How much do Correspondence Clerks make in Chattanooga, TN-GA?

Percentile spread

For Correspondence Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $41,140 and the 90th percentile is $51,480. The difference is $10,340, which is 20.1% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $47,900 to the 75th at $51,480, covers $3,580.

The mean annual wage is $49,330, which sits below the median of $51,480. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Chattanooga, TN-GA median is 10% higher than the national median of $46,800 for Correspondence Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $56,284, which is 20.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 21.4% higher than the Tennessee median of $42,390.

Chattanooga, TN-GA covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Tennessee, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Chattanooga, TN-GA is 91.464, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $51,480 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Correspondence Clerks at $56,284 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Correspondence Clerks. Chattanooga, TN-GA ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC is 169 miles away, with a median of $43,540 and employment of 60. That median is 15.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,687, against $56,284 here.

Employment share

Correspondence Clerks accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Chattanooga, TN-GA (50 of 268,750). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (4,290 of 155,495,730). The local share is 6.74 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.