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Office Clerks, General pay in Arizona and District of Columbia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Office Clerks, General is $46,420 per year in Arizona. It is $55,040 per year in District of Columbia. Arizona is 15.7% below District of Columbia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-9061 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 52,710 wage and salary jobs in Arizona and 5,670 in District of Columbia. 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