business establishments applying for credit. May interview applicants to obtain personal and financial data, determine credit worthiness, process applications, and notify customers of acceptance or rejection of credit.
O*NET code
43-4041.00
Job zone
2
Typical education
Not recorded
Experience
Not recorded
National salary and employment
Median annual
$50,080
Hourly median
$24.08
Employment
12,030
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 3.62 | 3.50 |
| Active Listening | 3.62 | 3.62 |
| Speaking | 3.62 | 3.50 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.25 | 3.38 |
| Time Management | 3.12 | 2.75 |
| Writing | 3.12 | 3.12 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.12 | 3.00 |
| Coordination | 3.00 | 2.75 |
| Monitoring | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Service Orientation | 3.00 | 3.00 |
Typical tasks
- Keep records of customers' charges and payments.
- Compile and analyze credit information gathered by investigation.
- Obtain information about potential creditors from banks, credit bureaus, and other credit services, and provide reciprocal information if requested.
- Interview credit applicants by telephone or in person to obtain personal and financial data needed to complete credit report.
- Evaluate customers' computerized credit records and payment histories to decide whether to approve new credit, based on predetermined standards.
- File sales slips in customers' ledgers for billing purposes.
- Receive charge slips or credit applications by mail, or receive information from salespeople or merchants by telephone.
- Mail charge statements to customers.
Technology
- Email software
- Equifax software
- Experian software
- Financial accounting software
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft Word
- SAP software
- Spreadsheet programs
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks Salary in TXMedian $62,930 · Employment 1,180
- Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks Salary in FLMedian $41,810 · Employment 930
- Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks Salary in New York, NYMedian $59,370 · Employment 810
- Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks Salary in Dallas, TXMedian $62,930 · Employment 770
- Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks Salary in NYMedian $56,510 · Employment 730
- Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks Salary in GAMedian $30,490 · Employment 720
- Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks Salary in NJMedian $59,400 · Employment 600
- Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks Salary in CAMedian $51,950 · Employment 590
- Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks Salary in NCMedian $47,340 · Employment 500
- Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks Salary in OHMedian $57,120 · Employment 490
- Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks Salary in INMedian $47,930 · Employment 470
- Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks Salary in Philadelphia, PAMedian $63,400 · Employment 410
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.