Clerk I

Across all employers in Texas, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 218,470 people — is $39,000. Department of Agriculture pays a median base salary of $30,600 for this role, 22% below that figure — about the 25th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Computed over the 3 of 5 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 Department of Agriculture is $30,600, 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.

Clerk I is held in 7 Texas departments. In Department of Agriculture, the median of $30,600 ranks #6 of 7.

This role is reported in 21 jurisdictions. In Texas, the median of $35,891 ranks #14 of 21. See Clerk across all of Texas →

• Accountant III 5
• Accountant V 5
• Administrative Assistant III 9
• Auditor II 5
• Auditor III 17
• Compliance Analyst II 38
• Compliance Analyst III 10
• Compliance Analyst IV 9
• Data Analyst III 5
• Director I 16
• Director II 20
• Director III 10
• Director IV 8
• Director V 6
• Grant Specialist III 18
• Grant Specialist IV 10
• Inspector I 30
• Inspector II 50
• Inspector III 15
• Inspector IV 21
• Inspector V 14
• Inspector VI 38
• Inventory & Store Specialist II 5
• Investigator II 6
• IT Support Specialist III 7
• License and Permit Specialist III 5
• Maintenance Specialist III 5
• Maintenance Supervisor III 5
• Manager IV 14
• Marketing Specialist III 5
• Marketing Specialist IV 12
• Marketing Specialist V 5
• Program Specialist I 15
• Program Specialist II 9
• Program Specialist III 31
• Program Specialist IV 21
• Program Specialist V 7
• Program Specialist VI 7
• Program Supervisor IV 7
• Program Supervisor VI 20
• Programmer III 5
• Staff Services Officer III 5
• Training and Development Specialist IV 6
• Training and Development Specialist V 17