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Office Clerks, General pay in Boulder, CO and Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Office Clerks, General is $59,840 per year in Boulder, CO. It is $44,630 per year in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Boulder, CO is 34.1% above Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC 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 1,510 wage and salary jobs in Boulder, CO and 12,490 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings