New Accounts Clerks salary

SOC 43-4141 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$47,670

per year, nationally

Middle half

$43,920–$55,100

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

36,860

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

-13.2%

2,300 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.

$38,180$60,910

10th: $38,180
25th: $43,920
Median: $47,670
75th: $55,100
90th: $60,910

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 new accounts 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	$60,990	109.9	—	—
2	North Dakota	$57,970	89.0	140	1.35×
3	New York	$57,950	107.9	4,800	2.09×
4	New Jersey	$57,240	108.8	230	0.23×
5	Connecticut	$57,080	103.6	420	1.04×
6	Washington	$52,830	107.0	310	0.37×
7	California	$52,100	110.7	950	0.22×
8	New Mexico	$51,380	92.2	150	0.71×
9	Missouri	$50,270	90.8	590	0.85×
10	Tennessee	$49,770	91.9	420	0.54×
11	North Carolina	$49,480	94.3	1,910	1.63×
12	Illinois	$49,040	100.0	2,020	1.40×
13	Minnesota	$48,920	98.6	1,160	1.66×
14	Colorado	$48,870	103.1	390	0.58×
15	Oregon	$48,330	103.4	1,410	3.03×
16	Ohio	$48,310	92.8	—	—
17	New Hampshire	$48,170	104.2	410	2.50×
18	Wisconsin	$48,050	94.1	2,100	3.01×
19	Vermont	$47,910	98.0	190	2.59×
20	Nevada	$47,450	100.0	850	2.30×
21	Hawaii	$47,440	110.0	140	0.94×
22	Maine	$47,420	97.0	510	3.39×
23	Pennsylvania	$47,330	97.6	1,400	0.97×
24	Delaware	$47,150	99.8	140	1.26×
25	Nebraska	$47,140	90.1	1,150	4.75×
26	Michigan	$46,780	96.2	1,800	1.72×
27	Virginia	$46,350	101.1	640	0.66×
28	Florida	$45,930	103.4	910	0.38×
29	Georgia	$45,770	96.3	1,650	1.42×
30	Idaho	$45,760	95.5	350	1.70×
31	Wyoming	$45,760	92.7	180	2.73×
32	Iowa	$45,630	87.8	1,320	3.57×
33	South Carolina	$45,500	93.7	60	0.12×
34	Utah	$44,890	98.9	210	0.51×
35	Alabama	$44,780	88.8	140	0.29×
36	Texas	$44,040	97.1	2,360	0.71×
37	Kentucky	$43,990	90.2	240	0.51×
38	Montana	$43,610	94.6	470	3.89×
39	Oklahoma	$43,380	87.8	1,650	4.08×
40	Maryland	$43,200	105.0	80	0.12×
41	Indiana	$42,950	93.3	480	0.63×
42	Mississippi	$40,910	87.0	160	0.57×
43	Kansas	$40,170	90.1	1,100	3.22×
44	West Virginia	$38,520	89.5	150	0.90×
45	Arkansas	$35,680	86.9	730	2.37×

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 new accounts clerks wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for new accounts 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	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$58,980	112.6	2,940	1.31×
2	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$58,410	108.9	160	0.22×
3	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$57,840	102.7	—	—
4	St. Louis, MO-IL	$57,090	95.1	380	1.18×
5	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$57,050	99.8	—	—
6	New Haven, CT	$56,820	104.6	90	1.35×
7	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$55,980	104.8	480	1.03×
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$55,440	111.1	130	0.27×
9	Flint, MI	$55,440	93.0	100	3.06×
10	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$55,170	105.8	140	0.35×
11	Fargo, ND-MN	$53,950	90.9	70	1.86×
12	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$52,830	113.6	400	0.27×
13	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$51,750	92.2	150	1.05×
14	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$51,090	111.9	—	—
15	York-Hanover, PA	$50,790	96.0	50	1.16×
16	Kingston, NY	$50,630	100.7	50	3.72×
17	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$50,570	105.4	530	1.86×
18	Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$50,460	95.4	—	—
19	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$50,270	106.4	50	0.12×
20	Ann Arbor, MI	$50,170	100.9	60	1.18×
21	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$50,090	108.3	140	0.23×
22	Asheville, NC	$49,980	96.5	120	2.75×
23	Madison, WI	$49,970	97.3	310	3.20×
24	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$49,950	103.6	1,270	1.19×
25	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$49,850	103.1	550	0.57×
26	Bend, OR	$49,830	103.6	50	1.98×
27	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$49,590	98.2	500	2.85×
28	Salem, OR	$49,560	103.6	80	1.83×
29	Portland-South Portland, ME	$49,490	101.9	190	2.76×
30	Binghamton, NY	$49,430	92.9	60	2.49×
31	Grants Pass, OR	$49,080	97.8	30	4.24×
32	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$49,000	99.6	290	2.70×
33	Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$48,940	109.4	170	2.62×
34	Glens Falls, NY	$48,860	94.9	50	4.35×
35	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$48,850	93.1	—	—
36	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$48,750	96.9	410	2.13×
37	Elmira, NY	$48,690	94.4	30	4.32×
38	Rochester, MN	$48,620	90.8	60	1.90×
39	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$48,610	100.9	40	1.43×
40	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$48,400	95.0	120	2.39×

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 new accounts clerks wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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