How much do Loan Interviewers and Clerks make in Salinas, CA?

Percentile spread

For Loan Interviewers and Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $43,400 and the 90th percentile is $84,400. The difference is $41,000, which is 62.9% 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 $50,080 to the 75th at $77,690, covers $27,610.

The mean annual wage is $65,410, which sits above the median of $65,160. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Salinas, CA median is 30.3% higher than the national median of $50,020 for Loan Interviewers and Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $59,757, which is 19.5% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 13.7% higher than the California median of $57,300.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Salinas, CA is 109.042, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $65,160 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Loan Interviewers and Clerks at $59,757 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

15 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Loan Interviewers and Clerks. Salinas, CA ranks 1st of 16 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).).

• San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 46 miles away, with a median of $62,530 and employment of 820. That median is 4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,628, against $59,757 here.
• Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA is 66 miles away, with a median of $61,350 and employment of 60. That median is 5.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,826, against $59,757 here.
• Merced, CA is 74 miles away, with a median of $50,090 and employment of 70. That median is 23.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,969, against $59,757 here.

Employment share

Loan Interviewers and Clerks accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Salinas, CA (60 of 186,430). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (164,790 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.30 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.