Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant - Federal Salaries of 2021

Pay Rates for "Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant"

How much does a Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant in the federal government get paid? $45,699.07* *Based on the 2021 average.

38,017 EMPLOYEES

$1.58B TOTAL SALARY

GS MOST COMMON PAYSCALE

Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant was the 7th most popular job in the U.S. Government in 2021, with 38,017 employed. The most common payscale was the general schedule payscale.

In 2021, the Bureau of the Census hired the most employees titled Miscellaneous Clerk And Assistant, with an average salary of $37,356.

Government Miscellaneous Clerk And Assistant jobs are classified under the General Schedule (GS) payscale. The minimum paygrade for a Miscellaneous Clerk And Assistant job is GS-1, and the highest paygrade that can be attained within this job series is GS-9. Remember that the starting and maximum yearly pay listed above reflect base pay only - your actual salary will be higher based on the Locality Pay Adjustment for the area in which you work.

Job Description

This occupation includes positions the duties of which are to perform or supervise clerical, assistant, or technician work for which no other occupation is appropriate. The work requires a knowledge of the procedures and technique involved in carrying out the work of an organization and involves application of procedures and practices within the framework of established guidelines.

Agencies that have hired a Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant

Agency	Employees Hired	Average Salary
Bureau of the Census	9,324	$37,356.41
Veterans Health Administration	8,558	$47,977.70
Internal Revenue Service	5,006	$37,770.61
Federal Bureau of Investigation	2,696	$54,389.82
National Park Service	1,048	$45,106.23
Forest Service	801	$44,595.09
Veterans Benefits Administration	657	$45,736.49
Social Security Administration	551	$51,142.66
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System	479	$62,396.18
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service	440	$51,208.63
National Cemetery Administration	409	$49,226.65
National Institutes of Health	367	$60,397.19
Bureau of Land Management	325	$47,433.18
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	320	$51,898.82
Indian Health Service	298	$49,535.37
Small Business Administration	294	$50,300.08
Federal Aviation Administration	250	$52,804.98
Transportation Security Administration	248	$51,908.57
Agricultural Research Service	244	$52,185.85
Food and Drug Administration	244	$52,223.03
Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys and the Office of U.s Attorneys	241	$60,950.63
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	222	$61,093.95
Drug Enforcement Administration	221	$61,439.35
Natural Resources Conservation Service	191	$53,738.25
U.S. Coast Guard	188	$54,131.14
Customs and Border Protection	181	$48,337.50
Citizenship and Immigration Services	172	$53,062.13
Department of Energy	168	$122,510.46
Indian Affairs	167	$50,446.10
Federal Emergency Management Agency	166	$52,956.17
National Institute of Standards and Technology	163	$62,227.85
Office Secretary Health and Human Services	162	$47,303.79
Geological Survey	160	$52,150.40
	160	$43,965.46
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	117	$79,146.71
Bureau of Reclamation	109	$46,665.06
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	105	$53,860.24
Department of State	92	$57,293.61
National Labor Relations Board	91	$57,049.08
Office of Comptroller of Currency	83	$83,520.60
Agricultural Marketing Service	69	$48,513.97
Bureau of the Fiscal Service	68	$51,648.19
U.S. Marshals Service	65	$51,846.03
Offices, Boards and Divisions	63	$62,687.19
Nuclear Regulatory Commission	60	$79,579.52
Immigration and Customs Enforcement	60	$55,701.00
Environmental Protection Agency	52	$66,650.63
Smithsonian Institution (Exchange Sep Boards of Trust)	51	$56,987.96
Patent and Trademark Office	50	$58,554.18
Office of the Director	48	$60,329.65
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	46	$54,228.11
Federal Communications Commission	42	$70,873.95
Federal Highway Administration	38	$61,971.58
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology	37	$50,756.78
Occupational Safety and Health Administration	36	$55,104.72
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Logistics	36	$53,735.50
Office of the Secretary of the Interior	32	$66,504.66
Maritime Administration	29	$62,438.59
Bureau of Engraving and Printing	28	$53,512.11
Corporation for National and Community Service	28	$53,559.43
Farm Service Agency	27	$47,782.04
Office of Personnel Management	25	$56,057.80
Mine Safety and Health Administration	24	$55,422.00
National Science Foundation	24	$55,937.42
Securities and Exchange Commission	23	$83,671.04
Office of Senior Coordinator for Southeast/Caribbean	22	$50,152.59
Office of Senior Coordinator for Pacific/Hawaii	22	$59,662.05
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection	22	$86,897.32
