Counter and Rental Clerks
United States. Estimated employment 400,810, with pages for 23 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 41-2021
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$41,300 · 50th
$29,80010th
$35,63025th
$41,30050th
$50,19075th
$65,37090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Counter and Rental Clerks page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $48,570 | 2,880 |
| New York, NY | $48,040 | 16,880 |
| San Francisco, CA | $47,740 | 7,700 |
| Rochester, NY | $46,480 | 1,340 |
| Albany, NY | $45,990 | 1,080 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $45,780 | 860 |
| Vallejo, CA | $45,490 | 640 |
| Glens Falls, NY | $45,300 | 210 |
| Napa, CA | $45,280 | 200 |
| Syracuse, NY | $45,280 | 880 |
| Sacramento, CA | $45,120 | 3,820 |
| Modesto, CA | $44,600 | 750 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $44,460 | 26,870 |
| Buffalo, NY | $43,880 | 1,350 |
| Ithaca, NY | $42,590 | 100 |
| Midland, TX | $39,240 | 380 |
| Odessa, TX | $38,590 | 300 |
| Austin, TX | $38,220 | 3,550 |
| Dallas, TX | $38,110 | 10,860 |
| Houston, TX | $37,710 | 7,920 |
| Beaumont, TX | $37,360 | 320 |
| Amarillo, TX | $36,980 | 390 |
| Waco, TX | $36,760 | 350 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 400,810 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 41-2021, Counter and Rental Clerks. Mapped to our taxonomy as counter-and-rental-clerks.
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