Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2021
43-4041 Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks
Authorize credit charges against customers’ accounts. Investigate history and credit standing of individuals or business establishments applying for credit. May interview applicants to obtain personal and financial data, determine credit worthiness, process applications, and notify customers of acceptance or rejection of credit.
National estimates for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks
Industry profile for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks
Geographic profile for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks
National estimates for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 16,820 |
2.5 % |
$ 21.42 |
$ 44,540 |
0.7 % |
Percentile wage estimates for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$ 14.35 |
$ 17.74 |
$ 21.49 |
$ 23.38 |
$ 29.61 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 29,840 |
$ 36,890 |
$ 44,710 |
$ 48,620 |
$ 61,590 |
Industry profile for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (5221 and 5223 only) |
3,970 |
0.20 |
$ 23.74 |
$ 49,380 |
| Nondepository Credit Intermediation |
2,830 |
0.46 |
$ 20.64 |
$ 42,920 |
| Business Support Services |
1,810 |
0.22 |
$ 18.47 |
$ 38,410 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises |
1,580 |
0.06 |
$ 22.71 |
$ 47,230 |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (4232, 4233, 4235, 4236, 4237, and 4239 only) |
640 |
0.05 |
$ 24.53 |
$ 51,020 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Nondepository Credit Intermediation |
2,830 |
0.46 |
$ 20.64 |
$ 42,920 |
| Furniture Stores |
550 |
0.26 |
$ 14.03 |
$ 29,180 |
| Business Support Services |
1,810 |
0.22 |
$ 18.47 |
$ 38,410 |
| Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (5221 and 5223 only) |
3,970 |
0.20 |
$ 23.74 |
$ 49,380 |
| Rental and leasing services (5322, 5323, and 5324 only) |
340 |
0.12 |
$ 17.70 |
$ 36,810 |
Top paying industries for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 only) |
60 |
0.01 |
$ 30.93 |
$ 64,340 |
| Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities |
50 |
(7) |
$ 28.22 |
$ 58,700 |
| Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers |
40 |
0.03 |
$ 27.95 |
$ 58,130 |
| Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services |
40 |
0.01 |
$ 27.72 |
$ 57,670 |
| Telecommunications |
40 |
0.01 |
$ 25.74 |
$ 53,540 |
Geographic profile for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Texas |
1,550 |
0.13 |
1.06 |
$ 19.04 |
$ 39,610 |
| New Jersey |
1,130 |
0.29 |
2.46 |
$ 23.63 |
$ 49,150 |
| New York |
890 |
0.10 |
0.86 |
$ 24.15 |
$ 50,240 |
| California |
880 |
0.05 |
0.44 |
$ 22.58 |
$ 46,960 |
| Nevada |
870 |
0.68 |
5.66 |
$ 19.41 |
$ 40,370 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| South Dakota |
310 |
0.73 |
6.09 |
$ 17.84 |
$ 37,110 |
| Nevada |
870 |
0.68 |
5.66 |
$ 19.41 |
$ 40,370 |
| Louisiana |
540 |
0.30 |
2.50 |
$ 14.78 |
$ 30,740 |
| New Jersey |
1,130 |
0.29 |
2.46 |
$ 23.63 |
$ 49,150 |
| North Dakota |
120 |
0.29 |
2.44 |
$ 24.86 |
$ 51,720 |
Top paying states for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Oregon |
190 |
0.10 |
0.85 |
$ 26.02 |
$ 54,120 |
| Montana |
70 |
0.15 |
1.28 |
$ 25.54 |
$ 53,130 |
| North Dakota |
120 |
0.29 |
2.44 |
$ 24.86 |
$ 51,720 |
| Wisconsin |
220 |
0.08 |
0.66 |
$ 24.81 |
$ 51,600 |
| Massachusetts |
300 |
0.09 |
0.74 |
$ 24.77 |
$ 51,520 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
1,230 |
0.14 |
1.18 |
$ 24.71 |
$ 51,400 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
1,210 |
0.45 |
3.81 |
$ 22.63 |
$ 47,080 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
580 |
0.16 |
1.34 |
$ 20.75 |
$ 43,160 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
540 |
0.26 |
2.14 |
$ 24.42 |
$ 50,800 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
430 |
0.10 |
0.84 |
$ 25.44 |
$ 52,910 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
430 |
0.29 |
2.44 |
$ 21.24 |
$ 44,170 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
370 |
0.07 |
0.55 |
$ 21.54 |
$ 44,810 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
310 |
0.11 |
0.89 |
$ 19.91 |
$ 41,410 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD |
260 |
0.21 |
1.76 |
$ 19.96 |
$ 41,520 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
260 |
0.10 |
0.85 |
$ 25.16 |
$ 52,330 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Sioux Falls, SD |
250 |
1.59 |
13.33 |
$ 18.30 |
$ 38,060 |
| Fargo, ND-MN |
100 |
0.70 |
5.87 |
$ 24.01 |
$ 49,940 |
| Trenton, NJ |
130 |
0.58 |
4.82 |
(8) |
(8) |
| Reno, NV |
130 |
0.55 |
4.62 |
$ 19.82 |
$ 41,230 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
1,210 |
0.45 |
3.81 |
$ 22.63 |
$ 47,080 |
| Baton Rouge, LA |
170 |
0.45 |
3.80 |
$ 17.50 |
$ 36,390 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY |
190 |
0.38 |
3.16 |
$ 23.65 |
$ 49,190 |
| Fort Wayne, IN |
80 |
0.37 |
3.09 |
$ 15.99 |
$ 33,260 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA |
50 |
0.31 |
2.63 |
$ 14.15 |
$ 29,420 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA |
140 |
0.30 |
2.51 |
$ 22.64 |
$ 47,080 |
Top paying metropolitan areas for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
130 |
0.12 |
0.99 |
$ 27.20 |
$ 56,580 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
210 |
0.08 |
0.67 |
$ 27.10 |
$ 56,370 |
| Madison, WI |
50 |
0.12 |
1.00 |
$ 26.41 |
$ 54,930 |
| Dayton, OH |
30 |
0.10 |
0.82 |
$ 25.62 |
$ 53,280 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
90 |
0.04 |
0.35 |
$ 25.60 |
$ 53,250 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
430 |
0.10 |
0.84 |
$ 25.44 |
$ 52,910 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
260 |
0.10 |
0.85 |
$ 25.16 |
$ 52,330 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
1,230 |
0.14 |
1.18 |
$ 24.71 |
$ 51,400 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
130 |
0.07 |
0.61 |
$ 24.71 |
$ 51,390 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
90 |
0.11 |
0.94 |
$ 24.44 |
$ 50,830 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks:
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks:
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks:
About May 2021 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.
The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.
The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall.
The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
More about percentile wages.
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
(7) The value is less than .005 percent of industry employment.
(8) Estimate not released.
(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration.
A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
Other OEWS estimates and related information:
May 2021 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2021 Occupation Profiles
Technical Notes
Last Modified Date: March 31, 2022
United States Department of Labor
