How much do office clerks, general make in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL?

What the Office Clerks, General median says in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Office Clerks, General median in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL at $44,730 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 43-9061 and BLS area 33100.

BLS lists 61,160 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $46,750 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL's Office Clerks, General median is 0.6% below the U.S. Office Clerks, General median of $45,010 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.

Read source key 43-9061 with area 33100

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 43-9061 and area 33100. SOC 43-9061 names Office Clerks, General. Area 33100 names Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 43-9061/33100 row has 61,160 wage and salary jobs. There are 21.69 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 1.37. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 43-9061/33100, the annual median is $44,730 per year, while the matching mean is $46,750 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 43-9061/33100 10th percentile: $30,880 per year.
• 43-9061/33100 25th percentile: $35,210 per year.
• 43-9061/33100 median: $44,730 per year.
• 43-9061/33100 75th percentile: $54,250 per year.
• 43-9061/33100 90th percentile: $66,930 per year.
• 43-9061/33100 employment RSE: 9.4%. Mean-wage RSE: 2.4%.
• 43-9061/33100 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 33100 facts behind this Office Clerks, General page

Area 33100 reports 2,819,940 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $67,190. Its annual median is $48,640. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.8%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 43-9061 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL runs from $30,140 at the 10th percentile to $122,530 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $36,480. The median is $48,640. The 75th percentile is $77,570. This is a place check, not a pay range for Office Clerks, General.

The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 33100. They do not show related skills or a path into Office Clerks, General.

• 1. Retail Salespersons. Area: 33100. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 91,370. Yearly median: $34,330. Jobs per 1,000: 32.4. Location quotient: 1.29.
• 2. General and Operations Managers. Area: 33100. SOC: 11-1021. Jobs: 74,960. Yearly median: $105,640. Jobs per 1,000: 26.58. Location quotient: 1.18.
• 3. Customer Service Representatives. Area: 33100. SOC: 43-4051. Jobs: 63,440. Yearly median: $39,560. Jobs per 1,000: 22.5. Location quotient: 1.35.
• 4. Registered Nurses. Area: 33100. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 61,670. Yearly median: $91,380. Jobs per 1,000: 21.87. Location quotient: 1.01.
• 5. Waiters and Waitresses. Area: 33100. SOC: 35-3031. Jobs: 57,830. Yearly median: $36,070. Jobs per 1,000: 20.51. Location quotient: 1.4.
• 6. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 33100. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 56,900. Yearly median: $29,600. Jobs per 1,000: 20.18. Location quotient: 0.81.

Read the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL wage ladder for Office Clerks, General

The 10th percentile is $30,880 per year. The 25th percentile is $35,210 per year. The median is $44,730 per year. The 75th percentile is $54,250 per year. The 90th percentile is $66,930 per year.

A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.

The middle half runs from $35,210 per year to $54,250 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $36,050. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL with its state and the U.S.

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has a annual median of $44,730 per year. Florida has $44,450 per year. The U.S. row has $45,010 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is 0.6% above Florida on the same published median. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is 0.6% below the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.

The state and U.S. rows are benchmarks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.

Where Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL sits for Office Clerks, General

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL ranks 150 of 392 among metro areas with a published annual median for Office Clerks, General. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 150 of 392 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.

The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.

• 147. Cleveland, OH. The Office Clerks, General median is $44,790 per year. BLS estimates 15,700 jobs. The location quotient is 0.96.
• 148. Cedar Rapids, IA. The Office Clerks, General median is $44,780 per year. BLS estimates 2,020 jobs. The location quotient is 0.92.
• 149. Columbia, MO. The Office Clerks, General median is $44,730 per year. BLS estimates 2,330 jobs. The location quotient is 1.37.
• 151. Punta Gorda, FL. The Office Clerks, General median is $44,720 per year. BLS estimates 1,270 jobs. The location quotient is 1.39.
• 152. Wausau, WI. The Office Clerks, General median is $44,660 per year. BLS estimates 1,170 jobs. The location quotient is 1.06.
• 153. Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN. The Office Clerks, General median is $44,640 per year. BLS estimates 16,750 jobs. The location quotient is 0.96.

