Brokerage clerks
May 2005 employment and annual earnings distribution, wage and salary workers
Brokerage Clerks: Perform clerical duties involving the purchase or sale of securities. Duties include writing orders for stock purchases and sales, computing transfer taxes, verifying stock transactions, accepting and delivering securities, tracking stock price fluctuations, computing equity, distributing dividends, and keeping records of daily transactions and holdings.
Brokerage clerks held about 75,000 jobs in 2004. More than 9 out of 10 worked for securities and commodities, banks, and other finance industries.
Median hourly earnings of brokerage clerks were $16.94 in May 2004. The middle 50 percent earned between $13.52 and $21.60. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $11.22 and the highest 10 percent earned more than $27.11.
(from the Occupational Outlook Handbook: Brokerage Clerks)
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May 2005 employment and annual earnings distribution, wage and salary workers
National Occupational Employment and Earnings by Industry (NAICS sector and 3-digit industry group)
| Brokerage clerks | |||||
| Percentile earnings distribution | |||||
| 10th | 25th | 50th | 75th | 90th | |
| Wholesale Trade employment: 100 mean earnings: $47,860 (EC) (def) (IG) | $24,540 | $29,920 | $38,600 | $45,300 | $67,720 |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods employment: n.a. mean earnings: $34,890 | $23,950 | $26,880 | $31,780 | $37,050 | $57,430 |
| Transportation and Warehousing employment: 60 mean earnings: $35,950 (EC) (def) (IG) | $24,340 | $27,270 | $33,720 | $44,460 | $53,160 |
| Support Activities for Transportation employment: 60 mean earnings: $36,230 | $24,400 | $27,510 | $33,910 | $45,280 | $53,420 |
| Information employment: 150 mean earnings: $35,610 (EC) (def) (IG) | $24,900 | $27,560 | $32,490 | $38,430 | $53,380 |
| Finance and Insurance employment: 64,400 mean earnings: $38,580 (EC) (def) (IG) | $24,110 | $29,080 | $35,880 | $45,390 | $56,540 |
| Credit Intermediation and Related Activities employment: 7,890 mean earnings: $36,050 | $23,290 | $27,860 | $33,660 | $41,960 | $52,720 |
| Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities employment: 53,650 mean earnings: $39,170 | $24,200 | $29,410 | $36,620 | $46,290 | $57,260 |
| Insurance Carriers and Related Activities employment: 1,520 mean earnings: $34,200 | $24,320 | $27,000 | $31,950 | $39,500 | $49,180 |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing employment: 250 mean earnings: $33,360 (EC) (def) (IG) | $20,100 | $28,930 | $33,730 | $40,190 | $44,590 |
| Real Estate employment: 240 mean earnings: $33,440 | $19,850 | $28,890 | $33,890 | $40,520 | $44,720 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services employment: n.a. mean earnings: $26,670 (EC) (def) (IG) | $13,780 | $19,370 | $26,190 | $33,050 | $37,990 |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services employment: n.a. mean earnings: $26,670 | $13,780 | $19,370 | $26,190 | $33,050 | $37,990 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises employment: 4,150 mean earnings: $31,890 (EC) (def) (IG) | $22,380 | $25,770 | $31,080 | $36,590 | $43,910 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises employment: 4,150 mean earnings: $31,890 | $22,380 | $25,770 | $31,080 | $36,590 | $43,910 |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services employment: 630 mean earnings: $36,240 (EC) (def) (IG) | $22,340 | $28,110 | $33,530 | $42,560 | $58,810 |
| Administrative and Support Services employment: 630 mean earnings: $36,240 | $22,340 | $28,110 | $33,530 | $42,560 | $58,810 |
| Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation) employment: 120 mean earnings: $42,010 (def) (IG) | $27,090 | $33,450 | $41,170 | $51,030 | $57,450 |
| Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation) employment: 120 mean earnings: $42,010 | $27,090 | $33,450 | $41,170 | $51,030 | $57,450 |
source: Occupational Employment Statistics Program; about these estimates
The (EC) links lead to data from the Economic Census from the Census Bureau.
The (def) links lead to 2002 NAICS industry definitions from the Census Bureau.
The (IG) links lead to Industry at a Glance industry profiles from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.