Occupational employment / Insurance claims and policy processing clerks

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Insurance claims and policy processing clerks" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 2,350 $18.71 $38,920
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 13,600 $17.88 $37,190
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 13,540 $18.45 $38,380
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 9,410 $17.17 $35,720
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 6,290 $18.46 $38,400
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 5,800 $16.99 $35,330
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 5,650 $19.72 $41,010
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 5,610 $16.89 $35,130
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 5,390 $18.53 $38,530
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 5,220 $19.05 $39,630
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 4,620 $16.66 $34,660
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 4,580 $20.06 $41,730
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 4,460 $21.53 $44,780
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 4,250 $19.75 $41,080
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 4,190 $19.48 $40,520
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 4,180 $18.00 $37,450
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 4,160 $16.87 $35,100
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 4,110 $15.94 $33,150
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 3,510 $18.22 $37,890
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 3,460 $16.26 $33,820
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 3,450 $17.50 $36,410
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 3,400 $15.95 $33,180
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 3,390 $17.48 $36,350
Columbus, OH 3,340 $16.04 $33,360
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 3,110 $16.45 $34,210
St. Louis, MO-IL 2,980 $18.23 $37,910
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 2,970 $17.64 $36,690
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 2,940 $18.31 $38,080
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 2,880 $16.93 $35,210
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 2,850 $16.72 $34,770
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 2,780 $16.14 $33,560
Denver-Aurora, CO 2,750 $18.92 $39,340
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 2,540 $17.95 $37,330
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 2,530 $16.26 $33,810
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 2,340 $19.06 $39,650
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 2,320 $19.75 $41,080
Pittsburgh, PA 2,280 $16.42 $34,150
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 2,210 $15.58 $32,420
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 2,150 $15.91 $33,080
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 2,140 $23.46 $48,800
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 2,090 $18.43 $38,330
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 2,060 $16.57 $34,460
Kansas City, MO-KS 2,010 $17.09 $35,550
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1,990 $16.31 $33,930
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 1,890 $17.41 $36,220
Baltimore-Towson, MD 1,860 $18.14 $37,720
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 1,780 $16.36 $34,030
Madison, WI 1,750 $16.35 $34,000
Chattanooga, TN-GA 1,700 $15.87 $33,020
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 1,640 $16.04 $33,360
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 1,640 $15.01 $31,220
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 1,620 $17.18 $35,730
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 1,590 $19.61 $40,790
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 1,560 $17.54 $36,480
Richmond, VA 1,560 $15.73 $32,720
San Antonio, TX 1,470 $16.10 $33,480
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 1,450 $18.06 $37,570
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 1,440 $16.57 $34,460
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 1,430 $14.41 $29,980
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 1,320 $16.63 $34,590
Salt Lake City, UT 1,280 $14.83 $30,850
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 1,250 $16.80 $34,940
Lincoln, NE 1,130 $14.72 $30,610
Oklahoma City, OK 1,100 $14.80 $30,780
Austin-Round Rock, TX 1,090 $17.21 $35,800
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1,070 $17.96 $37,350
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 1,040 $16.33 $33,970
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1,040 $15.63 $32,510
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 1,020 $18.00 $37,450
Greensboro-High Point, NC 1,000 $14.88 $30,960
Spokane, WA 1,000 $15.05 $31,300
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 1,000 $15.74 $32,730
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 990 $17.94 $37,320
Raleigh-Cary, NC 970 $15.64 $32,540
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 950 $16.84 $35,020
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 950 $15.53 $32,290
Fresno, CA 910 $16.53 $34,370
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 910 $16.73 $34,810
Worcester, MA-CT 900 $18.72 $38,940
Columbia, SC 890 $14.72 $30,610
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 870 $13.70 $28,500
Syracuse, NY 870 $15.46 $32,150