Where Office Clerks, General medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 43-9061, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. Boulder, CO has the highest published median in this set, at $59,840 per year. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL sits at $44,730 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Office Clerks, General is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.

Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.

• 1. Boulder, CO has a Office Clerks, General median of $59,840 per year, or $15,110 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 1,510 jobs there, compared with 61,160 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is 0.49.
• 2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Office Clerks, General median of $58,840 per year, or $14,110 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 13,470 jobs there, compared with 61,160 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is 0.75.
• 3. Greeley, CO has a Office Clerks, General median of $56,030 per year, or $11,300 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 1,570 jobs there, compared with 61,160 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is 0.83.
• 4. Fort Collins-Loveland, CO has a Office Clerks, General median of $55,960 per year, or $11,230 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 2,030 jobs there, compared with 61,160 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is 0.76.
• 5. Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA has a Office Clerks, General median of $55,620 per year, or $10,890 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 3,630 jobs there, compared with 61,160 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is 1.14.
• 6. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO has a Office Clerks, General median of $53,990 per year, or $9,260 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 16,320 jobs there, compared with 61,160 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is 0.64.
• 7. Anchorage, AK has a Office Clerks, General median of $53,550 per year, or $8,820 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 1,920 jobs there, compared with 61,160 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is 0.69.
• 8. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has a Office Clerks, General median of $53,290 per year, or $8,560 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 27,460 jobs there, compared with 61,160 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. The location quotient is 0.83.

Where BLS counts the most Office Clerks, General jobs

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the largest published metro job estimate for Office Clerks, General in this same-source set, at 136,580 jobs. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 61,160. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.

A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.

Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.

• 1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 136,580 estimated Office Clerks, General jobs, a gap of 75,420 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $47,670 per year, or $2,940 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its location quotient is 0.91.
• 2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 112,270 estimated Office Clerks, General jobs, a gap of 51,110 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $48,100 per year, or $3,370 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its location quotient is 1.13.
• 3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 66,840 estimated Office Clerks, General jobs, a gap of 5,680 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $46,330 per year, or $1,600 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its location quotient is 0.93.
• 4. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 61,160 estimated Office Clerks, General jobs, a gap of 0 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $44,730 per year, or $0 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its location quotient is 1.37.
• 5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 52,740 estimated Office Clerks, General jobs, a gap of 8,420 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $44,060 per year, or $670 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its location quotient is 0.82.
• 6. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 50,040 estimated Office Clerks, General jobs, a gap of 11,120 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $40,370 per year, or $4,360 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its location quotient is 0.96.
• 7. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD has 45,660 estimated Office Clerks, General jobs, a gap of 15,500 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $47,060 per year, or $2,330 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its location quotient is 0.99.
• 8. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA has 40,710 estimated Office Clerks, General jobs, a gap of 20,450 jobs from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its median is $43,330 per year, or $1,400 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Its location quotient is 0.89.

Where Office Clerks, General takes the largest share of local jobs

Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 2.15. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 1.37. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.

A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.

Use this list to ask where Office Clerks, General is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.

• 1. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA has a location quotient of 2.15, a gap of 0.78 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 3,360 Office Clerks, General jobs and a median of $41,040 per year, or $3,690 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
• 2. Lubbock, TX has a location quotient of 2.06, a gap of 0.69 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 5,440 Office Clerks, General jobs and a median of $36,940 per year, or $7,790 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
• 3. Lewiston, ID-WA has a location quotient of 1.84, a gap of 0.47 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 840 Office Clerks, General jobs and a median of $43,430 per year, or $1,300 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
• 4. St. George, UT has a location quotient of 1.78, a gap of 0.41 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 2,560 Office Clerks, General jobs and a median of $44,880 per year, or $150 above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
• 5. Casper, WY has a location quotient of 1.63, a gap of 0.26 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 1,040 Office Clerks, General jobs and a median of $42,810 per year, or $1,920 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
• 6. Lawton, OK has a location quotient of 1.6, a gap of 0.23 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 1,090 Office Clerks, General jobs and a median of $35,370 per year, or $9,360 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
• 7. Mayaguez, PR has a location quotient of 1.58, a gap of 0.21 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 1,310 Office Clerks, General jobs and a median of $22,120 per year, or $22,610 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.
• 8. Ann Arbor, MI has a location quotient of 1.57, a gap of 0.20 from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. BLS lists 5,460 Office Clerks, General jobs and a median of $38,350 per year, or $6,380 below Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL.

