Financial Clerks Pay Salary

The median annual wage of financial clerks was $33,710 in May 2010. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $22,920, and the top 10 percent earned more than $49,500.

The median annual wages for financial clerk occupations in May 2010 were as follows:

• $40,160 for brokerage clerks
• $36,790 for procurement clerks
• $36,330 for payroll and timekeeping clerks
• $34,760 for insurance claims- and policy-processing clerks
• $33,970 for loan interviewers and clerks
• $32,490 for credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks
• $32,170 for billing and posting clerks
• $30,440 for new-accounts clerks
• $25,690 for gaming cage workers

Most financial clerks work full time. However, about 16 percent of billing and posting clerks worked part time in 2010.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2012-13 Edition