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Average Credit Authorizers, Checkers, And Clerks Salary in Pennsylvania

Credit Authorizers, Checkers, And Clerks in Pennsylvania earn a median annual salary of $50,610, which is +3.0% compared to the national median. There are 370 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Pennsylvania (state).

$50,610
Pennsylvania median annual wage
$24/hour median
+3.0%
Difference vs national median
National median is $49,130
370
Local employment
0.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.80
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$34,980
25th
$39,580
Median
$50,610
75th
$51,000
90th
$57,970

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Pennsylvania, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
97.6%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$51,869
Goods: 99.4%
Services: 109.3%
Rents: 85.1%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Illinois$65,270Compare110
Texas$58,770Compare920
New Hampshire$56,400Compare110
New Jersey$55,350Compare620
North Dakota$54,820Compare30
Virginia$53,870Compare460

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Pennsylvania

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Chief Executives$220,5101.71
Pediatricians, General$217,8101.20
Nurse Anesthetists$217,6701.36
Dentists, All Other Specialists$212,4700.32
Physicists$208,4700.65
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric$208,0600.67
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers$172,7101.04
Dentists, General$168,7400.72

Pennsylvania has salary data for 795 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Chief Executives.

Historical series

Trend for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, And Clerks in Pennsylvania

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Credit Authorizers, Checkers, And Clerks are projected to change by -6.2% from 2024 to 2034, with 1,000 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.