Tennessee / Tennessee Bureau of Investigation / Clerk 3
Job-title file
Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
1 employee holds this title in Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Median total compensation for the role is $41,600, below the department median of $67,889.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Tennessee, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 49,880 people — is $38,860. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation pays a median base salary of $41,600 for this role, 7% above that figure — about the 58th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Office Clerks, General across every employer in Tennessee, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’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. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s median base salary is 8% below that national figure, about the 40th 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 Tennessee range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is $41,600, 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
Clerk 3 is held in 13 Tennessee departments. In Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the median of $41,600 ranks #3 of 13.
Median total compensation for the Clerk 3 role in other Tennesseedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 21 jurisdictions. In Tennessee, the median of $36,986 ranks #13 of 21. See Clerk across all of Tennessee →
Median total compensation for comparable Clerk roles 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.
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Source-specific fields
Tania Shurtleff is a Clerk 3 at Tennessee Bureau of Investigation within Administrative Services Division. They work part-time. 2026 total compensation came to $41,600.