What does it cost to hire a correspondence clerk in Fort Worth?

Tier I to Tier VI, $6,240 to $54,340 per search, set by the seniority of the role and never by salary or location. A contingency firm billing 20 to 30% of this role's $49,650 median wage in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area (BLS OEWS, May 2025) would charge roughly $9,930 to $14,895 on the first year salary alone.

What should an offer for a correspondence clerk in Fort Worth look like?

Employers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area pay correspondence clerks a median of $49,650, with the middle half of the market between $40,780 and $60,080 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). A band set below $40,780 competes for the bottom quarter of that market.

Hiring a correspondence clerk in Fort Worth, TX

Employers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area pay correspondence clerks a median of $49,650 a year, with the middle half of the market between $40,780 and $60,080 (BLS OEWS, May 2025, SOC 43-4021). Filling it through recruitlocalpros runs Tier I to Tier VI, $6,240 to $54,340 per search, set by the seniority of the role rather than by salary or location, and our vetted recruiting partner handles sourcing, screening and placement end to end.

Do Fort Worth residents in office and administrative support work earn more than employers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area pay?

Fort Worth residents working in office and administrative support occupations earn a median of $37,132 (Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011), against $48,030 as the median of the 51 wages BLS publishes for that same occupation group in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area (BLS OEWS, May 2025), a difference of 23%, with the employers figure the higher of the two.

Both sides of that figure describe the whole office and administrative support group, not this one role. In the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area the group covers 51 occupations BLS publishes a wage for, from library assistants, clerical at $34,590 to executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants at $80,230 (BLS OEWS, May 2025), with correspondence clerks at $49,650 inside it.

That comparison is between two different measures, not a pay gap. The two weight the same occupation group differently: the Census figure is the midpoint across the people who actually hold those jobs, so a group carrying a few very well paid occupations is pulled toward them, while the BLS figure is the midpoint across the 51 published occupation wages, which counts each of those occupations once whatever its headcount. Census also counts where people live and BLS counts where the jobs are, and the two cover different populations, Census the civilian employed population 16 and over, BLS wage-and-salary jobs only. Read the number against other cities, where the same definitional difference applies on both sides, rather than as a shortfall.

Published wages across this group in the metro run above what Fort Worth residents in it earn, which usually means employers here draw this talent from beyond the city line rather than from inside it.

What does a correspondence clerk earn here?

Place of work

What employers pay

Annual wages paid to correspondence clerks by employers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area. BLS OEWS, May 2025, SOC 43-4021.
25th percentile	$40,780
Median	$49,650
75th percentile	$60,080

Half of correspondence clerks in this area earn between $40,780 and $60,080 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). A band set below $40,780 competes for the bottom quarter of the market. Occupation detail for SOC 43-4021 at O*NET OnLine.

Place of residence

What Fort Worth residents earn

$37,132

Median annual earnings of Fort Worth residents working in office and administrative support occupations, 52,058 people (Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011). An occupation group rather than this one role, and where people live rather than where they work, so it is not the same measurement as the wages beside it.

What does the role actually involve?

Core tasks

Maintain files and control records to show correspondence activities.
Read incoming correspondence to ascertain nature of writers' concerns and to determine disposition of correspondence.
Gather records pertinent to specific problems, review them for completeness and accuracy, and attach records to correspondence as necessary.
Prepare documents and correspondence, such as damage claims, credit and billing inquiries, invoices, and service complaints.
Compile data from records to prepare periodic reports.

Task statements for SOC 43-4021, O*NET OnLine 29.1.

Tools and technologies in demand

Epic Systems, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Access, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft SharePoint.

Flagged in demand or hot for SOC 43-4021 by O*NET OnLine 29.1. Useful as a screen, not as a checklist.

Is the talent actually in Fort Worth?

This is a job zone two: some preparation needed occupation. These occupations usually require a high school diploma. O*NET OnLine, SOC 43-4021.

It does not require a degree, which widens the pool considerably. For context, 31.7% of Fort Worth adults hold one. Census ACS 5-year 2023, table S1501, residents of Fort Worth aged 25 and over.

The average Fort Worth commute runs 26.9 minutes, which is roughly how far your catchment reaches before candidates start saying no. 12.9% of Fort Worth workers already work from home, so a fully onsite requirement here is competing against that. Census ACS 5-year 2023, place-level commuting characteristics for Fort Worth.

How often do these jobs turn over?

In Tarrant County, administrative and support services employs 79,290 and turns over 16.3% a quarter, with 28,053 hires against 30,775 separations. Average earnings in that industry run $4,443 a month. Census LEHD Quarterly Workforce Indicators, 2024 Q1, NAICS 56.

That figure covers every occupation in the industry, not this role alone, so read it as the local churn rate rather than as a number about correspondence clerks. It still tells you what you are hiring into: a high-churn market, where speed matters more than a perfect fit.

What does the search cost?

The fee is set by the seniority of the role, never by salary and never by location. Across all six tiers it runs $6,240 to $54,340 per search. A contingency firm hiring at this role's $49,650 median in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area (BLS OEWS, May 2025) would bill roughly $9,930 to $14,895 on the first year salary alone.

One owner runs the search from market map to signed offer. Searches typically fill in 23 to 35 days, which is a typical window rather than a promise, and the replacement guarantee runs 45 days at 50% off.

Questions employers ask about hiring a correspondence clerk in Fort Worth

What does it cost to hire a correspondence clerk in Fort Worth?: Tier I to Tier VI, $6,240 to $54,340 per search, set by the seniority of the role and never by salary or location. A contingency firm billing 20 to 30% of this role's $49,650 median wage in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area (BLS OEWS, May 2025) would charge roughly $9,930 to $14,895 on the first year salary alone.
What should an offer for a correspondence clerk in Fort Worth look like?: Employers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area pay correspondence clerks a median of $49,650, with the middle half of the market between $40,780 and $60,080 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). A band set below $40,780 competes for the bottom quarter of that market.
Do Fort Worth residents in office and administrative support work earn more than employers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area pay?: Fort Worth residents working in office and administrative support occupations earn a median of $37,132 (Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011), against $48,030 as the median of the 51 wages BLS publishes for that same occupation group in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX area (BLS OEWS, May 2025), a difference of 23%. Both figures cover the whole occupation group rather than this one role, and one counts where people live while the other counts where the jobs are, so the percentage is not a pay gap.
Is the talent for this role already in Fort Worth?: This is a job zone 2 occupation and does not require a degree, which widens the pool considerably. For context, 31.7% of Fort Worth adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher (Census ACS 5-year 2023, table S1501).

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Hiring a correspondence clerk somewhere else?

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