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Also called admin clerk, administration clerk, administrative clerk and agent licensing clerk.
$45,010
Median pay a year
2,464,940
People do this work
6
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Proofreading files
Searching files
Calculating weights
Checking data for errors
Sorting mail
Compiling data or documentation
Preparing cash for deposits
Operating office equipment
Maintaining office equipment
Transcribing information
Recording information
Maintaining inventory records
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General Office Clerk
Summary
Office clerk performing various clerical tasks, operating office machines, managing filing systems, and communicating with customers and employees to support daily office activities
Experience
General Office Clerk
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Operated office machines, such as photocopiers, scanners, and personal computers
Communicated with customers and employees to answer questions and address complaints
Maintained and updated filing and database systems using a computer
Compiled, copied, sorted, and filed records of office activities and transactions
Opened, sorted, and routed incoming mail, and prepared outgoing mail
Typed, formatted, proofread, and edited documents using computers or typewriters
Skills
Checking & Planning
Proofreading files, Calculating weights, Checking data for errors, Sorting mail, Compiling data or documentation, Preparing cash for deposits
Core Skills
Searching files, Operating office equipment
Technical Skills
Maintaining office equipment, Transcribing information
Tools and software
Google Workspace software, Intuit QuickBooks, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint
Open to
On site, Remote
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Operated office machinesAnswered phones and took messagesHelped customers and answered questionsKept files and records updatedSorted and filed office documentsOpened and sorted incoming mail
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Operated various office machines, including photocopiers and scanners, to support daily operations
Answered customer inquiries and provided assistance, ensuring a positive experience
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Operated various office machines, including photocopiers and scanners, several times throughout the day to support daily operations
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Answered customer inquiries and provided assistance, ensuring a positive experience
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Customers left feeling satisfiedQuestions were resolved quicklyIssues were addressed promptly
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What a General Office Clerk does
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Perform duties too varied and diverse to be classified in any specific office clerical occupation, requiring knowledge of office systems and procedures. Clerical duties may be assigned in accordance with the office procedures of individual establishments and may include a combination of answering telephones, bookkeeping, typing or word processing, office machine operation, and filing.
What it pays
How much does a General Office 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
$36,350
Median
$45,010
75th percentile
$54,300
About 2,464,940 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
AK
$43,320
$51,890
$62,610
AL
$25,240
$31,200
$38,020
AR
$30,580
$37,050
$45,560
AZ
$38,230
$46,420
$55,950
CA
$40,430
$48,460
$60,110
CO
$46,340
$53,550
$65,100
CT
$40,630
$48,280
$58,410
DC
$46,530
$55,040
$65,570
DE
$33,840
$42,740
$51,680
FL
$36,070
$44,450
$53,950
GA
$34,460
$40,590
$48,680
HI
$36,600
$42,340
$50,840
IA
$36,180
$44,310
$51,830
ID
$36,910
$44,830
$51,390
IL
$37,060
$45,730
$55,260
IN
$36,010
$44,520
$52,310
KS
$22,570
$32,370
$49,480
KY
$30,430
$37,870
$46,760
LA
$25,400
$32,480
$39,500
MA
$42,350
$49,940
$60,150
MD
$38,580
$47,270
$59,330
ME
$38,950
$45,300
$50,500
MI
$36,490
$44,820
$52,920
MN
$40,080
$47,840
$57,720
MO
$35,190
$42,370
$50,940
MS
$27,520
$34,900
$42,800
MT
$38,630
$46,480
$57,150
NC
$34,520
$41,770
$49,900
ND
$42,680
$50,160
$62,100
NE
$32,170
$37,820
$45,740
NH
$40,060
$49,020
$59,650
NJ
$39,510
$48,570
$59,190
NM
$31,820
$37,130
$43,920
NV
$36,780
$45,460
$55,280
NY
$36,840
$45,890
$54,280
OH
$34,910
$43,680
$52,000
OK
$29,750
$37,240
$46,680
OR
$42,340
$49,910
$58,790
PA
$36,910
$44,950
$52,690
PR
$21,940
$23,860
$29,290
RI
$39,670
$47,830
$58,930
SC
$28,900
$36,840
$45,620
SD
$31,380
$38,560
$45,110
TN
$32,130
$38,860
$47,750
TX
$30,750
$39,000
$48,720
UT
$35,500
$44,060
$53,660
VA
$37,600
$46,410
$56,780
VT
$41,720
$48,310
$55,990
WA
$44,700
$50,500
$61,320
WI
$36,730
$44,980
$51,580
WV
$28,800
$35,020
$42,770
WY
$35,610
$42,840
$52,710
Other names
Other names for this job
admin clerk, administration clerk, administrative clerk, agent licensing clerk, animal hospital clerk, animal shelter clerk, attendance clerk, audit control clerk, automobile contract clerk, blood bank calendar control clerk, blood bank credit clerk, chart clerk.
More names for this work
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General Office Clerk
Already yours: Proofreading files, Searching files, Sorting mail
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Median pay
$45,010 a year
What you have not done yet. Preparing cash for deposits, Operating office equipment, Maintaining office equipment
This page is about the occupation Office Clerks, General. 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. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.