How common Office Clerks, General is in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

BLS lists 61,160 Office Clerks, General jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. It also lists 21.69 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.

The location quotient is 1.37. A value of 1 means Office Clerks, General has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.

Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.

Office Clerks, General beside other roles in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

The all-occupations median in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is $48,640 per year. The Office Clerks, General median is $44,730 per year. Office Clerks, General is 8.0% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.

The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.

Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Office Clerks, General. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.

• 1. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, SOC 43-6013, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $45,060 per year. BLS lists 27,020 jobs and a location quotient of 1.55.
• 2. First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, SOC 35-1012, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $45,500 per year. BLS lists 24,770 jobs and a location quotient of 1.12.
• 3. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, SOC 49-9071, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $46,290 per year. BLS lists 31,890 jobs and a location quotient of 1.15.
• 4. Light Truck Drivers, SOC 53-3033, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $42,750 per year. BLS lists 20,000 jobs and a location quotient of 1.12.
• 5. Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive, SOC 43-6014, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $47,450 per year. BLS lists 33,380 jobs and a location quotient of 1.08.
• 6. Customer Service Representatives, SOC 43-4051, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $39,560 per year. BLS lists 63,440 jobs and a location quotient of 1.35.
• 7. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, SOC 41-1011, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $50,250 per year. BLS lists 22,220 jobs and a location quotient of 1.09.
• 8. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL median of $50,300 per year. BLS lists 25,910 jobs and a location quotient of 1.04.

The largest detailed roles in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Retail Salespersons is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL table, at 91,370 jobs. Office Clerks, General has 61,160 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.

The all-occupations job count is 2,819,940. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.

A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Office Clerks, General's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.

• 1. Retail Salespersons has 91,370 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 30,210 from Office Clerks, General. Its median is $34,330 per year, or $10,400 below Office Clerks, General. Its location quotient is 1.29.
• 2. General and Operations Managers has 74,960 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 13,800 from Office Clerks, General. Its median is $105,640 per year, or $60,910 above Office Clerks, General. Its location quotient is 1.18.
• 3. Customer Service Representatives has 63,440 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 2,280 from Office Clerks, General. Its median is $39,560 per year, or $5,170 below Office Clerks, General. Its location quotient is 1.35.
• 4. Registered Nurses has 61,670 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 510 from Office Clerks, General. Its median is $91,380 per year, or $46,650 above Office Clerks, General. Its location quotient is 1.01.
• 5. Waiters and Waitresses has 57,830 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 3,330 from Office Clerks, General. Its median is $36,070 per year, or $8,660 below Office Clerks, General. Its location quotient is 1.4.
• 6. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 56,900 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 4,260 from Office Clerks, General. Its median is $29,600 per year, or $15,130 below Office Clerks, General. Its location quotient is 0.81.
• 7. Cashiers has 56,340 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 4,820 from Office Clerks, General. Its median is $30,250 per year, or $14,480 below Office Clerks, General. Its location quotient is 1.01.
• 8. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 48,860 jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 12,300 from Office Clerks, General. Its median is $38,580 per year, or $6,150 below Office Clerks, General. Its location quotient is 0.91.

Published role medians around Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Lawyers has the highest published median in the bounded Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL role table, at $160,320 per year. Office Clerks, General has $44,730 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $48,640 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.

The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.

