Vocational Programs for File Clerks Career

The role of File Clerks is to file correspondence, cards, invoices, receipts, and other records in alphabetical or numerical order or according to the filing system used. Locate and remove material from file when requested..

The average annual wage of the occupations is $40,730 and $20 per hour. 1 vocational program could be taken for the File Clerks career. Based on BLS data, a total of 82,290 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing File Clerks is $17,541. The average length of the programs is 241 hours and the average completion time is 8.62 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare File Clerks Career

The following 1 vocational program is required or helpful to prepare File Clerks. Total 196 schools are offering certificate programs.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing File Clerks
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
General Office Occupations and Clerical Services	196	$17,541	$927	241 Hours	8.62 Months

Related Occupations to File Clerks Career

The following 20 occupations are related to File Clerks.

Related Occupations toFile Clerks
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Administrative Services Managers	243K	$121,200	$58
Database Administrators	76,140	$104,810	$50
Computer Occupations, All Other	437K	$112,430	$54
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	49,760	$59,440	$29
Archivists	7,150	$65,700	$32
Library Technicians	76,670	$42,570	$20
Medical Records Specialists	186K	$53,690	$26
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars	34,430	$70,260	$34
Billing and Posting Clerks	430K	$47,120	$23
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,502K	$49,580	$24
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	157K	$54,690	$26
Correspondence Clerks	4,650	$46,940	$23
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	117K	$56,350	$27
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	750K	$43,380	$21
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,785K	$45,490	$22
Data Entry Keyers	154K	$40,130	$19
Word Processors and Typists	37,200	$47,170	$23
Office Clerks, General	2,496K	$43,560	$21
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	27,960	$39,600	$19
Statistical Assistants	7,200	$53,900	$26

Schools offering vocational programs for File Clerks

The following 190 schools offer the vocational programs and certificate courses for preparing File Clerks. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.