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City and County of San Francisco / Human Resources / Senior Clerk

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Senior Clerk

Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.

1 employees hold this title in Human Resources. Median total compensation for the role is $118,919, below the department median of $169,649.

Employees
1
Total payroll
$118.9K
Role median
$118,919
Agency median
$169,649
Comparison
Below

Compared with the local labor market

Senior Clerk pay vs. the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area

Across all employers in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 37,590 people — is $52,000. Human Resources pays a median base salary of $80,999 for this role, 56% above that figureabove the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Human Resources sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$39,880
$43,180
$52,000
$65,940
$79,740
Human Resources median · $80,999

The bar is the range of annual wages for Office Clerks, General across every employer in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Human Resources’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. Human Resources’s median base salary is 80% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$30,310
$36,350
$45,010
$54,300
$64,680
Human Resources median · $80,999

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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA range relative to the national one.

Median total compensation for this role at Human Resources is $118,919, 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 and County of San Francisco

Senior Clerk is held in 24 City and County of San Francisco departments. In Human Resources, the median of $118,919 ranks #6 of 24.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Mayor
$128,528 · 1
Port
$123,017 · 3
City Planning
$119,248 · 4
Police
$118,961 · 37
Human Services Agency
$118,344 · 74
Public Health
$118,243 · 151
Airport Commission
$117,076 · 12
City Attorney
$113,316 · 8
Public Defender
$111,001 · 2
War Memorial
$110,694 · 5
Public Works
$110,049 · 6

Median total compensation for the Senior Clerk role in other City and County of San Franciscodepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Senior Clerk beyond City and County of San Francisco

This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In City and County of San Francisco, the median of $118,172 ranks #1 of 5. See Senior Clerk across all of City and County of San Francisco

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Los Angeles County
$101,727 · 784
New Jersey
$42,130 · 25
Florida
$36,400 · 713

Median total compensation for comparable Senior Clerkroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

Record list

Employees with this title

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Ruth Mercado

Senior Clerk/Human Resources

2024 total comp
$118,919
Sub-department
Clerical, Secretarial & Steno
Organization group
General Administration & Finance
Base pay
$80,999
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$37,921
Total compensation
$118,919
Employment type
Permanent Exempt
Union / bargaining unit
SEIU, Local 1021, Misc
Full-time equivalent (FTE)
1.04

Source-specific fields

Data As Of
Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At
Jun 15, 2026
Department Code
HRD
Health and Dental Benefits
$19,294
Job Code
1406
Job Family Code
1400
Organization Group Code
General Administration & Finance
Other Benefits
$6,225

Ruth Mercado is a Senior Clerk at Human Resources within Clerical, Secretarial & Steno. They work permanent exempt, 1.04 FTE. 2024 total compensation came to $118,919. Their bargaining unit is SEIU, Local 1021, Misc.