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Counter and Rental Clerks pay in District of Columbia and Indiana
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Counter and Rental Clerks is $53,760 per year in District of Columbia. It is $36,680 per year in Indiana. District of Columbia is 46.6% above Indiana on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 41-2021 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 480 wage and salary jobs in District of Columbia and 7,990 in Indiana. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.