• 1. Lawyers has a median of $160,320 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $115,590 above Office Clerks, General. BLS lists 23,270 jobs, compared with 61,160 for Office Clerks, General. Its location quotient is 1.7.
• 2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $105,640 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $60,910 above Office Clerks, General. BLS lists 74,960 jobs, compared with 61,160 for Office Clerks, General. Its location quotient is 1.18.
• 3. Registered Nurses has a median of $91,380 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $46,650 above Office Clerks, General. BLS lists 61,670 jobs, compared with 61,160 for Office Clerks, General. Its location quotient is 1.01.
• 4. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $80,920 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $36,190 above Office Clerks, General. BLS lists 30,950 jobs, compared with 61,160 for Office Clerks, General. Its location quotient is 1.18.
• 5. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $67,550 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $22,820 above Office Clerks, General. BLS lists 26,510 jobs, compared with 61,160 for Office Clerks, General. Its location quotient is 1.02.
• 6. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $62,400 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $17,670 above Office Clerks, General. BLS lists 30,740 jobs, compared with 61,160 for Office Clerks, General. Its location quotient is 1.37.
• 7. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has a median of $62,090 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $17,360 above Office Clerks, General. BLS lists 30,300 jobs, compared with 61,160 for Office Clerks, General. Its location quotient is 1.33.
• 8. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a median of $51,580 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, or $6,850 above Office Clerks, General. BLS lists 29,060 jobs, compared with 61,160 for Office Clerks, General. Its location quotient is 0.78.

Roles with the largest local share in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Security Guards has the highest location quotient in the bounded Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL role table, at 1.78. Office Clerks, General has 1.37. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.

A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.

The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Office Clerks, General with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.

• 1. Security Guards has a location quotient of 1.78 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 0.41 from Office Clerks, General. BLS lists 41,530 jobs and a median of $36,040 per year, or $8,690 below Office Clerks, General.
• 2. Lawyers has a location quotient of 1.7 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 0.33 from Office Clerks, General. BLS lists 23,270 jobs and a median of $160,320 per year, or $115,590 above Office Clerks, General.
• 3. Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants has a location quotient of 1.55 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 0.18 from Office Clerks, General. BLS lists 27,020 jobs and a median of $45,060 per year, or $330 above Office Clerks, General.
• 4. Cooks, Restaurant has a location quotient of 1.46 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 0.09 from Office Clerks, General. BLS lists 37,210 jobs and a median of $36,920 per year, or $7,810 below Office Clerks, General.
• 5. Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has a location quotient of 1.43 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 0.06 from Office Clerks, General. BLS lists 22,370 jobs and a median of $34,360 per year, or $10,370 below Office Clerks, General.
• 6. Waiters and Waitresses has a location quotient of 1.4 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 0.03 from Office Clerks, General. BLS lists 57,830 jobs and a median of $36,070 per year, or $8,660 below Office Clerks, General.
• 7. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a location quotient of 1.37 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 0.00 from Office Clerks, General. BLS lists 30,740 jobs and a median of $62,400 per year, or $17,670 above Office Clerks, General.
• 8. Customer Service Representatives has a location quotient of 1.35 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, a gap of 0.02 from Office Clerks, General. BLS lists 63,440 jobs and a median of $39,560 per year, or $5,170 below Office Clerks, General.

What $44,730 may mean after the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is 114.2. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 14.2% above that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $44,730 Office Clerks, General median by 114.2 divided by 100. The result is $39,184 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.

Housing is 155.6. Goods are 103.6. Utilities are 97.2. Other services are 109.1. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.

How much care to use with the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL row

The employment RSE for this Office Clerks, General row is 9.4%. The mean-wage RSE is 2.4%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.

The employment RSE belongs to the 61,160 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $46,750 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.

A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.

Use Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Office Clerks, General. It uses a Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.

Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $44,730 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.

Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.

What the Office Clerks, General row for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL does not claim

The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.

The 61,160 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.37 is not a growth score. Rank 150 of 392 is not a place score. The 114.2 price index is not a personal budget.

Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 43-9061 in BLS area 33100. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.