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Pay · 41-2021

Counter and Rental Clerks earn $41,300 a year at the midpoint

From about $29,800 at the low end to $65,370 at the top, with $41,300 in the middle — the 2025 survey, published as reported.

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$41,300median a year · United States
$19.86an hour $45,700average 400,810people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$35,63025th $41,300median $50,19075th
$29,80010th percentile $65,37090th percentile
$35,630a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$53,760best-paying state · District of Columbia
$34,780lowest-paying state · West Virginia
+30%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • The annual figure is arithmetic. For hourly occupations the annual figure is the hourly rate times 2080 hours. It is a calculation, not observed earnings: part time is the norm in retail and food service.
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  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

Counter and rental clerk earnings, from starting pay to the best-paid 10%

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  • Computed charges for merchandise or services and received payments.
  • Received orders for services, such as rentals, repairs, dry cleaning, and storage.
  • Explained rental fees, policies, and procedures.

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Counter and rental clerk wages by state

The 46 states where the most people do this work, of 51 with a published figure: their medians range by 1.41 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
New Jersey $48,900 $35,540 $35,540 — $75,520 9,540
Washington $47,820 $37,670 $37,670 — $73,970 14,600
New Hampshire $47,250 $33,270 $33,270 — $77,660 1,590
Maine $46,870 $34,820 $34,820 — $60,610 1,180
New York $46,270 $35,190 $35,190 — $73,530 18,320
Colorado $46,240 $35,290 $35,290 — $75,300 13,900
Wisconsin $45,720 $30,900 $30,900 — $73,470 6,600
Virginia $45,540 $31,340 $31,340 — $74,890 12,910
California $45,010 $35,790 $35,790 — $69,800 67,770
Minnesota $44,850 $30,630 $30,630 — $67,050 4,710
North Dakota $44,620 $28,690 $28,690 — $73,680 1,460
Hawaii $44,420 $34,490 $34,490 — $62,410 1,700
Massachusetts $44,070 $35,220 $35,220 — $64,410 8,220
Arizona $43,920 $35,980 $35,980 — $72,690 11,080
Montana $43,900 $33,520 $33,520 — $60,310 1,490
Wyoming $43,860 $30,050 $30,050 — $61,640 900
Oregon $43,820 $34,860 $34,860 — $78,070 5,450
Pennsylvania $42,910 $26,520 $26,520 — $61,760 10,780
Connecticut $39,490 $35,120 $35,120 — $65,950 3,060
Maryland $39,490 $33,080 $33,080 — $71,730 4,060
Idaho $39,370 $28,010 $28,010 — $68,100 2,070
Michigan $39,350 $30,020 $30,020 — $61,740 13,410
Nevada $39,140 $30,100 $30,100 — $57,910 2,460
Kansas $39,090 $28,280 $28,280 — $78,380 2,990
Kentucky $38,990 $27,040 $27,040 — $61,200 2,960
Iowa $38,960 $31,820 $31,820 — $58,490 1,900
Delaware $38,600 $31,200 $31,200 — $59,350 870
Georgia $38,590 $28,650 $28,650 — $62,400 11,490
Ohio $38,590 $24,140 $24,140 — $75,970 9,400
North Carolina $38,230 $27,110 $27,110 — $64,070 17,580
Illinois $38,140 $31,870 $31,870 — $63,500 8,440
Tennessee $37,960 $28,110 $28,110 — $57,760 7,640
Missouri $37,920 $29,580 $29,580 — $63,540 4,880
Florida $37,870 $28,770 $28,770 — $60,810 27,160
Utah $37,550 $24,290 $24,290 — $61,840 3,280
South Carolina $37,340 $25,730 $25,730 — $54,460 6,280
Texas $37,250 $27,430 $27,430 — $60,390 36,600
Oklahoma $37,160 $23,800 $23,800 — $61,880 3,920
Indiana $36,680 $24,620 $24,620 — $55,950 7,990
Nebraska $36,450 $28,080 $28,080 — $50,690 3,960
Mississippi $36,160 $23,560 $23,560 — $56,400 2,820
New Mexico $35,580 $27,940 $27,940 — $57,030 2,360
Alabama $35,170 $23,590 $23,590 — $48,750 8,010
Arkansas $34,940 $26,470 $26,470 — $59,700 3,560
Louisiana $34,910 $22,020 $22,020 — $52,610 3,740
West Virginia $34,780 $22,580 $22,580 — $48,140 2,300

Nearby work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Counter and Rental Clerks$41,300
Parts Salespersons$38,630−$2,670 Retail salespersons$35,410−$5,890 Cashiers$32,880−$8,420

Number 682 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 13% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 680 Data Entry Keyers $41,340
  2. 681 Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders $41,330
  3. 682 Counter and Rental Clerks $41,300
  4. 683 Machine Feeders and Offbearers $41,220
  5. 684 Office Machine Operators, Except Computer $40,960

Questions people often ask

What is a counter and rental clerk’s yearly income?

A counter and rental clerk makes a median of $41,300 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $35,630 and $50,190.

What is a counter and rental clerk’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $19.86 an hour; the average is $45,700 a year.

What is the starting pay for a counter and rental clerk?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $35,630 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $29,800.

Which state pays counter and rental clerks the most?

District of Columbia, with a median of $53,760 a year.

How many people work as counter and rental clerks?

About 400,810 in the United States — number 682 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays roughly the same

Median pay within $290 of what counter and rental clerks earn — $41,300 a year — but not always the same spread.

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