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Office Clerks, General — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$45,010

United States, 2025

Employment

2,464,940

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

Perform duties too varied and diverse to be classified in any specific office clerical occupation, requiring knowledge of office systems and procedures. Clerical duties may be assigned in accordance with the office procedures of individual establishments and may include a combination of answering telephones, bookkeeping, typing or word processing, office machine operation, and filing.

O*NET code
43-9061.00
Job zone
2
Experience required
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years

Typical tasks

  • Operate office machines, such as photocopiers and scanners, facsimile machines, voice mail systems, and personal computers.
  • Answer telephones, direct calls, and take messages.
  • Communicate with customers, employees, and other individuals to answer questions, disseminate or explain information, take orders, and address complaints.
  • Maintain and update filing, inventory, mailing, and database systems, either manually or using a computer.
  • Compile, copy, sort, and file records of office activities, business transactions, and other activities.
  • Review files, records, and other documents to obtain information to respond to requests.
  • Open, sort, and route incoming mail, answer correspondence, and prepare outgoing mail.
  • Compute, record, and proofread data and other information, such as records or reports.

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Salary analysis — United States

$30,310
10th
$36,350
25th
$45,010
Median
$54,300
75th
$64,680
90th

10th percentile

$30,310

25th percentile

$36,350

75th percentile

$54,300

90th percentile

$64,680

Most important skills

  • Active Listening3.8
  • Reading Comprehension3.8
  • Speaking3.6
  • Writing3.1
  • Service Orientation3.0
  • Time Management3.0
  • Critical Thinking3.0
  • Social Perceptiveness3.0
  • Coordination3.0
  • Monitoring2.9
  • Instructing2.8
  • Active Learning2.8

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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
Active Listening3.83.5Not selected3.5
Reading Comprehension3.83.5Not selected3.5
Speaking3.63.0Not selected3.0
Writing3.13.1Not selected3.1
Critical Thinking3.03.0Not selected3.0
Social Perceptiveness3.03.0Not selected3.0
Coordination3.03.0Not selected3.0
Service Orientation3.02.9Not selected2.9
Time Management3.02.8Not selected2.8

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
Boulder, CO$59,8401,5102025
San Jose, CA$58,84013,4702025
Greeley, CO$56,0301,5702025
Fort Collins, CO$55,9602,0302025
Santa Maria, CA$55,6203,6302025
DC$55,0405,6702025
Denver, CO$53,99016,3202025
Anchorage, AK$53,5501,9202025
CO$53,55031,7702025
Seattle, WA$53,29027,4602025
Amherst Town, MA$52,1901,4002025
San Francisco, CA$52,00037,5902025
Napa, CA$52,0001,2302025
AK$51,8903,4402025
Washington, DC$51,88039,4102025
Santa Rosa, CA$51,7803,3502025
Grand Junction, CO$51,6808902025
Bozeman, MT$50,8001,3902025
Boston, MA$50,71034,4802025
Pueblo, CO$50,6706602025
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.