Office Clerks, General
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metropolitan area. Estimated employment 5,980.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Dayton earn more.
$42,840 in Dayton buys what $46,200 buys across the country as a whole.
Dayton's regional price parity is 92.7 — well below the national average — the nominal figure understates local buying power considerably. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Ohio
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Dayton |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus | $44,830 | $47,000 | 95.5 | +1.6% |
| Cleveland | $44,790 | $47,700 | 93.9 | +3.2% |
| Cincinnati | $44,640 | $46,800 | 95.4 | +1.3% |
| Springfield | $43,540 | $48,100 | 90.5 | +4.1% |
| Akron | $42,940 | $46,000 | 93.4 | −0.5% |
| Dayton This page | $42,840 | $46,200 | 92.7 | — |
| Canton | $42,090 | $47,100 | 89.4 | +1.9% |
| Sandusky | $41,760 | $46,800 | 89.3 | +1.2% |
Price parity and difference against Dayton are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 5,980 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 43-9061, Office Clerks, General. Mapped to our taxonomy as office-clerks-general.
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