Loan Interviewers and Clerks in California
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,590
after federal, FICA and California tax
Tax takes
$10,710
18.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,384
California costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in California — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$57,300
Kept after tax
$46,590
Worth in national money
$41,384
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- California is one of the better-paying states for loan interviewers and clerks. The middle earner takes $57,300, which ranks 11 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 14.55% above the national middle.
- Against other work in California, this sits in the middle: 322 of 492 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $57,300, tax leaves $46,590 — and because California is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $41,384 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $57,220.
- California ranks 11 of 51 states publishing a median for loan interviewers and clerks, at $57,300 — about 14.55% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Loan interviewers and clerks ranks 322 of 492 occupations in California by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After tax, $46,590 remains from the California median of $57,300 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $41,384 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $57,220 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Loan Interviewers and Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,170 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,300 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,940 |
| This salary | $57,300 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in California | $46,590 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,221 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,239 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $55,271 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,964 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 113 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in California earn less than $57,300. The published range is $39,170 up to $75,940, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind California's $46,590, worked from $57,300. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 322 of 492.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,384 uses one figure for the whole of California. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 492 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 322.
- Reported values are medians; for loan interviewers and clerks in California the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,170 to $75,940. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The California take-home of $46,590, on $57,300 for work ranking 322 of 492 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 322 of 492 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,384, worked from $57,300, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular California address, on work sitting at 322 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $39,170 at the bottom tenth to $75,940 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. California costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $41,384 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and California adds its own income tax on top — which is why $46,590 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($39,170 to $75,940) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to California rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
California's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $41,384 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $46,590 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and California income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.