File Clerks Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for File Clerks positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$41,270

National average

Salary Range

$29,620 – $61,080

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

File Clerks Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$59,480$36,500$89,440
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$58,780$36,400$72,030
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$58,300$35,230$73,810
District of Columbia$57,560$43,190$77,870
Gainesville, FL$55,650$35,550$55,650
Medford, OR$53,840$35,170$62,500
Springfield, MA$53,520$38,240$65,460
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$51,770$35,740$64,270
Modesto, CA$51,330$36,610$65,780
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$50,920$37,010$66,290
Champaign-Urbana, IL$49,920$31,650$75,010
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$49,420$36,440$69,380
Oregon$49,340$33,800$65,290
Toledo, OH$49,030$27,740$54,860
Salinas, CA$48,980$36,150$67,590
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$48,840$30,430$58,130
Napa, CA$48,500$36,690$76,660
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$48,460$31,230$65,000
Rhode Island$48,440$31,430$62,590
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$48,360$36,120$59,080
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$48,160$34,490$56,410
Stockton-Lodi, CA$48,080$33,560$81,790
Worcester, MA$48,080$33,990$62,010
Cedar Rapids, IA$48,060$35,470$62,600
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$47,990$39,420$76,570
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$47,830$35,360$63,850
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$47,690$32,740$63,440
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$47,570$35,350$71,520
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$47,400$36,090$61,060
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$47,330$35,800$70,060
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$47,140$33,530$65,190
Richmond, VA$47,130$33,530$57,580
Washington$47,100$36,450$65,550
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$46,940$35,760$69,800
California$46,920$35,640$70,060
Battle Creek, MI$46,720$36,710$60,940
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$46,710$29,120$60,840
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$46,700$28,870$62,410
Massachusetts$46,570$34,660$63,700
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$46,400$34,750$66,480
Illinois$46,320$31,610$70,070
Hawaii$46,250$36,960$55,430
Urban Honolulu, HI$46,230$38,560$53,320
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$46,140$32,640$64,450
Janesville-Beloit, WI$46,000$31,610$60,410
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$45,960$40,000$58,780
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$45,940$35,150$67,100
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$45,900$40,400$54,090
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$45,890$32,320$64,470
Peoria, IL$45,840$33,990$61,380
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$45,820$37,050$56,680
Merced, CA$45,770$33,990$63,760
Sheboygan, WI$45,760$32,830$54,620
Ann Arbor, MI$45,750$35,520$56,640
Lancaster, PA$45,750$32,400$68,840
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$45,670$28,590$57,720
Raleigh-Cary, NC$45,660$31,200$53,100
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$45,650$39,040$68,720
Columbus, OH$45,530$29,740$70,860
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$45,380$30,300$56,130
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$45,320$33,600$61,660
Minnesota$45,310$36,840$60,010
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$45,310$35,180$57,490
Madison, WI$45,260$34,720$57,740
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$45,040$29,150$58,910
Lynchburg, VA$45,030$31,870$73,570
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$44,980$32,530$51,850
Iowa$44,930$28,270$61,490
Coeur d'Alene, ID$44,860$30,450$60,270
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$44,850$32,410$62,670
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$44,840$29,510$72,380
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$44,780$34,600$59,500
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$44,780$33,110$60,830
Boulder, CO$44,780$38,080$62,160
Wisconsin$44,650$32,610$58,320
Maryland$44,610$34,180$59,790
New Jersey$44,530$31,970$63,890
Green Bay, WI$44,530$31,200$54,960
Appleton, WI$44,510$32,090$60,850
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$44,360$32,950$53,080
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$44,330$34,890$61,960
Vallejo, CA$44,320$35,840$69,800
Virginia$44,290$33,530$59,230
Salem, OR$44,260$30,440$58,950
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$44,260$35,220$59,700
Kenosha, WI$44,260$33,530$46,480
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$44,260$29,130$55,120
Eau Claire, WI$44,220$31,960$51,730
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$44,120$35,050$51,010
Alaska$44,030$29,220$62,910
St. Cloud, MN$43,920$38,000$52,540
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$43,870$29,570$67,140
Flagstaff, AZ$43,550$36,190$55,710
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$43,520$33,000$62,420
