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Average Office Clerks, General Salary in Niles, MI

Office Clerks, General in Niles, MI earn a median annual salary of $42,180, which is -6.3% compared to the national median. There are 1,040 workers employed locally in this occupation.

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

$42,180
Niles, MI median annual wage
$20/hour median
-6.3%
Difference vs national median
National median is $45,010
1,040
Local employment
17.3 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.09
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$29,880
25th
$35,070
Median
$42,180
75th
$50,380
90th
$59,300

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 Niles, MI, 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
92.4%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$45,664
Goods: 93.7%
Services: 96.0%
Rents: 71.6%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
Boulder, CO $59,840 Compare 1,510
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $58,840 Compare 13,470
Greeley, CO $56,030 Compare 1,570
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $55,960 Compare 2,030
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $55,620 Compare 3,630
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $53,990 Compare 16,320

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 Niles, MI

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Family Medicine Physicians $229,740 0.89
Chief Executives $210,620 0.81
Dentists, General $165,950 0.77
Computer And Information Systems Managers $162,310 0.59
Marketing Managers $159,810 0.60
Managers, All Other $150,350 0.37
Human Resources Managers $148,360 0.86
Architectural And Engineering Managers $146,850 2.79

Niles, MI has salary data for 244 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Family Medicine Physicians.

Historical series

Trend for Office Clerks, General in Niles, MI

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Office Clerks, General are projected to change by -6.7% from 2024 to 2034, with 282,400 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.