Brokerage Clerks salary

SOC 43-4011 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$65,750

per year, nationally

Middle half

$58,620–$79,800

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

35,940

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

-9.5%

4,100 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$50,260$102,010

10th: $50,260
25th: $58,620
Median: $65,750
75th: $79,800
90th: $102,010

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where brokerage clerks earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	District of Columbia	$95,450	109.9	—	—
2	New York	$78,930	107.9	5,950	2.66×
3	Vermont	$78,200	98.0	30	0.45×
4	California	$77,960	110.7	4,740	1.13×
5	Connecticut	$75,330	103.6	420	1.07×
6	New Jersey	$74,830	108.8	3,260	3.30×
7	Michigan	$73,350	96.2	430	0.42×
8	Washington	$73,120	107.0	140	0.17×
9	Maine	$72,840	97.0	80	0.51×
10	Oregon	$72,250	103.4	470	1.04×
11	New Hampshire	$68,140	104.2	200	1.27×
12	Utah	$67,410	98.9	320	0.80×
13	Tennessee	$64,610	91.9	370	0.49×
14	Ohio	$64,020	92.8	800	0.62×
15	Wisconsin	$63,870	94.1	460	0.67×
16	Massachusetts	$63,640	105.8	890	1.06×
17	Illinois	$63,350	100.0	2,060	1.46×
18	Florida	$63,130	103.4	1,830	0.80×
19	Texas	$63,060	97.1	1,300	0.40×
20	Virginia	$62,560	101.1	750	0.79×
21	Rhode Island	$62,400	102.3	450	3.89×
22	Minnesota	$62,110	98.6	960	1.41×
23	Maryland	$62,080	105.0	560	0.88×
24	Arizona	$61,900	100.7	940	1.25×
25	Georgia	$61,570	96.3	540	0.48×
26	Louisiana	$61,500	88.2	—	—
27	Delaware	$61,390	99.8	—	—
28	North Carolina	$60,950	94.3	400	0.35×
29	Colorado	$60,950	103.1	220	0.32×
30	Nebraska	$60,880	90.1	440	1.87×
31	Pennsylvania	$60,390	97.6	1,470	1.05×
32	South Carolina	$59,710	93.7	440	0.82×
33	Arkansas	$58,670	86.9	90	0.30×
34	Indiana	$58,290	93.3	1,260	1.70×
35	Mississippi	$58,200	87.0	40	0.15×
36	Kentucky	$57,690	90.2	—	—
37	Iowa	$56,360	87.8	160	0.43×
38	South Dakota	$56,080	88.6	130	1.27×
39	Kansas	$49,990	90.1	310	0.92×
40	Montana	$48,360	94.6	110	0.94×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where brokerage clerks wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for brokerage clerks

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$90,220	110.4	320	1.22×
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$89,370	115.6	1,360	2.48×
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$82,680	111.1	—	—
4	Akron, OH	$81,230	93.4	110	1.44×
5	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$79,660	106.9	270	2.85×
6	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$78,930	112.6	7,100	3.24×
7	Portland-South Portland, ME	$78,210	101.9	60	0.88×
8	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$77,940	100.3	190	0.43×
9	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$77,710	113.6	1,730	1.19×
10	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$76,950	100.0	50	0.55×
11	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$75,420	105.4	340	1.22×
12	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$74,730	106.4	—	—
13	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$74,340	111.9	410	1.14×
14	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$73,080	114.2	470	0.72×
15	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$71,660	103.2	330	5.91×
16	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$68,660	96.3	180	0.70×
17	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$68,140	105.7	110	2.45×
18	Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$68,100	95.5	70	0.50×
19	Columbus, OH	$67,800	95.5	310	1.22×
20	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$67,410	100.9	300	1.56×
21	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$66,990	102.7	90	0.63×
22	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$66,860	108.9	550	0.76×
23	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$66,840	104.5	260	0.83×
24	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$66,740	102.4	60	0.82×
25	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$66,350	98.9	40	1.09×
26	Lincoln, NE	$65,350	91.6	50	1.29×
27	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$64,990	110.5	70	0.92×
28	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$64,800	98.1	100	0.32×
29	Naples-Marco Island, FL	$64,440	103.2	50	1.13×
30	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$64,000	108.3	760	1.22×
31	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$63,790	97.3	210	0.65×
32	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$63,510	106.7	190	0.78×
33	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$63,510	98.6	—	—
34	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$63,390	103.6	1,790	1.72×
35	Green Bay, WI	$63,330	93.1	30	0.80×
36	Jacksonville, FL	$63,190	99.5	260	1.49×
37	Tucson, AZ	$63,150	96.9	40	0.48×
38	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$62,890	101.6	40	1.20×
39	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$62,870	97.9	90	0.50×
40	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$62,860	101.4	190	0.58×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where brokerage clerks wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Customer Service Representatives$44,770
Receptionists and Information Clerks$38,010
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks$35,070
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$48,700
Loan Interviewers and Clerks$50,020
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$54,210
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$45,920
Information and Record Clerks, All Other$49,500