SOC 43-4071 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations · May 2025

How much do File Clerks make in Eagle Pass, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for File Clerks in Eagle Pass, TX is $35,770. The 10th percentile is $30,730 and the 90th percentile is $51,230. Employment is 40.

Median annual wage

$35,770

10th percentile
$30,730
25th percentile
$34,640
Median
$35,770
75th percentile
$48,590
90th percentile
$51,230
Mean
$39,960

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Warehouse workers driving forklifts loaded with goods
Forklift operators in a Miami warehouse, 2011. Photograph by U.S. Department of Agriculture. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For File Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $30,730 and the 90th percentile is $51,230. The difference is $20,500, which is 57.3% 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 $34,640 to the 75th at $48,590, covers $13,950.

The mean annual wage is $39,960, which sits above the median of $35,770. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Eagle Pass, TX median is 18% lower than the national median of $43,600 for File Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,682, which is 2.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.4% lower than the Texas median of $39,480.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Eagle Pass, TX is 83.805, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $35,770 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts File Clerks at $42,682 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for File Clerks. Eagle Pass, TX ranks 4th of 5 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).).

  • Laredo, TX is 90 miles away, with a median of $34,270 and employment of 240. That median is 4.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,411, against $42,682 here.
  • San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is 114 miles away, with a median of $39,520 and employment of 840. That median is 10.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,725, against $42,682 here.
  • Corpus Christi, TX is 186 miles away, with a median of $36,290 and employment of 190. That median is 1.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,160, against $42,682 here.

Employment share

File Clerks accounts for 0.21% of wage-and-salary employment in Eagle Pass, TX (40 of 18,820). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (73,440 of 155,495,730). The local share is 4.50 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 Eagle Pass, TX · File 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 File Clerks make in Eagle Pass, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for File Clerks in Eagle Pass, TX is $35,770. The 10th percentile is $30,730 and the 90th percentile is $51,230. Employment is 40.

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

The local median is 18% lower than the national median of $43,600.

What is File Clerks pay in Eagle Pass, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Eagle Pass, TX is 83.805, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $35,770 is $42,682. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Eagle Pass, TX compare with nearby metros for File Clerks?

Laredo, TX is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 90 miles away, at $34,270. Eagle Pass, TX ranks 4th of 5 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.