SOC 43-4021 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations · May 2025

How much do Correspondence Clerks make in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Correspondence Clerks in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is $65,270. The 10th percentile is $53,560 and the 90th percentile is $75,490. Employment is 80.

Median annual wage

$65,270

10th percentile
$53,560
25th percentile
$56,370
Median
$65,270
75th percentile
$74,390
90th percentile
$75,490
Mean
$65,070

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Correspondence Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $53,560 and the 90th percentile is $75,490. The difference is $21,930, which is 33.6% 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 $56,370 to the 75th at $74,390, covers $18,020.

The mean annual wage is $65,070, which sits below the median of $65,270. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA median is 39.5% higher than the national median of $46,800 for Correspondence Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $61,914, which is 32.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.7% higher than the Oregon median of $61,160.

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Oregon, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 105.421, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $65,270 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Correspondence Clerks at $61,914 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Correspondence Clerks in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Correspondence Clerks accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (80 of 1,208,410). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (4,290 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.40 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA · Correspondence Clerks by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Correspondence Clerks make in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Correspondence Clerks in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is $65,270. The 10th percentile is $53,560 and the 90th percentile is $75,490. Employment is 80.

How does that compare with the national median for Correspondence Clerks?

The local median is 39.5% higher than the national median of $46,800.

What is Correspondence Clerks pay in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 105.421, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $65,270 is $61,914. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.