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Financial Clerks, All Other pay in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV and Winston-Salem, NC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Financial Clerks, All Other is $73,030 per year in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. It is $49,380 per year in Winston-Salem, NC. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV is 47.9% above Winston-Salem, NC on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-3099 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 300 wage and salary jobs in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV and 30 in Winston-Salem, NC. 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.