How much do Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks make in Columbus, OH?

Percentile spread

For Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $52,000 and the 90th percentile is $73,000. The difference is $21,000, which is 36.5% 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 $53,760 to the 75th at $64,810, covers $11,050.

The mean annual wage is $60,170, which sits above the median of $57,610. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Columbus, OH median is 15% higher than the national median of $50,080 for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $60,344, which is 20.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.9% higher than the Ohio median of $57,120.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Columbus, OH is 95.469, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $57,610 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks at $60,344 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks. Columbus, OH ranks 1st of 6 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).).

• Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN is 106 miles away, with a median of $57,100 and employment of 110. That median is 0.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $59,872, against $60,344 here.
• Cleveland, OH is 138 miles away, with a median of $56,450 and employment of 40. That median is 2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $60,102, against $60,344 here.
• Pittsburgh, PA is 161 miles away, with a median of $51,090 and employment of 60. That median is 11.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,966, against $60,344 here.

Employment share

Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Columbus, OH (170 of 1,105,580). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (12,030 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.99 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.