Food Safety and Inspection Service	22	$54,169.23
Office of Secretary of Transportation	22	$62,394.05
Bureau of Safety & Environmental Enforcement	21	$51,964.76
Public Buildings Service	21	$52,193.05
	20	$50,434.55
Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers	20	$57,301.45
Federal Election Commission	19	$64,347.11
Food and Nutrition Service	18	$56,766.56
Program Support Center	18	$52,055.11
National Credit Union Administration	17	$1,000.00
National Archives and Records Administration	17	$44,095.12
Peace Corps	17	$64,223.35
Railroad Retirement Board	17	$57,924.19
Departmental Administration	16	$60,497.75
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management	15	$52,003.07
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Service Administration	15	$60,637.73
Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals	15	$43,088.33
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services	15	$55,194.60
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs	15	$54,641.67
Office for Civil Rights	14	$56,122.43
Office of Senior Coordinator for Mid-Atlantic	14	$60,149.36
Office of Senior Coordinator for Midwest	14	$59,883.71
U.S. Secret Service	14	$62,954.60
Office of Management and Budget	13	$88,830.00
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Office of Resolution Management	13	$51,901.54
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center	13	$58,493.54
Office of Senior Coordinator for New York/New Jersey	13	$57,314.15
Government Printing Office	13	$52,810.54
Office of the Solicitor (Department of Interior)	12	$61,526.17
Employment and Training Administration	12	$61,219.17
Office of Labor-Management Standards	12	$60,719.17
Foreign Agricultural Service	12	$63,694.33
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (Department of Agriculture)	12	$42,404.58
Board of Veterans Appeals	12	$49,244.42
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration	11	$76,299.27
Office of Senior Coordinator for Southwest	11	$54,265.82
Office of Senior Coordinator for Rocky Mountains	11	$54,589.64
Office of the Chief Human Capital Office	11	$65,740.00
Export-Import Bank of the United States	11	$82,588.91
Federal Student Aid	11	$64,021.82
Overseas Private Investment Corporation	11	$67,680.82
National Protection and Programs Directorate	11	$36,425.09
General Counsel (Department of Veterans Affairs)	11	$47,195.55
Office of General Counsel (Department of Housing and Urban Development)	10	$74,727.20
Selective Service System	10	$58,621.60
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration	10	$48,123.10
Commodity Futures Trading Commission	10	$102,335.90
Farm Credit Administration	10	$1,165.70
Pretrial Services Agency	10	$63,453.10
Presidio Trust	10	$75,028.20
Office of Administrative Services	9	$58,096.78
John Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field	9	$60,297.33
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative	9	$74,810.67
Broadcasting Board of Governors	9	$65,220.33
Fpac Business Center	9	$59,739.22
National Endowment for the Humanities	9	$56,492.89
U.S. Agency for International Development	8	$60,032.00
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation	8	$62,396.88
U.S. Mint	8	$57,965.00
Office of the Secretary (Department of Veterans Affairs)	8	$53,285.63
Office Assistant Secretary Administration and Management	8	$43,639.63
Bureau of Labor Statistics	8	$61,816.63
Veterans Employment and Training Service	8	$57,877.13
Office of Administration	8	$55,611.75
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	8	$68,536.50
National Gallery of Art	8	$62,366.13
Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement	8	$54,180.25
Wage and Hour Division	7	$57,469.00
Offices of the Regional Administrators	7	$9,484.17
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Finance	7	$49,282.14
Administration for Children and Families	7	$59,038.57
Langley Research Center	6	$54,695.83
Goddard Space Flight Center	6	$72,505.33
National Transportation Safety Board	6	$66,326.33
Pipeline/Hazardous Materials Safety Administration	6	$59,228.00
Rural Housing Service	6	$48,719.17
Office of the Secretary (Department of Commerce)	6	$68,521.00
Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner	6	$57,778.83
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing	6	$69,832.00
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs	6	$61,477.33
Federal Trade Commission	6	$70,638.17
Departmental Offices	6	$54,938.17
Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity	5	$70,246.60
Headquarters, Nasa	5	$70,939.00
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars	5	$59,015.20
Federal Railroad Administration	5	$65,156.60
Risk Management Agency	5	$63,966.20
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum	5	$51,821.80
Federal Housing Finance Agency	5	$82,404.00
U.S. Trustee Program	5	$60,364.40
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives	5	$61,895.50
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission	5	$68,592.40
Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs	5	$65,833.40
Office of Secretary of Labor	4	$65,446.75
