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Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks pay in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA and Manchester-Nashua, NH
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks is $46,770 per year in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA. It is $67,170 per year in Manchester-Nashua, NH. Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA is 30.4% below Manchester-Nashua, NH on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-9041 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 1,360 wage and salary jobs in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA and 270 in Manchester-Nashua, NH. 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