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Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks pay in Montana and Texas
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks is $51,060 per year in Montana. It is $62,930 per year in Texas. Montana is 18.9% below Texas 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in Montana and 1,180 in Texas. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings