Financial Clerical and Assistance

Across all employers in the United States, the median wage for Financial Clerks, All Other — about 36,260 people — is $53,830. Department of Homeland Security pays a median base salary of $61,219 for this role, 14% above that figure — about the 72nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Department of Homeland Security is $61,219, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Financial Clerical and Assistance is held in 19 U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) departments. In Department of Homeland Security, the median of $61,219 ranks #13 of 19.