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Insurance Claim and Policy Processing Clerk Salary by State (2026)

Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks earn the most in New Hampshire at $60,650 a year and the least in Alabama at $38,140 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The national median is $49,230. The table below covers 49 states and Puerto Rico, with a cost-of-living adjusted column.

Highest median
$60,650New Hampshire
National median
$49,230BLS OEWS, May 2025
Lowest median
$38,140Alabama
Areas reporting
50of 54 OEWS areas

Top and bottom

Highest- and lowest-paying states for insurance claims and policy processing clerks

Ranked on the state median among the 49 reporting states. After cost of living, Maine comes out ahead instead. Territories are in the full table but not ranked here.

Highest median pay

  1. 1New Hampshire$60,650
  2. 2Washington$60,220
  3. 3New Jersey$59,810
  4. 4Connecticut$59,760
  5. 5Maine$58,890

Lowest median pay

  1. 1Alabama$38,140
  2. 2New Mexico$41,700
  3. 3Mississippi$43,840
  4. 4South Carolina$44,650
  5. 5West Virginia$44,740

All states

Insurance Claim and Policy Processing Clerk salary in every state

Sort by any column. Employment is the number of insurance claims and policy processing clerks OEWS estimates in that state; blank cells are estimates BLS suppressed because the sample was too small.

Annual wages by state, sortable by median, quartiles, employment and cost-of-living adjusted median
#
1NHNew Hampshire
$60,650
$49,230$75,440820$58,225
2WAWashington
$60,220
$49,700$69,0103,730$56,274
3NJNew Jersey
$59,810
$49,930$65,8605,000$54,970
4CTConnecticut
$59,760
$50,510$72,0402,430$57,678
5MEMaine
$58,890
$48,200$72,4101,710$60,680
6COColorado
$58,660
$49,330$64,7501,380$56,923
7MNMinnesota
$58,030
$50,860$60,3103,580$58,841
8NYNew York
$57,790
$48,480$64,8808,120$53,548
9CACalifornia
$56,800
$47,560$63,23023,470$51,301
10MAMassachusetts
$52,910
$47,550$61,1504,820$50,030
11MTMontana
$50,890
$44,290$60,380360$53,769
12OROregon
$50,890
$47,010$59,5002,640$49,235
13AZArizona
$50,530
$44,590$52,7708,350$50,190
14DEDelaware
$49,990
$47,170$58,090720$50,086
15TXTexas
$49,880
$44,520$62,18024,470$51,392
16PAPennsylvania
$49,420
$44,690$60,3207,020$50,650
17VTVermont
$49,260
$47,500$58,590390$50,287
18INIndiana
$49,240
$44,080$62,1205,190$52,760
19WIWisconsin
$49,170
$46,090$60,3805,140$52,256
20AKAlaska
$48,740
$37,330$53,94040$47,617
21OKOklahoma
$48,650
$39,580$61,3401,530$55,383
22NENebraska
$48,490
$43,300$58,5902,520$53,816
23ILIllinois
$48,440
$45,950$60,3209,060$48,460
24NDNorth Dakota
$48,390
$41,980$51,720550$54,396
25OHOhio
$48,380
$46,870$58,84011,160$52,148
26KYKentucky
$48,330
$48,030$59,0203,030$53,605
27NVNevada
$48,300
$43,680$56,0602,880$48,310
28NCNorth Carolina
$48,130
$44,830$59,8706,570$51,025
29KSKansas
$47,960
$45,540$56,560800$53,249
30MIMichigan
$47,860
$40,750$58,7806,410$49,742
31HIHawaii
$47,420
$44,720$57,140380$43,128
32IDIdaho
$47,200
$43,220$62,120580$49,427
33FLFlorida
$47,130
$39,700$58,48015,920$45,574
34UTUtah
$47,120
$37,200$57,2801,880$47,661
35MDMaryland
$47,070
$37,740$61,1701,200$44,846
36WYWyoming
$46,870
$38,560$49,030170$50,566
37LALouisiana
$46,800
$37,640$49,7401,740$53,057
38GAGeorgia
$46,590
$42,160$58,5006,370$48,384
39IAIowa
$46,430
$42,340$53,0402,820$52,904
40VAVirginia
$46,430
$37,730$55,9605,950$45,923
41MOMissouri
$46,010
$36,590$56,0504,510$50,662
42TNTennessee
$45,720
$37,370$50,3305,470$49,766
43SDSouth Dakota
$45,610
$37,020$49,8101,020$51,487
44ARArkansas
$45,220
$39,540$48,0701,500$52,015
45WVWest Virginia
$44,740
$37,690$49,0201,330$49,991
46SCSouth Carolina
$44,650
$37,380$49,8604,110$47,627
47MSMississippi
$43,840
$36,030$49,7001,540$50,418
48NMNew Mexico
$41,700
$37,540$49,220920$45,222
49ALAlabama
$38,140
$35,140$48,5802,110$42,939
50PRPuerto Rico
$30,910
$30,080$34,3101,920N/A

Method

How the cost-of-living adjustment works

The adjusted column divides each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (RPP) and multiplies by 100. RPPs measure how much a fixed basket of goods, services and rents costs in one state relative to the national average, so the result restates local pay in national-average dollars.

For insurance claims and policy processing clerks, that changes the ranking: New Hampshire leads on raw pay at $60,650, while Maine leads once prices are taken into account at $60,680.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024 (public domain). The adjustment is NueCareer's calculation, not a BLS or BEA published statistic.

Questions

Insurance Claim and Policy Processing Clerk pay by state: FAQ

Which state pays insurance claims and policy processing clerks the most?

New Hampshire reports the highest median wage for insurance claims and policy processing clerks at $60,650 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), followed by Washington ($60,220) and New Jersey ($59,810).

Which state pays insurance claims and policy processing clerks the least?

Among the 49 reporting states, Alabama reports the lowest median for insurance claims and policy processing clerks at $38,140 a year, $22,510 below the highest-paying state (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Among the territories, Puerto Rico reports $30,910.

Is the highest-paying state the best for insurance claims and policy processing clerks after cost of living?

Not on this data. New Hampshire pays the most on paper ($60,650) but ranks 3rd of 49 once each median is divided by the state's BEA Regional Price Parity ($58,225). Maine leads after that adjustment at $60,680, from a raw median of $58,890. BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024; the adjustment is NueCareer's calculation.

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