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Average File Clerks Salary in Laredo, TX

File Clerks in Laredo, TX earn a median annual salary of $34,270, which is -21.4% compared to the national median. There are 240 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Laredo, TX (metro area).

$34,270
Laredo, TX median annual wage
$16/hour median
-21.4%
Difference vs national median
National median is $43,600
240
Local employment
2.2 jobs per 1,000 workers
4.57
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$26,720
25th
$29,650
Median
$34,270
75th
$38,770
90th
$51,130

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 Laredo, TX, 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
87.0%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$39,411
Goods: 93.8%
Services: 80.6%
Rents: 59.7%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $60,840 Compare 540
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $60,530 Compare 60
Salinas, CA $59,040 Compare 80
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $58,320 Compare 2,640
Vallejo, CA $56,750 Compare 60
Napa, CA $55,980 Compare 40

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 Laredo, TX

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Physicians, All Other $265,860 0.30
Family Medicine Physicians $227,450 0.53
Architectural And Engineering Managers $155,340 0.21
Dentists, General $149,820 0.59
Computer And Information Systems Managers $127,870 0.22
Managers, All Other $127,690 1.30
Lawyers $125,900 0.45
Pharmacists $125,060 0.70

Laredo, TX has salary data for 257 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for File Clerks in Laredo, TX

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, File Clerks are projected to change by -15.9% from 2024 to 2034, with 7,300 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.