Office and Administrative Support Occupations
BLS May 2025 wages O*NET task lead SOC 43-4011

Brokerage Clerks

O*NET task statements lead this Brokerage Clerks card before OEWS pay; neighboring titles include Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants, Proofreaders and Copy Markers, Postal Service Clerks, Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks.

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Same-major-group titles next to Brokerage Clerks: Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants ($77K) , Proofreaders and Copy Markers ($51K) , Postal Service Clerks ($62K) , Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks ($60K) . Hash-ordered per card so residual SOC siblings do not share an identical peer sentence.

What Brokerage Clerks publish as work

O*NET task statements for SOC 43-4011 - occupation-level descriptions, not every employer's posting. Sibling cards diverge here because the task set is entity-keyed.

  1. 1. Correspond with customers and confer with coworkers to answer inquiries, discuss market fluctuations, or resolve account problems
  2. 2. Document security transactions, such as purchases, sales, conversions, redemptions, or payments, using computers, accounting ledgers, or…
  3. 3. File, type, or operate standard office machines
  4. 4. Schedule and coordinate transfer and delivery of security certificates between companies, departments, and customers
  5. 5. Monitor daily stock prices and compute fluctuations to determine the need for additional collateral to secure loans
  6. 6. Perform clerical tasks, such as answering phones or distributing mail
  7. 7. Verify ownership and transaction information and dividend distribution instructions to ensure conformance with governmental regulations…
  8. 8. Compute total holdings, dividends, interest, transfer taxes, brokerage fees, or commissions and allocate appropriate payments to customers
  9. 9. Prepare reports summarizing daily transactions and earnings for individual customer accounts
  10. 10. Prepare forms, such as receipts, withdrawal orders, transmittal papers, or transfer confirmations, based on transaction requests from sto…

Brokerage Clerks: O*NET ranks Active Listening first

Importance-ranked O*NET profile for SOC 43-4011 - lead skill Active Listening at 3.9 ; lead knowledge English Language. Sibling cards diverge here even when peer titles overlap.

Top skills

  1. 1. Active Listening 3.9
  2. 2. Speaking 3.9
  3. 3. Reading Comprehension 3.8
  4. 4. Time Management 3.5
  5. 5. Critical Thinking 3.4
  6. 6. Writing 3.1
  7. 7. Monitoring 3.1
  8. 8. Mathematics 3.0

Knowledge areas

  1. 1. English Language 4.1
  2. 2. Customer and Personal Service 3.8
  3. 3. Mathematics 3.5
  4. 4. Computers and Electronics 3.3
  5. 5. Economics and Accounting 3.2
  6. 6. Administrative 3.1
National median after O*NET task lead
$65,750
/year · 10 published task lines above
Lead task: Correspond with customers and confer with coworkers to answer inquiries, discuss market fluctuations, or resolve account problems
$66K
National median
↓ -10%
Growth 2024-2034
4,100
Annual openings
35,940
Estimated US jobs
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
Highest-pay peer · $77K

Typical Entry and Preparation Assignments

Entry education High school diploma or equivalent

Top Paying States for Brokerage Clerks

1. New Jersey $74,830
2. Oregon $72,250
3. Washington $73,120
4. District of Columbia $95,450
5. New York $78,930
6. Michigan $73,350
7. Maine $72,840
8. California $77,960
9. Vermont $78,200
10. Connecticut $75,330

Other Office and Administrative Support Occupations titles

  1. 1. Postal Service Clerks $62,130
  2. 2. Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks $59,650
  3. 3. Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants $76,590
  4. 4. Proofreaders and Copy Markers $51,120
  5. 5. Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators $58,470
  6. 6. Public Safety Telecommunicators $53,040

O*NET publishes 10 leading task statements for Brokerage Clerks (SOC 43-4011). The national OEWS median is $65,750 inside Office and Administrative Support Occupations. Same-group neighbors: Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants, Proofreaders and Copy Markers, Postal Service Clerks, Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks. Lead published task: Correspond with customers and confer with coworkers to answer inquiries, discuss market fluctuations, or resolve account problems.

Employment Projections expect -10% change between 2024 and 2034 (declining vs baseline 3.1%). About 4,100 annual openings are projected. BLS assigns High school diploma or equivalent as typical education needed for entry. These are occupation-level assignments, not universal requirements. BLS does not publish a separate occupation-specific safety rate for this role; its broad SOC-group rate is excluded from this career card's grade.