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$43,510$32,690$59,690
North Carolina$43,450$28,280$55,470
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$43,420$33,300$75,560
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$43,260$31,720$65,010
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$43,220$33,050$60,340
Manchester-Nashua, NH$43,210$23,070$58,390
Naples-Marco Island, FL$43,180$28,920$63,460
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$43,180$30,140$63,540
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$43,180$35,360$59,160
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$43,160$29,990$61,630
Duluth, MN-WI$43,150$37,920$58,760
New York$43,060$33,770$57,520
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$43,040$34,380$58,300
Terre Haute, IN$42,980$22,350$55,890
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$42,980$31,050$62,170
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$42,930$33,970$61,140
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$42,890$32,760$56,380
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$42,890$32,670$60,280
Greeley, CO$42,770$29,990$69,850
New Hampshire$42,650$25,950$61,450
Michigan$42,640$32,670$60,360
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$42,640$32,390$50,550
Ohio$42,620$29,400$62,870
Kansas City, MO-KS$42,620$31,120$57,640
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$42,490$33,870$59,330
Portland-South Portland, ME$42,480$32,630$49,570
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$42,470$31,660$63,900
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$42,370$27,330$68,840
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$42,370$24,490$53,190
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$42,260$33,450$51,570
Birmingham, AL$42,240$30,870$43,210
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$42,180$33,590$55,850
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$42,150$33,440$69,730
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$42,140$32,410$55,730
New Haven, CT$42,120$32,640$59,320
Tulsa, OK$42,120$34,320$63,720
Boise City, ID$42,110$32,220$49,580
Connecticut$42,090$32,640$59,650
Asheville, NC$42,000$25,790$56,780
Tennessee$41,970$27,870$59,390
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$41,950$33,610$70,500
Wilmington, NC$41,920$26,950$56,850
North Dakota$41,900$34,830$52,030
Cleveland, OH$41,880$30,580$93,580
Wausau, WI$41,850$29,990$58,320
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$41,690$31,390$55,780
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$41,650$29,040$50,010
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$41,640$32,340$52,230
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$41,640$30,950$56,230
York-Hanover, PA$41,640$36,070$57,760
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$41,600$37,020$59,200
Springfield, IL$41,600$29,120$64,650
Wheeling, WV-OH$41,530$19,180$52,160
Akron, OH$41,530$28,620$59,970
Anchorage, AK$41,530$24,400$62,910
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$41,530$31,730$58,840
Colorado$41,520$33,280$57,850
Chattanooga, TN-GA$41,500$29,740$62,900
State College, PA$41,480$33,490$52,250
Midland, TX$41,480$22,480$62,670
Redding, CA$41,440$34,850$63,070
Arizona$41,390$33,600$56,630
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$41,380$34,670$58,050
Greensboro-High Point, NC$41,280$27,440$53,680
Pennsylvania$41,230$29,320$60,320
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$41,200$25,210$60,720
Yuma, AZ$41,100$33,310$64,440
Eugene-Springfield, OR$41,020$30,670$65,290
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$40,920$28,140$59,460
Omaha, NE-IA$40,890$32,400$53,790
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$40,680$35,370$54,790
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$40,670$29,940$51,540
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$40,650$35,320$53,780
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$40,650$31,200$54,890
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$40,570$28,300$64,980
Maine$40,550$32,630$49,500
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$40,460$29,280$53,400
Clarksville, TN-KY$40,410$25,270$48,310
Decatur, IL$40,410$29,990$78,370
Bend, OR$40,400$31,690$66,150
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$40,400$24,960$57,260
Gainesville, GA$40,360$29,990$52,490
Knoxville, TN$40,360$30,000$58,460
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$40,360$28,280$59,130
Idaho$40,340$29,670$56,650
Cleveland, TN$40,340$25,770$55,200
Visalia, CA$40,300$35,640$57,550
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$40,300$30,630$49,490
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$40,210$34,670$58,950
Reading, PA$40,180$23,370$51,460
Fayetteville, NC$40,080$31,870$47,300
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$40,030$33,800$57,210
Spartanburg, SC$39,980$28,930$61,330
Columbia, SC$39,950$27,490$61,330
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$39,900$33,510$52,790
Vermont$39,890$28,430$56,830
Reno, NV$39,880$30,120$51,850
Fresno, CA$39,830$33,280$62,720
Flint, MI$39,800$27,790$56,870
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$39,800$31,390$57,240
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$39,750$31,310$55,970
