Compared with the local labor market
Clerk 2 pay vs. the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN area
Across all employers in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN area, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 16,750 people — is $44,640. Cpd-Department of Police pays a median base salary of $49,801 for this role, 12% above that figure — about the 64th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Cpd-Department of Police sits in the local pay range
$28,980
$36,410
$44,640
$54,150
$64,570
Cpd-Department of Police median · $49,801
The bar is the range of annual wages for Office Clerks, General across every employer in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Cpd-Department of Police’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 2,464,940 people — is $45,010. Cpd-Department of Police’s median base salary is 11% above that national figure, about the 63rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$30,310
$36,350
$45,010
$54,300
$64,680
Cpd-Department of Police median · $49,801
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Cpd-Department of Police is $49,801, 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.
Compare departments
This role across City of Cincinnati
Clerk 2 is held in 3 City of Cincinnati departments. In Cpd-Department of Police, the median of $49,801 ranks #3 of 3.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Clerk 2 role in other City of Cincinnatidepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.