Information Clerks Pay Salary

The median annual wage of information clerks was $29,990 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 $18,210, and the top 10 percent earned more than $47,700.

The median wages for information clerks in May 2010 were the following:

• $39,960 for eligibility clerks
• $36,800 for human resources assistants
• $34,390 for court, municipal, and license clerks
• $33,410 for correspondence clerks
• $31,740 for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks
• $28,820 for interviewers
• $28,710 for order clerks
• $25,090 for file clerks
• $19,930 for hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
• $37,010 for all other information and record clerks

Most information clerks work full time. However, part-time work is common for hotel, motel, and resort clerks, for file clerks, and for interviewers.

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