Highest published state median in this ranking: New Jersey at $74,830. The table records differences without proving causes. Highest-pay peer shown here: Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants at $76,590. Compare the same statistic in the relevant local wage area before treating the national median as a personal benchmark; OEWS excludes employer benefits.

Brokerage Clerks pay-rank #3 in Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Among 54 detailed Office and Administrative Support Occupations with a published OEWS median, Brokerage Clerks is pay-rank #3, the upper third of that major group. The order is ROW_NUMBER on national median (title as tiebreak), not a worker-level percentile.

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Data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Projections from BLS Employment Projections program, 2024-2034.

SOC 43-4011 · national median $65,750 · upper third of Office and Administrative Support Occupations (#3/54). Open the full OEWS map or a named state before treating the card median as a local ask.

Brokerage Clerks salary map

State, metro, and percentile for SOC 43-4011

New Jersey · top state for Brokerage Clerks

$75K published median

Oregon · #2 state pay

$72K · behind New Jersey

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

Highest-pay peer vs Brokerage Clerks · $77K

Proofreaders and Copy Markers

Lower-pay peer beside Brokerage Clerks · $51K

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which Office and Administrative Support Occupations titles sit near Brokerage Clerks at the top of the pay table? ▼
Brokerage Clerks is pay-rank #3 of 54 detailed Office and Administrative Support Occupations with an OEWS median, upper third. Nearest upper-third titles: Postal Service Clerks ($62K), First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers ($70K), Postal Service Mail Carriers ($61K), Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks ($60K). Rank is ROW_NUMBER on national median.
What do brokerage clerks do day to day? ▼
O*NET lists published task statements for Brokerage Clerks. Leading ones include: Correspond with customers and confer with coworkers to answer inquiries, discuss market fluctuations, or resolve account problems; Document security transactions, such as purchases, sales, conversions, redemptions, or payments, using computers, accounting ledgers, or…; File, type, or operate standard office machines; Schedule and coordinate transfer and delivery of security certificates between companies, departments, and customers. These are occupation-level task descriptions, not every employer's job description.
Which O*NET skills rank highest for brokerage clerks? ▼
For SOC 43-4011, O*NET importance scores lead with Active Listening (3.9), Speaking (3.9), Reading Comprehension (3.8), Time Management (3.5). Knowledge areas emphasize English Language, Customer and Personal Service, Mathematics. These are occupation-level profiles, not a hiring checklist for every employer.
What is the OEWS national median for Brokerage Clerks? ▼
May 2025 OEWS reports $65,750 as the national median for Brokerage Clerks. The published 10th-90th range is $50,260 to $102,010. Beside Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants ($76,590), this is the occupation-level national figure, not a local offer.
What employment change does BLS publish for Brokerage Clerks? ▼
The 2024-2034 projection for Brokerage Clerks is -10%. Projected annual openings: about 4,100. Relative to the current all-occupations baseline of 3.1%: declining.
What typical entry education does BLS assign to Brokerage Clerks? ▼
BLS assigns High school diploma or equivalent as the typical-education-needed-for-entry category for Brokerage Clerks. These are occupation-level labels, not every employer's hiring rule.
Which three states show the highest OEWS medians for Brokerage Clerks? ▼
New Jersey ($74,830), Oregon ($72,250), Washington ($73,120) lead this ranking. The table does not identify why those state estimates differ.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Wage and state figures use BLS OEWS May 2025; growth and education use BLS Employment Projections for 2024-2034; safety fields cite BLS CFOI/SOII; task statements cite O*NET where shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OES Occupational wage estimates by area and industry · 2025

Federal sources on this Brokerage Clerks card
  • BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS / OES) - national median and percentiles for SOC 43-4011. bls.gov/oes
  • O*NET OnLine - task and skill statements for Brokerage Clerks. onetcenter.org
  • BLS Employment Projections - 2024-2034 change and openings for this occupation. bls.gov/emp
  • U.S. Census Bureau ACS - demographic and labor-force context for state and metro geography. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
  • IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) - payroll-tax aggregate context for wage comparisons. irs.gov/statistics