How much do File Clerks make in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV?

Percentile spread

For File Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $30,090 and the 90th percentile is $59,310. The difference is $29,220, which is 56.2% 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 $33,620 to the 75th at $52,850, covers $19,230.

The mean annual wage is $45,970, which sits below the median of $51,990. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV median is 19.2% higher than the national median of $43,600 for File Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $55,208, which is 26.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 15.7% higher than the Maryland median of $44,920.

Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Maryland, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV is 94.171, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $51,990 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts File Clerks at $55,208 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

22 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for File Clerks. Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV ranks 1st of 23 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).).

• Chambersburg, PA is 29 miles away, with a median of $39,730 and employment of 40. That median is 23.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,979, against $55,208 here.
• Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV is 56 miles away, with a median of $43,270 and employment of 1,700. That median is 16.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,740, against $55,208 here.
• York-Hanover, PA is 71 miles away, with a median of $43,680 and employment of 50. That median is 16% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,500, against $55,208 here.

Employment share

File Clerks accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV (40 of 107,170). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (73,440 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.79 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.