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Office Clerks, General pay in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA and Boulder, CO
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Office Clerks, General is $43,330 per year in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA. It is $59,840 per year in Boulder, CO. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 27.6% below Boulder, CO 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 40,710 wage and salary jobs in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA and 1,510 in Boulder, CO. 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