Hiring an order clerk in Anchorage, AK

Employers in the Anchorage, AK area pay order clerks a median of $39,440, with the middle half of the market between $37,040 and $43,820. Anchorage residents working in office and administrative support occupations report a median of $46,310, which is 17% above what the metro pays for this role.

What does an order 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	$37,040
Median	$39,440
75th percentile	$43,820

Half of order clerks in this area earn between $37,040 and $43,820. A band set below $37,040 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 17% 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.

Residents here already earn more than this role pays, so your offer is competing with whatever they currently commute to.

What does the role actually involve?

Core tasks

Review orders for completeness according to reporting procedures and forward incomplete orders for further processing.
Obtain customers' names, addresses, and billing information, product numbers, and specifications of items to be purchased, and enter this information on order forms.
Recommend merchandise or services that will meet customers' needs.
Inspect outgoing work for compliance with customers' specifications.
Receive and respond to customer complaints.

O*NET 29.1, task statements for SOC 43-4151.

Tools and technologies in demand

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Adobe Acrobat, Intuit QuickBooks, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Outlook, 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 $7,888 to $11,832 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 an order 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.