Loan Interviewers and Clerks Salary — San Jose, California

The average Loan Interviewers and Clerks in San Jose, California earns $66,190 a year.

$66,190 / year, mean
↑ 24.0% above national average 100th percentile in California

San Jose sits at the very top of the range for this role in California — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's a solid premium over the national average for loan interviewers and clerks. Cost of living here runs meaningfully above the national average. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
820
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.0%
Cost of living 110 #9 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $1,610,466 #1 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $157,444 #1 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: San Jose ranks #9 for cost of living and #1 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $66,190 Salinas $65,410 Vallejo $62,970 San Francisco $62,780 Santa Rosa $62,590 New York $62,360 Seattle $61,880 Santa Cruz $60,360 Bellingham $59,590 Santa Maria $59,170 Portland $58,880 Mount Vernon $58,570 Baltimore $58,190 Sacramento $58,190 Olympia $58,090 Visalia $57,010 San Diego $56,960 Spokane $56,540 Atlantic City $56,490 Modesto $56,490 Ocala $56,470 Los Angeles $56,170 San Luis Obispo $56,150 Trenton $56,120 Bremerton $56,070 Jacksonville $56,070 Stockton $56,030 Chicago $55,810 Syracuse $55,770 Fort Myers $55,670 Yakima $55,520 Kiryas Joel $55,340 San Antonio $55,320 Palm Bay $55,130 Detroit $55,110 Eugene $55,060 Austin $55,010 Richmond $54,870 Philadelphia $54,830 Louisville $54,810 Longview $54,740 Dallas $54,620 Kalamazoo $54,460 Deltona $54,400 Kennewick $54,170 Wenatchee $54,060 Bakersfield $54,010 Sarasota $54,010 Albany $53,980 Redding $53,930 Ann Arbor $53,830 Fresno $53,750 Rochester $53,650 Bend $53,220 Sebastian $53,080 Naples $53,040 Kingston $53,020 Midland $52,860 Houston $52,740 Harrisonburg $52,610 Lansing $52,400 Merced $52,280 Miami $52,170 Buffalo $51,960 Port St. Lucie $51,940 Orlando $51,840 Salem $51,820 Grand Rapids $51,800 Oxnard $51,800 Sherman $51,780 Corvallis $51,440 Niles $51,440 Tampa $51,280 Saginaw $51,220 College Station $51,210 Harrisburg $51,210 Pensacola $51,210 Waco $50,830 Flint $50,820 Riverside $50,750 Walla Walla $50,720 Crestview $50,620 Virginia Beach $50,470 Chico $50,380 Staunton $50,280 Binghamton $50,160 Springfield $50,010 Medford $50,000 Allentown $49,980 Winchester $49,850 Champaign $49,830 San Angelo $49,550 Peoria $49,520 Jackson $49,510 Indianapolis $49,460 Amarillo $49,410 Traverse City $49,350 Roanoke $49,340 Fort Wayne $49,310 Bowling Green $49,280 Lubbock $49,200 Lafayette $49,160 Lexington $49,140 Lynchburg $49,130 Beaumont $49,040 Hagerstown $49,040 Utica $49,000 Lakeland $48,810 Battle Creek $48,650 Bloomington $48,640 Midland $48,570 Rockford $48,570 Decatur $48,540 Elkhart $48,530 Lancaster $48,450 Pittsburgh $48,330 Chambersburg $48,290 Elmira $48,280 Tallahassee $48,260 Tyler $48,260 Killeen $48,180 Gainesville $48,150 South Bend $47,900 Panama City $47,580 Odessa $47,560 Corpus Christi $47,540 York $47,270 Longview $47,130 Kankakee $47,100 Kokomo $47,080 Scranton $47,080 Owensboro $47,030 Dover $47,000 Reading $47,000 Bloomington $46,720 Abilene $46,480 Elizabethtown $46,070 Wichita Falls $45,960 Charlottesville $45,910 Paducah $45,670 Texarkana $45,540 Muncie $45,500 Erie $45,420 Terre Haute $45,310 Evansville $44,960 Weirton $44,780 McAllen $44,180 El Paso $43,930 Huntington $43,180 Morgantown $43,150 Charleston $42,340 Laredo $42,080 Johnstown $41,320 Parkersburg $40,760 Wheeling $39,500 Brownsville $37,060
CityMean salaryvs. San Jose
Abilene, Texas$46,480-29.8%
Albany, New York$53,980-18.4%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$49,980-24.5%
Amarillo, Texas$49,410-25.4%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$53,830-18.7%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$56,490-14.7%
Austin, Texas$55,010-16.9%
Bakersfield, California$54,010-18.4%
Baltimore, Maryland$58,190-12.1%
Battle Creek, Michigan$48,650-26.5%
Beaumont, Texas$49,040-25.9%
Bellingham, Washington$59,590-10.0%
Bend, Oregon$53,220-19.6%
Binghamton, New York$50,160-24.2%
Bloomington, Illinois$48,640-26.5%
Bloomington, Indiana$46,720-29.4%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$49,280-25.5%
Bremerton, Washington$56,070-15.3%
Brownsville, Texas$37,060-44.0%
Buffalo, New York$51,960-21.5%
Fort Myers, Florida$55,670-15.9%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$48,290-27.0%
Champaign, Illinois$49,830-24.7%
Charleston, West Virginia$42,340-36.0%
Charlottesville, Virginia$45,910-30.6%
Chicago, Illinois$55,810-15.7%
Chico, California$50,380-23.9%
College Station, Texas$51,210-22.6%
Corpus Christi, Texas$47,540-28.2%
Corvallis, Oregon$51,440-22.3%
Crestview, Florida$50,620-23.5%
Dallas, Texas$54,620-17.5%
Decatur, Illinois$48,540-26.7%
