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

WAGES FOR BILLING, COST, & RATE CLERKS
1995-97





Areas for which
Data are Available
  Year   Entry Level:
No Experience
Experienced:
New to Firm
Experienced:
3 Years with Firm
Typical Wages*
(Median)
Typical Wages*
(Median)
Typical Wages*
(Median)





Golden Sierra  1996 $5.00-10.10 ($7.70) $6.00-11.20 ($9.00) $8.00-15.00 ($10.50)
Kern  1996 $4.70- 9.00 ($7.00) $4.70-11.00 ($8.00) $8.30-13.00 ($12.00)
Kings  1995 $5.70-10.80 ($7.30) $6.50-11.90 ($8.60) $7.00-11.50 ($9.80)
Madera  1997 $4.70-14.30 ($6.20) $5.20-16.30 ($8.00) $5.70-21.10 ($10.00)
Marin  1997 $7.00-12.00 ($9.70) $8.00-19.00 ($12.70) $9.50-35.00 ($15.00)
Merced  1995 $4.20- 7.40 ($6.00) $4.60- 9.00 ($7.00) $4.60-17.30 ($8.60)
North Central  1995 $5.50- 8.20 ($6.50) $7.00- 9.50 ($8.00) $9.00-13.00 ($10.00)
Sacramento & Yolo  1995 $6.00-12.00 ($8.60) $8.00-14.00 ($9.70) $8.00-15.50 ($12.00)
San Diego  1995 $4.20-10.00 ($7.00) $6.00-13.00 ($8.50) $8.00-18.00 ($11.90)
San Francisco  1995 $7.00-12.50 ($10.00) $9.00-15.20 ($11.90) $10.00-17.70 ($14.00)
Sonoma  1997 $7.00-10.00 ($7.70) $8.00-10.00 ($11.20) $10.00-16.00 ($12.20)
Ventura  1996 $6.00-10.00 ($8.00) $7.30-12.50 ($10.00) $8.80-15.00 ($12.00)





  * 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 BILLING, COST, & RATE CLERKS
1996





Metropolitan Areas (Counties)
for which Data are Available
  Average     Median *   Midrange **




Bakersfield (Kern) $10.90 $10.92 $9.62-12.26
Chico-Paradise (Butte) $8.81 $8.28 $7.01-9.88
Fresno (Fresno) $11.05 $10.11 $8.60-12.09
Los Angeles-Long Beach
(Los Angeles)
$11.91 $11.13 $9.76-13.81
Modesto (Stanislaus) $10.87 $10.31 $8.49-13.54
Oakland (Alameda & Contra Costa) $12.55 $12.05 $10.16-14.16
Orange County $11.71 $11.06 $10.01-13.56
Redding (Shasta) $10.15 $9.97 $8.92-11.21
Riverside-San Bernardino
(Riverside & San Bernardino)
$10.37 $10.71 $8.51-12.27
Sacramento (El Dorado, Placer &
Sacramento)
$12.66 $12.38 $10.77-14.50
Salinas (Monterey) $10.99 $10.38 $9.18-13.48
San Diego (San Diego) $11.72 $11.74 $10.28-12.97
San Francisco
(Marin, San Francisco & San Mateo)
$13.84 $13.89 $11.19-16.79
San Jose (Santa Clara) $11.66 $11.36 $8.25-14.16
San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles
(San Luis Obispo)
$11.01 $11.24 $8.53-12.40
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc
(Santa Barbara)
$10.60 $10.61 $8.83-12.37
Santa Cruz-Watsonville (Santa Cruz) $11.89 $12.05 $10.02-14.08
Santa Rosa (Sonoma) $12.31 $12.27 $11.43-13.10
Stockton-Lodi (San Joaquin) $10.16 $10.23 $8.45-11.22
Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa (Napa & Solano) $11.95 $11.95 $10.77-13.33
Ventura County $12.30 $11.73 $10.30-13.17
Visalia-Tulare-Porterville (Tulare) $11.11 $10.97 $10.14-12.54
Yolo County $9.28 $10.00 $5.66-10.77
Yuba City (Sutter & Yuba) $9.84 $9.46 $8.24-11.89




  * 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


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