Insurance claims & policy processing clerks (all industries)
Amount
$11.3B
per year
Per resident, per year
$33
÷ 341.1M people
Per household, per year
$86
÷ 132.2M households
How it is built
214,260 people × $52,920 average annual wage
Part of: Hospital, physician, and other service spending (wages are paid out of what payers spend on services)
Details
| SOC code | 43-9041 |
| Employed (May 2025) | 214,260 |
| Average annual wage | $52,920 |
| Wage bill | $11.3B |
| Estimated total compensation incl. benefits (÷ 0.69) | $16.4B |
Problems this cost relates to
Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026)