Deltona, Florida$54,400-17.8%
Detroit, Michigan$55,110-16.7%
Dover, Delaware$47,000-29.0%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$46,070-30.4%
Elkhart, Indiana$48,530-26.7%
Elmira, New York$48,280-27.1%
El Paso, Texas$43,930-33.6%
Erie, Pennsylvania$45,420-31.4%
Eugene, Oregon$55,060-16.8%
Evansville, Indiana$44,960-32.1%
Flint, Michigan$50,820-23.2%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$49,310-25.5%
Fresno, California$53,750-18.8%
Gainesville, Florida$48,150-27.3%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$51,800-21.7%
Hagerstown, Maryland$49,040-25.9%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$51,210-22.6%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$52,610-20.5%
Houston, Texas$52,740-20.3%
Huntington, West Virginia$43,180-34.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$49,460-25.3%
Jackson, Michigan$49,510-25.2%
Jacksonville, Florida$56,070-15.3%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$41,320-37.6%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$54,460-17.7%
Kankakee, Illinois$47,100-28.8%
Kennewick, Washington$54,170-18.2%
Killeen, Texas$48,180-27.2%
Kingston, New York$53,020-19.9%
Kiryas Joel, New York$55,340-16.4%
Kokomo, Indiana$47,080-28.9%
Lafayette, Indiana$49,160-25.7%
Lakeland, Florida$48,810-26.3%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$48,450-26.8%
Lansing, Michigan$52,400-20.8%
Laredo, Texas$42,080-36.4%
Lexington, Kentucky$49,140-25.8%
Longview, Texas$47,130-28.8%
Longview, Washington$54,740-17.3%
Los Angeles, California$56,170-15.1%
Louisville, Kentucky$54,810-17.2%
Lubbock, Texas$49,200-25.7%
Lynchburg, Virginia$49,130-25.8%
McAllen, Texas$44,180-33.3%
Medford, Oregon$50,000-24.5%
Merced, California$52,280-21.0%
Miami, Florida$52,170-21.2%
Midland, Michigan$48,570-26.6%
Midland, Texas$52,860-20.1%
Modesto, California$56,490-14.7%
Morgantown, West Virginia$43,150-34.8%
Mount Vernon, Washington$58,570-11.5%
Muncie, Indiana$45,500-31.3%
Naples, Florida$53,040-19.9%
New York, New York$62,360-5.8%
Niles, Michigan$51,440-22.3%
Sarasota, Florida$54,010-18.4%
Ocala, Florida$56,470-14.7%
Odessa, Texas$47,560-28.1%
Olympia, Washington$58,090-12.2%
Orlando, Florida$51,840-21.7%
Owensboro, Kentucky$47,030-28.9%
Oxnard, California$51,800-21.7%
Paducah, Kentucky$45,670-31.0%
Palm Bay, Florida$55,130-16.7%
Panama City, Florida$47,580-28.1%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$40,760-38.4%
Pensacola, Florida$51,210-22.6%
Peoria, Illinois$49,520-25.2%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$54,830-17.2%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$48,330-27.0%
Portland, Oregon$58,880-11.0%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$51,940-21.5%
Reading, Pennsylvania$47,000-29.0%
Redding, California$53,930-18.5%
Richmond, Virginia$54,870-17.1%
Riverside, California$50,750-23.3%
Roanoke, Virginia$49,340-25.5%
Rochester, New York$53,650-18.9%
Rockford, Illinois$48,570-26.6%
Sacramento, California$58,190-12.1%
Saginaw, Michigan$51,220-22.6%
Salem, Oregon$51,820-21.7%
Salinas, California$65,410-1.2%
San Angelo, Texas$49,550-25.1%
San Antonio, Texas$55,320-16.4%
San Diego, California$56,960-13.9%
San Francisco, California$62,780-5.2%
San Luis Obispo, California$56,150-15.2%
Santa Cruz, California$60,360-8.8%
Santa Maria, California$59,170-10.6%
Santa Rosa, California$62,590-5.4%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$47,080-28.9%
Seattle, Washington$61,880-6.5%
Sebastian, Florida$53,080-19.8%
Sherman, Texas$51,780-21.8%
South Bend, Indiana$47,900-27.6%
Spokane, Washington$56,540-14.6%
Springfield, Illinois$50,010-24.4%
Staunton, Virginia$50,280-24.0%
Stockton, California$56,030-15.3%
Syracuse, New York$55,770-15.7%
Tallahassee, Florida$48,260-27.1%
Tampa, Florida$51,280-22.5%
Terre Haute, Indiana$45,310-31.5%
Texarkana, Texas$45,540-31.2%
Traverse City, Michigan$49,350-25.4%
Trenton, New Jersey$56,120-15.2%
Tyler, Texas$48,260-27.1%
Utica, New York$49,000-26.0%
Vallejo, California$62,970-4.9%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$50,470-23.7%
Visalia, California$57,010-13.9%
Waco, Texas$50,830-23.2%
Walla Walla, Washington$50,720-23.4%
Weirton, West Virginia$44,780-32.3%
Wenatchee, Washington$54,060-18.3%
Wheeling, West Virginia$39,500-40.3%
Wichita Falls, Texas$45,960-30.6%
Winchester, Virginia$49,850-24.7%
Yakima, Washington$55,520-16.1%
York, Pennsylvania$47,270-28.6%
Gross salary
66,190/yr
Estimated take-home
53,141/yr
Est. total withheld
19.7%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Community reality check

Community reality check for San Jose

These notes add local color around San Jose, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 43-4131 SOC code
Official area San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 41940 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
SunnyvaleSanta Clara
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
1,969,353