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Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks is $52,530 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. It is $63,400 per year in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 17.1% below Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-4041 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 290 wage and salary jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and 410 in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. 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.