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Also called brokerage purchase and sale clerk, commodities clerk, coupon clerk and dividend clerk.
$65,750
Median pay a year
35,940
People do this work
6
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Brokerage Clerk
Summary
Brokerage clerk performing duties related to the purchase, sale, and holding of securities, including documenting transactions, verifying ownership, and monitoring stock price fluctuations in a brokerage office setting
Experience
Brokerage Clerk
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Corresponded with customers and conferred with coworkers to answer inquiries and resolve account problems
Documented security transactions, such as purchases and sales, using computers and accounting ledgers
Performed clerical tasks, including answering phones and distributing mail, in a brokerage office setting
Prepared forms, such as receipts and withdrawal orders, based on transaction requests from stockholders
Scheduled and coordinated transfer and delivery of security certificates between companies and customers
Monitored daily stock prices and computed fluctuations to determine the need for additional collateral
Verified ownership and transaction information to ensure conformance with governmental regulations
Skills
Preparing compliance documents, Monitoring financial information, Calculating financial data, Verifying financial or transactional accuracy, Preparing research reports, Conferencing with coworkers, Answering telephones, Filing documents, Distributing incoming mail
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On site, Remote
Education
Certificate Your training program, Year
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Corresponded with customers to answer inquiriesDocumented security transactions using accounting ledgersPerformed clerical tasks, including answering phonesPrepared forms based on transaction requestsScheduled transfer and delivery of security certificatesMonitored daily stock prices and computed fluctuations
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Corresponded with customers to address inquiries and provide information on services
Performed clerical tasks, including answering phones and managing office communications
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Corresponded with customers to address inquiries, leading to fewer complaints about service
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Fewer customer complaints about serviceFaster resolution of account issuesIncreased customer satisfaction ratings
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Performed clerical tasks, including answering phones and managing office communications
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Preparing compliance documents
Monitoring financial information
Calculating financial data
Verifying financial or transactional accuracy
Preparing research reports
Conferencing with coworkers
Answering telephones
Filing documents
Distributing incoming mail
The work itself
What a Brokerage Clerk does
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Perform duties related to the purchase, sale, or holding of securities. Duties include writing orders for stock purchases or sales, computing transfer taxes, verifying stock transactions, accepting and delivering securities, tracking stock price fluctuations, computing equity, distributing dividends, and keeping records of daily transactions and holdings.
What it pays
How much does a Brokerage Clerk make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$58,620
Median
$65,750
75th percentile
$79,800
About 35,940 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
AR
$49,080
$58,670
$69,960
AZ
$59,350
$61,900
$66,150
CA
$62,640
$77,960
$95,780
CO
$60,810
$60,950
$73,440
CT
$66,750
$75,330
$94,990
DC
$84,540
$95,450
$96,490
DE
$57,260
$61,390
$76,820
FL
$59,090
$63,130
$76,020
GA
$55,510
$61,570
$77,640
IA
$48,930
$56,360
$60,560
IL
$52,060
$63,350
$75,130
IN
$51,670
$58,290
$66,030
KS
$49,990
$49,990
$52,850
KY
$52,030
$57,690
$58,840
LA
$57,270
$61,500
$70,610
MA
$60,640
$63,640
$77,020
MD
$57,580
$62,080
$76,960
ME
$60,580
$72,840
$82,330
MI
$61,200
$73,350
$78,350
MN
$53,080
$62,110
$64,300
MS
$53,460
$58,200
$69,670
MT
$47,230
$48,360
$54,170
NC
$55,630
$60,950
$75,840
NE
$59,400
$60,880
$72,180
NH
$68,140
$68,140
$76,590
NJ
$64,490
$74,830
$79,800
NY
$63,400
$78,930
$101,860
OH
$59,460
$64,020
$81,130
OR
$60,650
$72,250
$89,990
PA
$57,500
$60,390
$77,010
RI
$55,350
$62,400
$63,830
SC
$52,490
$59,710
$65,090
SD
$47,710
$56,080
$58,380
TN
$56,210
$64,610
$72,530
TX
$52,140
$63,060
$67,090
UT
$57,400
$67,410
$67,410
VA
$56,720
$62,560
$75,840
VT
$55,440
$78,200
$82,660
WA
$64,780
$73,120
$85,950
WI
$60,800
$63,870
$72,680
Other names
Other names for this job
brokerage purchase and sale clerk, commodities clerk, coupon clerk, dividend clerk, information clerk brokerage, margin clerk, operations clerk, otc clerk, over the counter clerk, quotation clerk, securities clerk, stock clerk.
More names for this work
telephone quotation clerk, transfer clerk, account administrator, broker assistant, broker associate, brokerage agent, brokerage analyst, brokerage assistant, brokerage associate, brokerage coordinator, brokerage operations rep, brokerage operations representative, brokerage operations specialist, brokerage service associate, brokerage services specialist, brokerage specialist, business broker, client administrator, client associate, client service associate, client service representative, operations coordinator, operations representative, operations specialist, portfolio assistant, private client investment associate, quotation checker, registered account administrator, registered associate, registered client associate, registered client services associate, registered sales assistant, sales assistant, sales trader, securities processor, securities settlement processor, service associate, support analyst, support broker, trading assistant, transaction processor, transfer agent, transfer associate, transfer specialist, wealth services associate.
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This page is about the occupation Brokerage Clerks. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.