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Loan Interviewers and Clerks earn $50,020 a year at the midpoint

Starting pay is close to the middle here: the 25th percentile is $45,120 against a median of $50,020, so the first years are not a long climb.

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$50,020median a year · United States
$24.05an hour $52,520average 164,790people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$45,12025th $50,020median $60,60075th
$37,33010th percentile $69,77090th percentile
$45,120a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$77,080best-paying state · District of Columbia
$39,120lowest-paying state · Mississippi
+54%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.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • 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.”

A short climbThe 25th percentile, $45,120, is within 10% of the median.
State matters a lotThe same job pays $77,080 in District of Columbia and $39,120 in Mississippi — a gap of $37,960 a year.

Loan interviewer and clerk earnings, from starting pay up to the top 10%

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Loan interviewer and clerk pay rate, hourly and yearly

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$50,024a year

Ranked 524 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 34% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 522 Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks $50,080
  2. 523 Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners $50,060
  3. 524 Loan Interviewers and Clerks $50,020
  4. 525 Agricultural Inspectors $49,940
  5. 526 Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners $49,880

Loan interviewer and clerk wages in each state

The 42 states where the most people do this work, of 51 with a published figure: their medians range by 1.52 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
Maryland $59,430 $45,560 $45,560 — $76,550 1,590
Connecticut $58,980 $45,330 $45,330 — $73,340 970
Massachusetts $58,940 $45,770 $45,770 — $70,760 2,080
New Jersey $58,760 $43,740 $43,740 — $77,580 3,620
Washington $58,740 $46,580 $46,580 — $75,520 3,290
New York $58,120 $44,450 $44,450 — $77,100 4,780
North Carolina $57,780 $40,030 $40,030 — $70,050 4,800
Delaware $57,760 $35,690 $35,690 — $78,030 950
Oregon $57,650 $42,030 $42,030 — $72,850 1,920
California $57,300 $39,170 $39,170 — $75,940 14,680
Nevada $57,070 $38,950 $38,950 — $76,060 1,520
Colorado $56,760 $37,020 $37,020 — $75,010 2,500
Minnesota $51,760 $39,210 $39,210 — $71,720 2,850
Michigan $51,500 $39,010 $39,010 — $67,670 7,930
North Dakota $51,290 $42,730 $42,730 — $69,800 980
Florida $50,510 $36,280 $36,280 — $66,410 10,690
Virginia $50,140 $37,510 $37,510 — $71,930 3,990
Arizona $50,120 $37,780 $37,780 — $75,230 4,700
Iowa $50,080 $39,880 $39,880 — $64,790 2,380
Illinois $50,000 $39,030 $39,030 — $67,400 6,850
Texas $49,980 $37,850 $37,850 — $70,010 17,090
Ohio $49,150 $39,180 $39,180 — $64,260 5,800
Nebraska $48,970 $40,130 $40,130 — $62,300 1,010
Wisconsin $48,930 $39,150 $39,150 — $61,470 4,270
Georgia $48,310 $34,730 $34,730 — $64,690 4,020
Utah $48,110 $39,180 $39,180 — $61,350 2,820
Idaho $48,090 $36,810 $36,810 — $62,710 1,240
Kentucky $47,910 $34,460 $34,460 — $63,240 3,690
Kansas $47,640 $37,340 $37,340 — $66,430 2,770
South Carolina $47,500 $28,690 $28,690 — $64,590 2,820
Pennsylvania $47,350 $36,250 $36,250 — $63,250 4,330
Indiana $47,310 $36,080 $36,080 — $60,540 3,350
Oklahoma $47,210 $34,670 $34,670 — $63,000 3,300
Missouri $47,170 $36,470 $36,470 — $62,670 5,080
South Dakota $47,000 $38,800 $38,800 — $58,000 1,710
Louisiana $46,700 $27,640 $27,640 — $58,330 2,010
New Mexico $46,100 $34,950 $34,950 — $71,980 880
Tennessee $45,230 $34,560 $34,560 — $65,900 3,990
Arkansas $45,140 $34,220 $34,220 — $61,410 1,970
West Virginia $42,490 $35,460 $35,460 — $50,690 840
Alabama $40,300 $29,460 $29,460 — $57,410 2,960
Mississippi $39,120 $31,030 $31,030 — $57,400 1,770

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  • Interviewed loan applicants to obtain personal and financial data and to assist in completing applications.
  • Answered questions and advised customers regarding loans and transactions.
  • Submitted loan applications with recommendation for underwriting approval.

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Adjacent work, and what it pays

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

Loan Interviewers and Clerks$50,020
Brokerage Clerks$65,750+$15,730 Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$54,210+$4,190 Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$50,610+$590 Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks$50,080+$60 Information and Record Clerks, All Other$49,500−$520 Court, Municipal, and License Clerks$48,700−$1,320

Questions people ask most

What is a loan interviewer and clerk’s yearly income?

A loan interviewer and clerk makes a median of $50,020 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $45,120 and $60,600.

What is a loan interviewer and clerk’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $24.05 an hour; the average is $52,520 a year.

What is the starting pay for a loan interviewer and clerk?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $45,120 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $37,330.

Which state pays loan interviewers and clerks the most?

District of Columbia, with a median of $77,080 a year.

How many people work as loan interviewers and clerks?

About 164,790 in the United States — number 524 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays about the same

Median pay within $120 of what loan interviewers and clerks earn — $50,020 a year — but not always the same spread.

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