Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks

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Total Workforce

44.7k

Average Age

Average Salary

$58,388

Average Male Salary

$83,706

Average Female Salary

$47,159

About

Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks are most often employed by the Banking & related activities industry. The average yearly wage for Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks was $58,388 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks by wage are Tool & die makers, Firstline supervisors of correctional officers, and Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists.

Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks are part of the Office & Administrative Support Occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of office & administrative support workers, Switchboard operators, including answering service, Telephone operators, Communications equipment operators, all other, Bill & account collectors, and 45 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks are Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission (Roanoke, Salem Cities & Vinton Town) PUMA, VA. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks are Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission (Roanoke, Salem Cities & Vinton Town) PUMA, VA.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks and on wages and locations for those in the field. Banking & related activities is the industry that employs the most Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks, by average wage, is Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments. Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks are paid most in Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission (Roanoke, Salem Cities & Vinton Town) PUMA, VA but are relatively concentrated in Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission (Roanoke, Salem Cities & Vinton Town) PUMA, VA.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$58,388

AVERAGE SALARY

± $7,030

In 2018, Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks earned an average of $58,388, $4,499 more than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists make somewhat more than Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks while Tool & die makers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.388

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.388, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission (Roanoke, Salem Cities & Vinton Town) PUMA, VA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks.

Spatial Concentration

Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission (Roanoke, Salem Cities & Vinton Town) PUMA, VA

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks, by number of employees, are Banking & related activities, Nondepository credit & related activities, and Savings institutions, including credit unions .

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks, by average wage, are Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments, Insurance carriers, Construction, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments, and Savings institutions, including credit unions .

Industries by Share

44.7k

2018 Workforce

± 5,191

2.11%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 16.2%

The number of people employed as Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks has been growing at a rate of 2.11%, from 43,796 people in 2017 to 44,720 people in 2018.

This graphic shows the share of Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks employed by various industries. Banking & related activities employs the largest share of Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks at 31.2%, followed by Nondepository credit & related activities with 21% and Savings institutions, including credit unions with 9.87%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks in the US. The average age of male Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks in the workforce is 40.9 and of female Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks is 42.5, and the most common race/ethnicity for Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

13.7k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 2,878

31k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 4,321

69.3% of Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks are Female, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks

White (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)

68.3% of Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 11.5% of Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks.

Age by Gender

40.9

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 2.83

42.5

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.94

The median age of Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks is 42, and Male employees are generally 1.6 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks is Business but a relatively high number of Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks hold a major in Business.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degree-majorss. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree-majors obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks need many skills, but most especially Active Listening, Speaking, and Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Credit authorizers, checkers, & clerks need more than the average amount of Writing, Active Listening, and Speaking.