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Office Clerks, General pay in District of Columbia and Oregon
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Office Clerks, General is $55,040 per year in District of Columbia. It is $49,910 per year in Oregon. District of Columbia is 10.3% above Oregon 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 5,670 wage and salary jobs in District of Columbia and 27,980 in Oregon. 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