Insurance claims & policy processing clerks

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Total Workforce

215k

Average Age

Average Salary

$45,446

Average Male Salary

$58,857

Average Female Salary

$41,461

About

Insurance claims & policy processing clerks are most often employed by the Insurance carriers industry. The average yearly wage for Insurance claims & policy processing clerks was $45,446 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Insurance claims & policy processing clerks by wage are Firstline supervisors of housekeeping & janitorial workers, Food service managers, and Electronic home entertainment equipment installers & repairers.

Insurance claims & policy processing 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 Insurance claims & policy processing clerks are McLean County PUMA, IL, Albany County (Outside Albany City) PUMA, NY, and Denver City (Southeast) PUMA, CO. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Insurance claims & policy processing clerks are McLean County PUMA, IL, Nashville-Davidson (North) PUMA, TN, and Seminole County (North Central) PUMA, FL.

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Information on the businesses and industries that employ Insurance claims & policy processing clerks and on wages and locations for those in the field. Insurance carriers is the industry that employs the most Insurance claims & policy processing clerks, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Insurance claims & policy processing clerks, by average wage, is Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments. Insurance claims & policy processing clerks are paid most in Saratoga County (Outer) PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in McLean County PUMA, IL.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$45,446

AVERAGE SALARY

± $2,093

In 2018, Insurance claims & policy processing clerks earned an average of $45,446, $8,443 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Electronic home entertainment equipment installers & repairers make somewhat more than Insurance claims & policy processing clerks while Firstline supervisors of housekeeping & janitorial workers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Insurance claims & policy processing clerks as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.324

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Insurance claims & policy processing clerks had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.324, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Insurance claims & policy processing clerks (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Insurance claims & policy processing clerks.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Insurance claims & policy processing clerks

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Insurance claims & policy processing clerks.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Insurance claims & policy processing clerks, by number of employees, are Insurance carriers, Agencies, brokerages, and other insurance related activities, and General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Insurance claims & policy processing clerks, by average wage, are Administration of human resource programs, Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments, Management of companies & enterprises, Administration of human resource programs, Nondepository credit & related activities, and Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments.

Industries by Share

215k

2018 Workforce

± 11,370

-43.1%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 11.7%

The number of people employed as Insurance claims & policy processing clerks has been declining at a rate of -43.1%, from 377,514 people in 2017 to 214,798 people in 2018.

This graphic shows the share of Insurance claims & policy processing clerks employed by various industries. Insurance carriers employs the largest share of Insurance claims & policy processing clerks at 55.4%, followed by Agencies, brokerages, and other insurance related activities with 16.9% and General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals with 5.94%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Insurance claims & policy processing clerks in the US. The average age of male Insurance claims & policy processing clerks in the workforce is 39.6 and of female Insurance claims & policy processing clerks is 42.7, and the most common race/ethnicity for Insurance claims & policy processing clerks is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

49.2k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 5,445

166k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 9,985

77.1% of Insurance claims & policy processing clerks are Female, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Insurance claims & policy processing clerks.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Insurance claims & policy processing clerks

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

61% of Insurance claims & policy processing clerks are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 17.6% of Insurance claims & policy processing clerks, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Insurance claims & policy processing clerks.

Age by Gender

39.6

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 1.37

42.7

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 0.78

The median age of Insurance claims & policy processing clerks is 42, and Male employees are generally 3.11 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Insurance claims & policy processing clerks from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Insurance claims & policy processing clerks is Business but a relatively high number of Insurance claims & policy processing clerks hold a major in Agriculture.

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 Insurance claims & policy processing clerks from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Insurance claims & policy processing clerks need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, and Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Insurance claims & policy processing clerks need more than the average amount of Mathematics, Active Listening, and Speaking.