Jackson, MS 850 $16.80 $34,950
Tulsa, OK 850 $15.25 $31,730
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 830 $15.46 $32,150
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 830 $18.46 $38,400
Utica-Rome, NY 830 $16.05 $33,370
Akron, OH 830 $16.72 $34,770
Jacksonville, FL 820 $13.57 $28,220
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 800 $21.50 $44,730
Macon, GA 790 $14.49 $30,140
Sioux Falls, SD 790 $12.81 $26,640
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 760 $16.82 $34,990
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 740 $19.36 $40,260
Roanoke, VA 730 $15.88 $33,030
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 730 $17.94 $37,320
New Haven, CT 710 $20.45 $42,530
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 680 $12.26 $25,500
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 680 $16.89 $35,130
Bakersfield, CA 660 $17.53 $36,460
Green Bay, WI 660 $15.50 $32,230
Fort Wayne, IN 650 $14.06 $29,240
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 640 $19.33 $40,200
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 640 $15.46 $32,160
Charleston, WV 620 $14.34 $29,820
Olympia, WA 600 $18.95 $39,410
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 600 $15.70 $32,650
Dayton, OH 570 $18.21 $37,870
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 550 $13.01 $27,070
Rochester, NY 540 $16.27 $33,840
Albuquerque, NM 530 $13.46 $28,000
Columbia, MO 510 $16.77 $34,880
Honolulu, HI 500 $16.38 $34,070
Springfield, MO 500 $14.71 $30,610
Canton-Massillon, OH 490 $14.96 $31,110
Toledo, OH 480 $17.59 $36,580
Baton Rouge, LA 470 $14.48 $30,120
Fargo, ND-MN 470 $13.22 $27,510
Visalia-Porterville, CA 460 $17.03 $35,420
Colorado Springs, CO 460 $17.99 $37,410
Reading, PA 450 $16.55 $34,430
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 440 $17.44 $36,260
Springfield, IL 430 $16.04 $33,360
Salem, OR 410 $16.74 $34,820
Winston-Salem, NC 380 $15.94 $33,150
Reno-Sparks, NV 370 $17.17 $35,720
Peoria, IL 370 $14.23 $29,610
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 370 $15.66 $32,570
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 360 $14.52 $30,200
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 360 $16.15 $33,600
Flint, MI 340 $18.21 $37,880
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 340 $16.34 $33,980
Stockton, CA 340 $18.22 $37,900
Appleton, WI 340 $15.84 $32,950
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 330 $16.29 $33,880
Ogden-Clearfield, UT 330 $11.95 $24,870
Tucson, AZ 320 $15.38 $32,000
Lakeland, FL 320 $14.17 $29,470
Chico, CA 320 $15.80 $32,850
Lancaster, PA 310 $16.57 $34,470
Cedar Rapids, IA 290 $15.14 $31,500
Medford, OR 290 $13.42 $27,920
Gainesville, FL 290 $13.38 $27,840
Portsmouth, NH-ME 280 $17.32 $36,020
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 270 $19.41 $40,380
Greenville, SC 270 $15.96 $33,200
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 260 $15.07 $31,350
Wichita, KS 260 $14.09 $29,310
Manchester, NH 250 $16.43 $34,170
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 250 $18.38 $38,240
Greeley, CO 240 $18.52 $38,520
Lafayette, IN 240 $16.09 $33,470
Montgomery, AL 240 $15.60 $32,450
Topeka, KS 240 $14.26 $29,650
Amarillo, TX 240 $14.02 $29,170
Mobile, AL 230 $13.70 $28,490
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 220 $19.07 $39,670
Binghamton, NY 210 $16.88 $35,100
Redding, CA 210 $15.14 $31,480
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 210 $13.57 $28,230
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY 200 $17.94 $37,320
Napa, CA 190 $18.23 $37,930
Modesto, CA 190 $15.91 $33,090
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 190 $16.56 $34,440
Lubbock, TX 190 $11.27 $23,440
La Crosse, WI-MN 190 $16.85 $35,050
Lynchburg, VA 180 $14.22 $29,580
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 180 $14.99 $31,180
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 180 $15.27 $31,770
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 180 $19.10 $39,720
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 170 $16.18 $33,650
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 170 $11.64 $24,200
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 170 $19.09 $39,700
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 170 $15.38 $31,990
Bismarck, ND 160 $14.38 $29,910
Tallahassee, FL 160 $14.23 $29,600
Rapid City, SD 160 $10.82 $22,520
Abilene, TX 160 $14.55 $30,270
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 160 $18.63 $38,760
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 160 $13.36 $27,800
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 150 $14.42 $29,990
Bellingham, WA 150 $14.19 $29,520
Yakima, WA 150 $16.88 $35,100
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 140 $14.19 $29,510
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 140 $19.39 $40,330
Wichita Falls, TX 140 $14.81 $30,800
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 140 $19.53 $40,630
Sheboygan, WI 140 $14.52 $30,190
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 140 $12.31 $25,610
Atlantic City, NJ 140 $17.53 $36,460
Sherman-Denison, TX 130 $14.64 $30,450
Pittsfield, MA 130 $16.16 $33,610
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 130 $12.17 $25,320
Wheeling, WV-OH 130 $12.62 $26,250
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 120 $16.83 $35,000
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 120 $14.51 $30,170
