Loan Interviewers and Clerks salary

SOC 43-4131 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$50,020

per year, nationally

Middle half

$45,120–$60,600

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

164,790

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

-2.3%

13,300 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.

$37,330$69,770

10th: $37,330
25th: $45,120
Median: $50,020
75th: $60,600
90th: $69,770

Getting in

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

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

Where loan interviewers and 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	$77,080	109.9	140	0.19×
2	Maryland	$59,430	105.0	1,590	0.54×
3	Connecticut	$58,980	103.6	970	0.54×
4	Massachusetts	$58,940	105.8	2,080	0.54×
5	New Jersey	$58,760	108.8	3,620	0.80×
6	Washington	$58,740	107.0	3,290	0.87×
7	New York	$58,120	107.9	4,780	0.47×
8	North Carolina	$57,780	94.3	4,800	0.92×
9	Delaware	$57,760	99.8	950	1.85×
10	Oregon	$57,650	103.4	1,920	0.92×
11	California	$57,300	110.7	14,680	0.76×
12	Nevada	$57,070	100.0	1,520	0.93×
13	Colorado	$56,760	103.1	2,500	0.82×
14	New Hampshire	$56,040	104.2	520	0.71×
15	Hawaii	$55,410	110.0	450	0.68×
16	Minnesota	$51,760	98.6	2,850	0.91×
17	Rhode Island	$51,560	102.3	650	1.23×
18	Michigan	$51,500	96.2	7,930	1.70×
19	Alaska	$51,470	102.4	330	0.95×
20	North Dakota	$51,290	89.0	980	2.16×
21	Florida	$50,510	103.4	10,690	1.02×
22	Virginia	$50,140	101.1	3,990	0.92×
23	Arizona	$50,120	100.7	4,700	1.37×
24	Iowa	$50,080	87.8	2,380	1.44×
25	Vermont	$50,060	98.0	290	0.91×
26	Maine	$50,020	97.0	650	0.96×
27	Illinois	$50,000	100.0	6,850	1.06×
28	Texas	$49,980	97.1	17,090	1.15×
29	Ohio	$49,150	92.8	5,800	0.99×
30	Nebraska	$48,970	90.1	1,010	0.93×
31	Wisconsin	$48,930	94.1	4,270	1.37×
32	Montana	$48,460	94.6	640	1.18×
33	Georgia	$48,310	96.3	4,020	0.78×
34	Utah	$48,110	98.9	2,820	1.53×
35	Idaho	$48,090	95.5	1,240	1.36×
36	Wyoming	$47,950	92.7	300	1.00×
37	Kentucky	$47,910	90.2	3,690	1.74×
38	Kansas	$47,640	90.1	2,770	1.82×
39	South Carolina	$47,500	93.7	2,820	1.16×
40	Pennsylvania	$47,350	97.6	4,330	0.67×
41	Indiana	$47,310	93.3	3,350	0.99×
42	Oklahoma	$47,210	87.8	3,300	1.82×
43	Missouri	$47,170	90.8	5,080	1.63×
44	South Dakota	$47,000	88.6	1,710	3.53×
45	Louisiana	$46,700	88.2	2,010	0.98×
46	New Mexico	$46,100	92.2	880	0.96×
47	Tennessee	$45,230	91.9	3,990	1.15×
48	Arkansas	$45,140	86.9	1,970	1.42×
49	West Virginia	$42,490	89.5	840	1.13×
50	Alabama	$40,300	88.8	2,960	1.32×
51	Mississippi	$39,120	87.0	1,770	1.44×

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 loan interviewers and clerks wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for loan interviewers and 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	Salinas, CA	$65,160	109.0	60	0.28×
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$62,530	110.4	820	0.69×
3	Vallejo, CA	$62,160	108.5	100	0.64×
4	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$61,630	108.8	110	0.52×
5	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$61,350	109.9	60	0.56×
6	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$61,330	111.1	1,700	0.77×
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$61,060	115.6	1,690	0.67×
8	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$61,010	106.9	250	0.60×
9	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$60,680	107.8	140	0.62×
10	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$60,510	97.3	1,790	1.24×
11	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$60,260	97.6	150	0.42×
12	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$60,250	108.3	1,530	0.53×
13	Barnstable Town, MA	$60,230	98.4	70	0.66×
14	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$60,190	112.6	4,710	0.47×
15	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$60,110	93.1	1,330	1.83×
16	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$60,020	105.4	1,180	0.92×
17	Greeley, CO	$60,010	100.2	50	0.43×
18	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$59,930	104.5	810	0.56×
19	Bellingham, WA	$59,760	103.3	90	0.93×
20	Jacksonville, FL	$59,710	99.5	1,320	1.63×
21	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$59,420	102.7	390	0.62×
22	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$59,140	105.8	1,530	0.89×
23	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$59,070	108.9	1,910	0.57×
24	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$58,890	101.1	100	0.56×
25	Wilmington, NC	$58,860	96.4	210	1.04×
26	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$58,700	108.6	90	0.66×
27	Greensboro-High Point, NC	$58,670	92.9	500	1.30×
28	Bismarck, ND	$58,450	91.0	130	1.77×
29	New Haven, CT	$58,420	104.6	120	0.41×
30	Asheville, NC	$58,110	96.5	90	0.48×
31	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$58,080	106.7	890	0.78×
32	Lawrence, KS	$57,890	90.2	70	1.24×
33	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$57,690	103.7	90	0.68×
34	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$57,650	111.9	1,070	0.66×
35	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$57,620	100.2	1,260	1.04×
36	Ames, IA	$57,580	88.8	50	0.88×
37	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$57,270	100.3	360	1.34×
38	Boulder, CO	$57,250	105.2	60	0.28×
39	Visalia, CA	$56,950	99.8	70	0.37×
40	Lewiston-Auburn, ME	$56,430	94.7	60	1.19×

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 loan interviewers and 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
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$54,210
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan$45,920
Information and Record Clerks, All Other$49,500
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks$44,390