How much do File Clerks make in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI?

Percentile spread

For File Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $34,750 and the 90th percentile is $59,790. The difference is $25,040, which is 64.9% 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 $36,520 to the 75th at $45,950, covers $9,430.

The mean annual wage is $42,000, which sits above the median of $38,590. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI median is 11.5% lower than the national median of $43,600 for File Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $41,558, which is 4.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.9% lower than the Indiana median of $39,740.

South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Indiana, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI is 92.858, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $38,590 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts File Clerks at $41,558 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

25 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for File Clerks. South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI ranks 21st of 26 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).).

• Kalamazoo-Portage, MI is 44 miles away, with a median of $41,970 and employment of 50. That median is 8.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,253, against $41,558 here.
• Fort Wayne, IN is 71 miles away, with a median of $46,270 and employment of 90. That median is 19.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,983, against $41,558 here.
• Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 86 miles away, with a median of $49,420 and employment of 170. That median is 28.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,724, against $41,558 here.

Employment share

File Clerks accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI (70 of 131,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (73,440 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.13 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.