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Career Information for Office Clerks in Washington

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Fast Facts for Office Clerks in Washington

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Olympia, Longview, and Mount Vernon
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Seattle, Bremerton, and Tacoma
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Seattle, Tacoma, and Spokane

Salaries for Office Clerks in Washington

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Seattle, Olympia, and Tacoma. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Office Clerks in Washington are listed below.

Selected Online Schools for Office Clerks in Washington

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

Washington Clerical Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Bellevue CollegeBellevueBachelor12,305
Bellingham Technical CollegeBellinghamAssociate2,896
Big Bend Community CollegeMoses LakeAssociate1,893
Cascadia Community CollegeBothellAssociate2,093
Central Washington UniversityEllensburgMasters10,505
Centralia CollegeCentraliaAssociate3,652
Clark CollegeVancouverAssociate9,705
Clover Park Technical CollegeLakewoodAssociate9,829
Columbia Basin CollegePascoAssociate6,393
Edmonds Community CollegeLynnwoodAssociate8,435
Everett Community CollegeEverettAssociate7,674
Grays Harbor CollegeAberdeenAssociate2,050
Green River Community CollegeAuburnAssociate6,919
Highline Community CollegeDes MoinesAssociate5,859
Interface College-SpokaneSpokaneAssociate102
Lake Washington Technical CollegeKirklandAssociate3,996
Lower Columbia CollegeLongviewAssociate3,348
Peninsula CollegePort AngelesBachelor3,180
Pierce College at Fort SteilacoomLakewoodAssociate7,504
Pierce College at PuyallupPuyallupAssociate3,068
Renton Technical CollegeRentonAssociate4,915
Seattle Community College-Central CampusSeattleAssociate6,810
Seattle Community College-North CampusSeattleAssociate5,856
Seattle Community College-South CampusSeattleBachelor6,664
Skagit Valley CollegeMount VernonAssociate5,727
South Puget Sound Community CollegeOlympiaAssociate4,947
Spokane Community CollegeSpokaneAssociate6,961
Spokane Falls Community CollegeSpokaneAssociate9,623
Tacoma Community CollegeTacomaAssociate5,811
Walla Walla Community CollegeWalla WallaAssociate4,600
Wenatchee Valley CollegeWenatcheeAssociate3,150
Yakima Valley Community CollegeYakimaAssociate4,354

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Office Clerks

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Washington. 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

WASHINGTON

   
Olympia3,000$28,8001.6
Longview760$25,8901.3
Mount Vernon1,010$26,9401.2
Yakima1,830$27,0101.1
Wenatchee820$25,9801.1
Spokane4,720$26,7001.1
Bellingham1,630$27,4601
Kennewick1,830$28,2401
Tacoma5,460$28,6000.9
Bremerton1,560$27,0100.9
Seattle27,320$30,7900.9
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