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$39,750$32,090$54,790
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$39,750$26,820$64,280
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$39,710$31,220$52,850
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$39,680$35,710$54,340
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$39,680$29,120$55,370
Lincoln, NE$39,640$33,310$59,650
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$39,630$28,600$58,900
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$39,520$33,910$52,000
Oklahoma City, OK$39,450$25,010$52,460
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$39,450$28,430$56,830
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$39,370$24,290$48,610
Tucson, AZ$39,360$32,970$50,510
Florida$39,350$31,200$57,240
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$39,330$33,700$48,610
St. Louis, MO-IL$39,310$29,120$69,360
Fort Wayne, IN$39,300$30,020$57,590
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$39,290$30,480$55,490
Savannah, GA$39,250$22,060$49,840
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$39,220$29,120$56,630
Wichita, KS$39,150$25,030$49,950
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$39,140$27,870$57,520
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$39,120$30,040$51,920
Kansas$39,070$27,890$51,320
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$39,050$31,250$59,840
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$39,000$26,730$50,450
Colorado Springs, CO$38,980$32,400$53,960
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$38,980$24,960$47,680
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$38,960$34,300$55,640
Oklahoma$38,880$27,680$55,730
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$38,880$29,060$50,910
South Carolina$38,860$29,550$57,170
Syracuse, NY$38,830$31,200$59,080
Indiana$38,790$30,800$55,650
Pittsburgh, PA$38,760$27,540$60,070
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$38,750$26,530$65,020
Winston-Salem, NC$38,750$26,860$53,470
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$38,740$33,600$50,970
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$38,730$33,650$53,560
Nebraska$38,700$31,200$51,040
Jacksonville, FL$38,680$31,200$56,350
Utah$38,670$31,560$53,790
Dover, DE$38,660$29,220$45,720
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$38,580$31,200$46,020
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$38,570$31,200$50,170
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$38,530$29,700$51,120
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$38,380$31,200$57,240
Fort Smith, AR-OK$38,360$28,980$44,130
Idaho Falls, ID$38,340$28,610$75,570
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$38,310$33,300$56,480
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$38,220$28,400$47,320
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$38,200$30,740$49,860
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$38,200$29,120$52,740
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$38,080$30,890$50,990
Lexington-Fayette, KY$38,080$28,540$41,530
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$37,960$30,110$46,390
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$37,960$31,200$44,950
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$37,920$34,960$55,660
Jackson, TN$37,900$34,400$52,760
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$37,890$29,360$55,900
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$37,880$31,600$55,010
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$37,870$31,200$63,830
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$37,810$32,300$48,910
Youngstown-Warren, OH$37,790$30,140$57,880
Erie, PA$37,780$31,170$51,050
Nevada$37,740$29,550$55,880
Topeka, KS$37,710$26,520$45,800
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$37,700$29,540$55,880
Georgia$37,520$24,100$52,080
Abilene, TX$37,490$25,490$51,620
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$37,470$27,420$51,180
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$37,460$26,400$59,460
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$37,440$31,470$46,060
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$37,440$17,530$55,190
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$37,430$31,850$43,130
Charleston, WV$37,420$24,220$51,630
Texas$37,400$24,870$59,460
Waco, TX$37,390$26,870$45,200
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$37,380$30,730$48,690
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$37,370$32,950$48,740
Rapid City, SD$37,350$31,030$37,350
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$37,350$24,280$58,820
Delaware$37,270$28,380$47,640
Rochester, NY$37,260$31,200$48,610
Carson City, NV$37,250$34,190$63,070
Farmington, NM$37,250$36,860$44,940
Missouri$37,230$27,390$58,600
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$37,180$20,190$49,200
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$37,050$31,010$46,330
Roanoke, VA$37,040$26,880$48,150
Albuquerque, NM$37,040$26,000$52,470
Arkansas$36,870$26,300$52,980
New Mexico$36,860$25,700$50,450
Bloomington, IL$36,820$31,470$62,920
Amarillo, TX$36,800$24,450$55,980
Utica-Rome, NY$36,760$32,470$66,370
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$36,720$32,080$51,700
