How much do Office Clerks, General make in Mayaguez, PR?

Percentile spread

For Office Clerks, General, the published 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $34,510. The difference is $12,670, 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 $21,840 to the 75th at $26,780, covers $4,940.

The mean annual wage is $25,680, which sits above the median of $22,120. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Mayaguez, PR median is 50.9% lower than the national median of $45,010 for Office Clerks, General.

It is 7.3% lower than the Puerto Rico median of $23,860.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Mayaguez, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Office Clerks, General. Mayaguez, PR ranks 6th 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).).

• Aguadilla, PR is 26 miles away, with a median of $22,240 and employment of 1,100. That median is 0.5% higher than the median here.
• Ponce, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $23,070 and employment of 1,560. That median is 4.3% higher than the median here.
• Arecibo, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $23,090 and employment of 760. That median is 4.4% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Office Clerks, General accounts for 2.5% of wage-and-salary employment in Mayaguez, PR (1,310 of 52,110). Nationally the occupation is 1.6% of employment (2,464,940 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.59 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.