SOC 41-2021 · Sales and Related Occupations · May 2025

How much do Counter and Rental Clerks make in Amarillo, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Counter and Rental Clerks in Amarillo, TX is $36,980. The 10th percentile is $27,460 and the 90th percentile is $58,260. Employment is 390.

Median annual wage

$36,980

10th percentile
$27,460
25th percentile
$29,800
Median
$36,980
75th percentile
$43,730
90th percentile
$58,260
Mean
$39,280

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A welder at a bench, 2014. Photograph by Chetan Menaria. Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Percentile spread

For Counter and Rental Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $27,460 and the 90th percentile is $58,260. The difference is $30,800, which is 83.3% 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 $29,800 to the 75th at $43,730, covers $13,930.

The mean annual wage is $39,280, which sits above the median of $36,980. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Amarillo, TX median is 10.5% lower than the national median of $41,300 for Counter and Rental Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $40,274, which is 2.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.7% lower than the Texas median of $37,250.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Amarillo, TX is 91.820, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $36,980 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Counter and Rental Clerks at $40,274 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 Counter and Rental Clerks. Amarillo, TX 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).).

  • Lubbock, TX is 123 miles away, with a median of $35,000 and employment of 450. That median is 5.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,328, against $40,274 here.

Employment share

Counter and Rental Clerks accounts for 0.31% of wage-and-salary employment in Amarillo, TX (390 of 123,930). Nationally the occupation is 0.26% of employment (400,810 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.22 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Counter and Rental Clerks make in Amarillo, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Counter and Rental Clerks in Amarillo, TX is $36,980. The 10th percentile is $27,460 and the 90th percentile is $58,260. Employment is 390.

How does that compare with the national median for Counter and Rental Clerks?

The local median is 10.5% lower than the national median of $41,300.

What is Counter and Rental Clerks pay in Amarillo, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Amarillo, TX is 91.820, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $36,980 is $40,274. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Amarillo, TX compare with nearby metros for Counter and Rental Clerks?

Lubbock, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 123 miles away, at $35,000. Amarillo, TX ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.