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$36,660$26,140$52,580
Las Cruces, NM$36,600$25,700$44,130
St. George, UT$36,550$26,300$39,880
Corpus Christi, TX$36,550$23,320$62,790
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$36,540$30,640$59,170
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$36,370$28,740$52,890
South Dakota$36,360$31,630$37,350
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$36,340$25,480$53,900
Rockford, IL$36,300$29,120$64,080
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$36,290$24,290$48,210
Port St. Lucie, FL$36,160$25,910$53,340
Montana$36,160$24,290$48,790
Victoria, TX$36,080$21,530$56,140
Evansville, IN$36,070$28,380$50,450
Alabama$36,030$26,620$55,070
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$36,010$31,140$45,760
Tallahassee, FL$35,960$32,760$52,650
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$35,930$23,180$57,780
Johnson City, TN$35,790$25,910$49,720
Helena, MT$35,690$22,340$50,020
Morristown, TN$35,690$23,990$43,030
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$35,690$24,490$52,600
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$35,640$29,320$45,150
Bloomington, IN$35,590$24,930$54,350
Killeen-Temple, TX$35,580$24,190$43,830
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$35,520$24,110$51,650
Grand Junction, CO$35,450$30,680$46,420
Valdosta, GA$35,370$22,590$43,820
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$35,360$20,800$45,230
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$35,350$23,070$40,680
Tyler, TX$35,320$24,020$48,170
Springfield, MO$35,160$27,100$49,480
Billings, MT$35,160$22,350$49,520
Rome, GA$35,130$30,310$46,900
West Virginia$35,110$22,350$50,970
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$35,100$20,720$57,780
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$35,080$33,280$46,570
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$35,060$32,640$46,450
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$35,010$24,960$46,760
Ogden, UT$34,890$31,660$48,060
Wyoming$34,770$28,950$52,000
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$34,660$27,220$60,340
El Paso, TX$34,660$23,620$58,040
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$34,480$25,490$46,650
Binghamton, NY$34,250$32,760$45,890
Wichita Falls, TX$34,220$24,590$41,970
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$34,200$28,530$45,220
Odessa, TX$34,120$22,580$46,050
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$34,030$21,580$41,600
Florence, SC$33,960$32,160$43,290
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$33,720$20,800$43,630
San Angelo, TX$33,680$23,380$43,720
College Station-Bryan, TX$33,650$22,350$46,610
Lubbock, TX$33,640$20,230$42,780
Kentucky$33,530$26,540$45,200
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$33,530$24,110$46,650
Great Falls, MT$33,370$23,730$43,680
Eagle Pass, TX$33,350$16,020$49,560
Laredo, TX$33,280$20,820$42,020
Canton-Massillon, OH$32,940$29,540$52,260
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$32,920$21,530$52,120
Pueblo, CO$32,600$29,990$47,020
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$31,940$19,120$38,680
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$31,920$21,370$46,800
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$31,870$25,720$35,010
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$31,410$18,680$44,800
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$31,230$22,910$44,570
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$31,220$19,120$37,720
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$30,960$21,870$42,850
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$30,670$28,280$39,590
Lafayette, LA$30,630$19,370$43,310
Baton Rouge, LA$30,350$18,540$43,730
Sherman-Denison, TX$30,170$20,670$46,900
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$30,140$24,820$36,400
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$30,090$22,110$50,170
Louisiana$30,030$18,540$43,730
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$30,010$27,770$46,800
Lawton, OK$29,960$19,000$44,600
Longview, TX$29,060$23,730$43,160
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$28,780$21,990$47,020
Lake Charles, LA$28,610$18,720$38,630
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$28,570$23,230$42,590
Ocala, FL$28,250$28,250$41,940
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$28,000$20,800$49,920
Missoula, MT$27,940$24,510$48,790
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$27,850$23,560$44,850
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$27,420$25,490$40,070
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$27,100$18,860$41,310
Macon-Bibb County, GA$26,820$21,610$43,430
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$25,380$21,100$34,230
Puerto Rico$25,360$20,710$34,230

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a File Clerks make?

The median annual salary for a File Clerks is $41,270, with a typical range of $29,620 – $61,080 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a File Clerks?

Entry-level File Clerks positions typically start around $29,620 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do File Clerkss earn the most?

File Clerkss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.