Occupational Employment and Wages, 2002

41-2021 Counter and Rental Clerks

Receive orders for repairs, rentals, and services. May describe available options, compute cost, and accept payment.

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National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
425,380	1.4 %	$9.64	$20,040	0.4 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$6.03	$6.89	$8.31	$10.91	$15.10
Annual Wage (2)	$12,550	$14,330	$17,280	$22,680	$31,400

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Employment rank	Wage rank
Consumer goods rental	90,580	$7.80	$16,220	1	125
Drycleaning and laundry services	45,480	$7.63	$15,860	2	129
Automotive equipment rental and leasing	42,620	$10.59	$22,040	3	43
Automobile dealers	27,210	$17.46	$36,320	4	3
Other amusement and recreation industries	22,470	$7.69	$16,000	5	127

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Employment rank	Wage rank
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing	30	$19.17	$39,870	118	1
Other specialty trade contractors	500	$18.44	$38,360	58	2
Automobile dealers	27,210	$17.46	$36,320	4	3
Support activities for mining	(6)	$16.82	$34,990	(6)	4
Wired telecommunications carriers	(6)	$15.17	$31,550	(6)	5

State profile for this occupation: Top

States with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

State	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of State employment	Wage rank within State
Washington	15,920	$10.15	$21,110	0.621%	616
Alaska	1,770	$9.46	$19,680	0.618%	421
Montana	1,750	$8.05	$16,750	0.447%	498
Nevada	4,350	$10.61	$22,070	0.412%	501
Hawaii	2,250	$10.12	$21,050	0.409%	441

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of State employment	Wage rank within State
Massachusetts	8,850	$11.04	$22,970	0.277%	584
Arizona	7,710	$10.97	$22,830	0.343%	479
Connecticut	4,280	$10.87	$22,610	0.261%	532
Oregon	4,840	$10.82	$22,500	0.312%	522
Rhode Island	1,660	$10.79	$22,430	0.352%	435

Metropolitan area profile for this occupation: Top

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

MSA	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of MSA employment
Tacoma, WA PMSA	1,700	$10.27	$21,350	0.727%
Dothan, AL MSA	450	$7.42	$15,440	0.678%
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA PMSA	8,570	$10.41	$21,640	0.661%
Bellingham, WA MSA	410	$10.38	$21,590	0.614%
Olympia, WA PMSA	510	$9.61	$19,990	0.599%

Top paying Metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA	Employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage	Percent of MSA employment
Stamford-Norwalk, CT PMSA	370	$15.80	$32,860	0.185%
Bridgeport, CT PMSA	280	$12.74	$26,490	0.152%
Worcester, MA-CT PMSA	670	$12.58	$26,170	0.296%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA PMSA	410	$12.46	$25,910	0.452%
San Jose, CA PMSA	2,890	$12.05	$25,070	0.324%

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Percentile wage estimates show the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.

(1) Data for detailed occupations does not sum to the totals because the totals include data for occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

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Last Modified Date: November 26, 2003