City of Worcester / Principal Clerk
Role across City of Worcester
Principal Clerk
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
20 people hold the Principal Clerk role across 1 department in City of Worcester, with a median total compensation of $51,574. Among 6 jurisdictions where this role is reported, City of Worcester ranks #5 by median pay.
- Employees
- 20
- Median pay
- $51,574
- Departments
- 1
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #5 of 6
Compared with the local labor market
Principal Clerk pay vs. the Worcester, MA area
Across all employers in the Worcester, MA area, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 4,920 people — is $46,940. City of Worcester pays a median base salary of $49,235 for this role, 5% above that figure — about the 55th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where City of Worcester sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Office Clerks, General across every employer in the Worcester, MA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows City of Worcester’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. City of Worcester’s median base salary is 9% above that national figure, about the 61st percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 Worcester, MA range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 16 of 20 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at City of Worcester is $51,574, 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 jurisdictions
Principal Clerk pay in other jurisdictions
Where Principal Clerks are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Principal Clerkroles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.