Office Clerks, General Salary in Springfield, IL

Office Clerks, General pay range in Springfield

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $31,400 a year or less, while the top 10% make $64,790 or more. The middle half of office clerks, general in Springfield earn between $38,230 and $57,590.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Hourly to annual salary.

Office Clerks, General pay in Springfield vs. Illinois and the U.S.

Office clerks, general in Springfield earn about the same as the Illinois average ($48,250) and 5% more than the U.S. average ($46,420). At the median the gap is +7% against the U.S. median of $45,010.

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Office Clerks, General salary after taxes in Springfield

On the average salary of $48,850, a single filer in Springfield takes home about $39,154 a year, or $3,263 a month and $1,506 every two weeks. Taxes take 20% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

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Is Springfield a good place for office clerks, general? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Springfield area are 7% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.7), so the average $48,850 buys what about $52,671 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Springfield ($52,670). A typical home costs $200,409, or 4.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Office Clerks, General salary in other Illinois cities

Springfield ranks 2nd of 8 Illinois metro areas for this job; Chicago pays the most ($49,620).

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Highest-paying cities for office clerks, general

Boulder, CO pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($61,790).

Office Clerks, General salary by city

Related jobs in Springfield

• Office Machine Operators, Except Computer$51,130 a year
• Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$48,920 a year
• Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$47,640 a year
• Data Entry Keyers$43,280 a year
• Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service$35,920 a year
• Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$76,290 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$66,760 a year
• Public Safety Telecommunicators$62,960 a year

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