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Career Information for Office Clerks in Pennsylvania

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Fast Facts for Office Clerks in Pennsylvania

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Altoona, Johnstown, and Williamsport
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: York, Lancaster, and Erie
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Allentown

Salaries for Office Clerks in Pennsylvania

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and Reading. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Office Clerks in Pennsylvania are listed below.

Selected Clerical Schools in Pennsylvania

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Everest Institute
Pittsburgh

Founded in 1851 as Duff's Business Institute, the school offers career education programs in 12 states with greater than 25 locations.

  • Programs: Administrative Office Technology, Career Access
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Selected Online Schools for Office Clerks in Pennsylvania

Virginia College Online
Online

Offers degree programs in many fields. Offered online

  • Programs: Administrative Office Management
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate

Brookline College
Online

Offers career training and undergraduate degree programs in a variety of fields. Located at three Arizona campus sites and one in New Mexico.

  • Programs: Business Technology Specialist, Business Technology Specialists
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

More Pennsylvania Clerical Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Bucks County Community CollegeNewtownAssociate9,649
Butler County Community CollegeButlerAssociate3,656
Community College of Allegheny CountyPittsburghAssociate18,525
Delaware County Community CollegeMediaAssociate10,816
Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main CampusIndianaDoctorate14,018
Laurel Technical InstituteSharonAssociate124
Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeSchnecksvilleAssociate7,184
Luzerne County Community CollegeNanticokeAssociate6,323
Mercyhurst CollegeErieMasters4,253
Northampton County Area Community CollegeBethlehemAssociate7,912
Penn CommercialWashingtonAssociate435
Pennsylvania Highlands Community CollegeJohnstownAssociate1,358
Reading Area Community CollegeReadingAssociate4,682
South Hills School of Business & TechnologyState CollegeAssociate661
Westmoreland County Community CollegeYoungwoodAssociate6,239
Widener University-Main CampusChesterDoctorate4,866

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Office Clerks

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Pennsylvania. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Office Clerks

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Office Clerks relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

PENNSYLVANIA

   
Altoona1,860$22,8501.6
Johnstown1,650$24,1201.5
Williamsport1,430$24,5901.5
Lebanon1,130$26,2001.3
Allentown9,340$27,1001.3
Pittsburgh31,810$26,1901.3
Harrisburg8,640$29,0701.3
Reading4,300$28,0301.2
Philadelphia51,690$30,0201.2
Scranton6,830$25,2501.2
Erie3,150$26,6801.2
Lancaster5,670$27,4301.1
York3,990$26,1301
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