Hiring a file clerk in Anchorage, AK

Employers in the Anchorage, AK area pay file clerks a median of $48,630, with the middle half of the market between $40,300 and $60,310. Anchorage residents working in office and administrative support occupations report a median of $46,310, which is 5% below what the metro pays for this role.

What does a file clerk earn here?

Place of work

What employers pay

Annual wages paid by employers in the Anchorage, AK area. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
25th percentile	$40,300
Median	$48,630
75th percentile	$60,310

Half of file clerks in this area earn between $40,300 and $60,310. A band set below $40,300 competes for the bottom quarter of the market.

Place of residence

What Anchorage residents earn

$46,310

Median earnings of Anchorage residents working in office and administrative support occupations, 17,750 people. Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011. Where people live, not where they work, so it is not the same measurement as the wages beside it.

The 5% figure is not a pay gap. ACS counts the civilian employed population 16 and over, part-time and part-year work included; OEWS counts wage-and-salary jobs only. The two populations differ, so read this number against other cities rather than as a shortfall: the same definitional difference applies to every city equally, which is what makes a city-to-city reading sound.

The two sit close together, so pay alone is unlikely to be what wins or loses this hire.

What does the role actually involve?

Core tasks

Scan or read incoming materials to determine how and where they should be classified or filed.
Input data, such as file numbers, new or updated information, or document information codes into computer systems to support document and information retrieval.
Perform general office activities, such as typing, answering telephones, operating office machines, processing mail, or securing confidential materials.
Sort or classify information according to guidelines, such as content, purpose, user criteria, or chronological, alphabetical, or numerical order.
Answer questions about records or files.

O*NET 29.1, task statements for SOC 43-4071.

Tools and technologies in demand

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, Intuit QuickBooks, Microsoft Access, Microsoft PowerPoint.

O*NET 29.1, flagged in demand or hot for this occupation. Useful as a screen, not as a checklist.

Is the talent actually in Anchorage?

This is a job zone two: some preparation needed occupation. These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

It does not require a degree, which widens the pool considerably. For context, 37.7% of Anchorage adults hold one. Census ACS 5-year 2023, table S1501.

The average Anchorage commute runs 19 minutes, which is roughly how far your catchment reaches before candidates start saying no. 9.6% already work from home, so a fully onsite requirement here is competing against that.

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 median would bill roughly $9,726 to $14,589 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.

Price this search

Eight questions about the role. Your tier range appears on screen.

Hiring a file clerk somewhere else?

Same role, different market. The wage band moves with the metro.

Other office and administrative support roles in Anchorage

Anchorage is the largest of 1 Alaska cities in this dataset.