Office Clerks, General Salary in Decatur, IL

Office Clerks, General pay range in Decatur

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $31,200 a year or less, while the top 10% make $69,790 or more. The middle half of office clerks, general in Decatur earn between $36,570 and $54,000.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Office Clerks, General salary after taxes in Decatur

On the average salary of $47,280, a single filer in Decatur takes home about $37,970 a year, or $3,164 a month and $1,460 every two weeks. Taxes take 20% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

Is Decatur a good place for office clerks, general? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Decatur area are 12% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 88.4), so the average $47,280 buys what about $53,471 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Decatur ($51,290). A typical home costs $126,931, or 2.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Office Clerks, General salary in other Illinois cities

Decatur ranks 4th of 8 Illinois metro areas for this job; Chicago pays the most ($49,620).

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Highest-paying cities for office clerks, general

Boulder, CO pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($61,790).

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Related jobs in Decatur

• Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$73,150 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$66,520 a year
• Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants$65,800 a year
• Postal Service Mail Carriers$61,640 a year
• Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$59,390 a year
• Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$58,330 a year
• Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$50,080 a year
• Loan Interviewers and Clerks$48,540 a year

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