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service	4	$63,196.25
Election Assistance Commission	4	$82,225.75
Federal Transit Administration	4	$63,054.00
Inspector General (Department of Veterans Affairs)	4	$58,918.75
Office of Senior Coordinator for Great Plains	4	$54,007.50
Office of Senior Coordinator for Northwest/Alaska	4	$53,610.25
Federal Acquisition Service	4	$57,805.75
International Boundary & Water Commission: U.S. & Mexico	4	$51,144.75
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	4	$58,894.50
Health Resources and Services Administration	4	$58,547.00
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation	4	$85,046.25
National Appeals Division	4	$60,931.50
International Trade Administration	4	$64,061.50
National Telecommunications and Information Administration	4	$72,211.00
Office of the General Counsel (Department of Agriculture)	3	$53,759.33
Minority Business Development Agency	3	$57,997.67
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Service	3	$58,769.33
Office of Communications and Outreach	3	$62,284.67
Trade and Development Agency	3	$77,625.67
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board	3	$87,282.67
Armed Forces Retirement Home	3	$62,937.67
Department of Homeland Security Headquarters	3	$56,942.00
Federal Maritime Commission	3	$66,412.33
Ames Research Center	3	$81,096.33
Office of Senior Coordinator for New England	2	$63,235.00
Office of Inspector General (Department of Housing and Urban Development)	2	$70,859.00
Office of the Chief Procurement Officer	2	$62,875.00
International-American Foundation	2	$58,281.50
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Interior)	2	$87,094.50
Executive Office for Immigration Review	2	$54,557.50
Employee Benefits Security Administration	2	$60,039.50
Office of the Solicitor (Department of Labor)	2	$66,600.00
Office of Inspector General (Department of Education)	2	$77,600.50
Office of Special Counsel	2	$59,859.50
Office of the Secretary of Agriculture	2	$71,400.00
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Agriculture)	2	$71,036.50
Merit Systems Protection Board	2	$66,887.50
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board	2	$94,581.00
Economic Development Administration	2	$58,390.50
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Commerce)	2	$63,025.00
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network	2	$62,607.50
Deputy Assistant Secretary Intergovernmental Affairs	2	$82,126.00
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs	2	$74,995.50
Administration for Community Living	2	$76,263.50
Office of the Inspector General (Department of Homeland Security)	2	$50,796.00
John C. Stennis Space Center	2	$59,286.50
Consumer Product Safety Commission	2	$64,481.50
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation	2	$64,379.00
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau	2	$0.00
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center	1	$70,586.00
John F. Kennedy Space Center	1	$57,472.00
National Security Council	1	$60,170.00
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission	1	$76,162.00
Office of Inspector General (Department of Transportation)	1	$86,085.00
Office of Inspector General for Tax Administration	1	$61,054.00
Utah Reclamation Mitigation & Conservation Commission	1	$47,672.00
Assistant Secretary for Human Resources Management	1	$57,506.00
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration	1	$63,906.00
Veterans Customer Exper (Vce)	1	$48,660.00
Immediate Office Assistant Secretary Congress & Legislation Affairs	1	$70,775.00
Office of Justice Programs	1	$71,475.00
Women's Bureau	1	$63,906.00
Denali Commission	1	$63,510.00
Office of the General Counsel (Department of Education)	1	$50,269.00
Office of Postsecondary Education	1	$58,256.00
Institute of Education Sciences	1	$70,775.00
Council on Environmental Quality/Office of Environmental Quality	1	$54,440.00
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (General Services Administration)	1	$63,906.00
Office of Inspector General (General Services Administration)	1	$70,775.00
Science and Technology Directorate	1	$65,219.00
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development	1	$82,170.00
Office of the Chief Information Officer (Department of Housing and Urban Development)	1	$58,297.00
Government National Mortgage Association	1	$66,715.00
Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency	1	$70,399.00
Office of General Services Administration Innovative Technologies	1	$57,506.00
International Boundary Commission: U.S. and Canada	1	$70,775.00
American Battle Monuments Commission	1	$74,158.00
National Agricultural Statistics Service	1	$64,656.00
Office of the Chief Economist	1	$57,351.00
Civil Rights	1	$57,032.00
Homeland Security Staff	1	$55,712.00
National Endowment for the Arts	1	$63,906.00
Institute of Museum and Library Services	1	$54,074.00
Federal Labor Relations Authority	1	$78,167.00
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation	1	$77,165.00
Architectural & Transportation Barrier Compliance Board	1	$29,648.00
Commission of Fine Arts	1	$68,960.00
Bureau of Economic Analysis	1	$70,775.00

Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant Pay Distribution

The average pay for a Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant is $45,699.07. The highest paid Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant made $175,250 in 2021.

Common Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant Payscales

Payscale	Number of Miscellaneous Clerk And Assistant Employees
GS - General Schedule	30,549
GG - Grades Similar To General Schedule	5,346
GL - Gs Employees In Grades 3 Through 10 Paid A Law Enforcement Officer Special Base Rate	422
ZS - Administrative Support	255
SV - Transportation Security Administration Employees Other Than Executives	248
FG - Similar To The General Schedule	192
AD - Administratively Determined Rates, Not Elsewhere Specified	144
IR - Internal Revenue Service Broadband Classification And Pay System Positions Only	121
CG - Corporate Graded	117
IC - Employees Holding Incident Management Cadre Of On-call Response/recovery Employees(core)positions	113
* - Invalid	111
VC - Canteen Service	97
NB - Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Only	83
FV - Federal Aviation Administration Core Compensation Plan	58
NY - All Other Positions In The Corporation For National And Community Service, P.l. 103-82, Subtitle G, Section	28
SK - Non-supervisorty Postions Employed By The Securities And Exchange Commission (sec) And Formerly Under Gs Pay	23
CN - Bureau Of Consumer Financial Protect(cfpb) Independent Agcy Within The Fed Res Syst(use By Cfpb Only)	22
CU - Credit Union Employees	17
FP - Foreign Service Personnel	17
NU - Employees In The National Nuclear Security Administration's Technician And Administrative Support Career Path	16
PG - Printing Office Grades	12
CT - Commodity Futures Trading Commission Positions Previously Defined Under Pay Plan Codes Ad, Es, Gm, And Gs	10
VH - Professional, Administrative, And Managerial	10
EL - Non-executive Positions At The Federal Housing Finance Agency	5
PU - Government Printing Office, White-collar, 10% Night Rate	1

Starting Paygrade:	$20,172.00 / year base pay at paygrade GS-1, Step 1
Maximum Paygrade:	$61,227.00 / year base pay at paygrade GS-9, Step 10
Category:	Clerical and Administrative Support
Occupation Family:	0300 GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE, CLERICAL, AND OFFICE SERVICES GROUP

Other Jobs at the GS-1 Paygrade

GS-1 is the starting paygrade for Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant jobs. Here are some other Federal Government jobs that can be held by employees at the GS-1 paygrade.

Occupation	Occupation Category	Starting Paygrade	Maximum Paygrade
Construction Control Technical	Technical and Medical Support	GS-1	GS-9
Sales Store Clerical	Clerical and Administrative Support	GS-1	GS-9
Data Transcriber	Clerical and Administrative Support	GS-1	GS-9
Animal Health Technician	Technical and Medical Support	GS-1	GS-9
Management and Program Clerical and Assistance	Clerical and Administrative Support	GS-1	GS-9

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Average Miscellaneous Clerk And Assistant Pay Trend from 2004 to 2021

In 2004, the average pay for a Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant was $34,088. Since then, the average pay has increased to $45,699 in 2021.

Data Sources

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The series code of this occupation is 0303.