Note: There are two tables of wages on this page. The first is by county or region, the second by metropolitan area.

WAGES FOR NEW ACCOUNTS CLERKS
1995-97


County / Area	Year	Entry Level: No Experience	Experienced: New to Firm	Experienced: 3 Years with Firm
		Typical Wages* (Median)	Typical Wages* (Median)	Typical Wages* (Median)

San Joaquin	1996	$6.00- 9.00 ($7.50)	$7.00-11.00 ($8.60)	$8.60-13.00 ($10.30)

* Median is the middle value - at least half the workers earn the same amount or more, half earn the same amount or less.

Source: California Cooperative Occupational Information System
Labor Market Information Division, Employment Development Department

WAGES FOR NEW ACCOUNTS CLERKS
1996


Metropolitan Area (County)	Average	Median *	Midrange **

Bakersfield (Kern)	$10.25	$10.10	$8.91-11.02
Chico-Paradise (Butte)	$12.49	$12.44	$11.70-13.19
Fresno (Fresno)	$9.67	$9.63	$8.93-10.50
Los Angeles-Long Beach (Los Angeles)	$11.37	$10.91	$9.38-13.11
Merced (Merced)	$9.58	$9.39	$8.81-9.97
Modesto (Stanislaus)	$9.97	$9.76	$8.63-10.76
Orange County	$12.22	$11.40	$10.12-13.15
Redding (Shasta)	$10.50	$10.94	$9.15-12.11
Riverside-San Bernardino (Riverside & San Bernardino)	$10.61	$10.70	$9.52-11.91
Sacramento (El Dorado, Placer & Sacramento)	$9.50	$9.84	$8.45-10.67
Salinas (Monterey)	$11.05	$10.85	$10.35-11.68
San Jose (Santa Clara)	$12.39	$12.15	$11.25-13.06
San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles (San Luis Obispo)	$10.15	$10.30	$8.84-11.79
Santa Cruz-Watsonville (Santa Cruz)	$10.93	$10.88	$10.05-12.15
Santa Rosa (Sonoma)	$11.29	$11.17	$9.46-13.00
Ventura County	$11.28	$11.05	$9.46-12.88
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville (Tulare)	$10.01	$9.80	$8.89-11.49

* Median is the middle value - at least half the workers earn the same amount or more, half earn the same amount or less. ** Midrange is what the middle 50 percent make - 25 percent earn the top end or more, and 25 percent earn the bottom end or less.

Source: Occupational Employment Statistics Labor Market Information Division, Employment Development Department