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 120 $18.47 $38,420
Tyler, TX 120 $15.36 $31,940
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL 120 Not available Not available
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 120 $17.66 $36,730
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 110 $20.64 $42,930
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 110 $13.30 $27,660
New Bedford, MA 110 $17.01 $35,380
Knoxville, TN 110 $16.13 $33,550
Fort Smith, AR-OK 100 $15.88 $33,020
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 100 $15.13 $31,460
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 100 $17.08 $35,530
Naples-Marco Island, FL 100 $23.01 $47,870
Tuscaloosa, AL 100 $15.92 $33,110
Bend, OR 100 $16.48 $34,280
Kingston, NY 100 $15.55 $32,340
Glens Falls, NY 100 $16.05 $33,380
Altoona, PA 90 $15.69 $32,630
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 90 $14.36 $29,870
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 90 $15.13 $31,470
Burlington, NC 90 $16.32 $33,950
Charlottesville, VA 90 $14.80 $30,780
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 90 $18.23 $37,910
Waterbury, CT 90 $21.28 $44,260
Bangor, ME 90 $13.95 $29,010
Merced, CA 80 $14.57 $30,300
Great Falls, MT 80 $14.18 $29,490
Casper, WY 80 $13.54 $28,150
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 80 $12.72 $26,450
Salinas, CA 80 $13.18 $27,420
Ocean City, NJ 80 $15.87 $33,010
Racine, WI 80 $16.90 $35,150
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 80 $15.39 $32,020
St. George, UT 80 $10.77 $22,390
Hot Springs, AR 80 $13.46 $28,000
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 70 $17.21 $35,790
Wenatchee, WA 70 $13.55 $28,190
Eugene-Springfield, OR 70 $16.39 $34,090
Albany, GA 70 $11.63 $24,180
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 70 $14.03 $29,180
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 70 $14.70 $30,580
Champaign-Urbana, IL 60 $16.57 $34,470
Lexington-Fayette, KY 60 $17.31 $36,000
Farmington, NM 60 $13.30 $27,660
Lima, OH 60 $14.23 $29,590
Jefferson City, MO 60 $14.36 $29,870
Winchester, VA-WV 50 $15.44 $32,120
Athens-Clarke County, GA 50 $10.89 $22,660
Dover, DE 50 $13.99 $29,100
Duluth, MN-WI 50 $15.66 $32,570
Monroe, MI 50 $13.03 $27,110
Ann Arbor, MI 50 $13.75 $28,600
Barnstable Town, MA 50 $18.52 $38,520
Terre Haute, IN 50 $14.30 $29,730
Johnstown, PA 50 $16.03 $33,340
Carson City, NV 50 $18.20 $37,850
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 50 $13.91 $28,940
Valdosta, GA 50 $14.04 $29,200
Ames, IA 50 $12.64 $26,290
Goldsboro, NC 40 $14.99 $31,180
Anchorage, AK 40 $17.56 $36,530
Fond du Lac, WI 40 $12.17 $25,320
Dubuque, IA 40 $15.02 $31,240
Las Cruces, NM 40 $11.82 $24,580
Elmira, NY 40 $14.65 $30,470
Ithaca, NY 40 $13.97 $29,050
Dothan, AL 40 $11.16 $23,210
Anniston-Oxford, AL 40 $13.56 $28,200
Midland, TX 30 $14.92 $31,020
Logan, UT-ID 30 $11.79 $24,530
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 30 $11.60 $24,120
Corpus Christi, TX Not available $12.44 $25,880
Savannah, GA Not available $12.05 $25,060
Eau Claire, WI Not available $14.95 $31,090
Janesville, WI Not available $15.56 $32,370
Dalton, GA Not available $16.29 $33,880
Grand Junction, CO Not available $19.00 $39,530
Wausau, WI Not available $14.58 $30,330
Morgantown, WV Not available $13.33 $27,730
Brunswick, GA Not available $11.20 $23,290
Boulder, CO Not available $18.13 $37,710
Cheyenne, WY Not available $11.61 $24,140
York-Hanover, PA Not available $17.80 $37,030
Iowa City, IA Not available $15.43 $32,100
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Not available $19.97 $41,540
Spartanburg, SC Not available $15.88 $33,030
Boise City-Nampa, ID Not available $16.09 $33,460
Yuba City, CA Not available $11.58 $24,080
Coeur d'Alene, ID Not available $17.83 $37,080
Morristown, TN Not available $19.37 $40,300
Ocala, FL Not available $13.17 $27,390
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Not available $16.18 $33,650
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA Not available $16.57 $34,470
El Paso, TX Not available $13.38 $27,840
Idaho Falls, ID Not available $10.66 $22,160
Odessa, TX Not available $12.24 $25,450
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR Not available $13.88 $28,870
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Not available $12.77 $26,550
Provo-Orem, UT Not available $13.33 $27,720
Danville, VA Not available $12.03 $25,030
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA Not available $15.04 $31,290
Rockford, IL Not available $16.56 $34,450
Fayetteville, NC Not available $11.76 $24,450
Missoula, MT Not available $12.70 $26,420
Evansville, IN-KY Not available $10.61 $22,070
Billings, MT Not available $19.63 $40,830
Grand Forks, ND-MN Not available $15.56 $32,360
Hanford-Corcoran, CA Not available $19.22 $39,980
El Centro, CA Not available $15.59 $32,430
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Not available $17.45 $36,290
Jackson, MI Not available $17.38 $36,160
Springfield, OH Not available $16.72 $34,790
Bay City, MI Not available $16.85 $35,050
Battle Creek, MI Not available $15.52 $32,270
Huntsville, AL Not available $10.95 $22,770
Gadsden, AL Not available $11.71 $24,350
Springfield, MA-CT Not available $17.52 $36,440
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Not available $15.21 $31,640
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Not available $9.40 $19,540
Lafayette, LA Not available $12.27 $25,530
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