New Accounts Clerks Salary — San Diego, California

The average New Accounts Clerks in San Diego, California earns $56,750 a year.

$56,750 / year, mean
↑ 11.8% above national average 67th percentile in California

San Diego sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within California — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's a solid premium over the national average for new accounts clerks. Cost of living here runs meaningfully above the national average. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
N/A
Estimate confidence
RSE 3.4%
Cost of living 112 #6 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $946,365 #6 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $102,285 #10 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: San Diego ranks #6 for cost of living and #6 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

New York $60,190 Los Angeles $57,550 San Diego $56,750 Seattle $55,140 Kingston $53,010 Flint $52,920 Kiryas Joel $52,550 Salem $52,250 Miami $52,110 Portland $51,930 Bend $51,880 Albany $51,540 Riverside $51,270 Chicago $51,000 Tampa $50,860 Philadelphia $50,760 Glens Falls $50,540 Virginia Beach $50,410 Elmira $50,380 Rochester $50,350 Eugene $50,180 Utica $50,030 Binghamton $49,990 Syracuse $49,880 Detroit $49,720 Richmond $49,680 Buffalo $49,300 Grants Pass $49,300 Indianapolis $49,290 Springfield $49,250 Pittsburgh $49,090 Corvallis $48,990 Ann Arbor $48,950 Dallas $48,900 York $48,890 Harrisburg $48,860 Lansing $48,390 Albany $48,160 Jacksonville $47,780 Champaign $47,720 Winchester $47,540 Scranton $47,510 Louisville $47,480 Medford $47,370 Houston $46,880 Dover $46,250 Grand Rapids $45,890 Kalamazoo $45,870 San Antonio $45,530 Waco $44,850 Lafayette $44,230 Erie $44,150 Battle Creek $43,430 Fort Wayne $43,160 Beaumont $42,470 El Paso $42,310 Evansville $41,770 Longview $41,580 Saginaw $41,550 Gainesville $41,380 Blacksburg $41,250 Lynchburg $40,860 McAllen $40,330 Brownsville $38,800
CityMean salaryvs. San Diego
Albany, Oregon$48,160-15.1%
Albany, New York$51,540-9.2%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$48,950-13.7%
Battle Creek, Michigan$43,430-23.5%
Beaumont, Texas$42,470-25.2%
Bend, Oregon$51,880-8.6%
Binghamton, New York$49,990-11.9%
Blacksburg, Virginia$41,250-27.3%
Brownsville, Texas$38,800-31.6%
Buffalo, New York$49,300-13.1%
Champaign, Illinois$47,720-15.9%
Chicago, Illinois$51,000-10.1%
Corvallis, Oregon$48,990-13.7%
Dallas, Texas$48,900-13.8%
Detroit, Michigan$49,720-12.4%
Dover, Delaware$46,250-18.5%
Elmira, New York$50,380-11.2%
El Paso, Texas$42,310-25.4%
Erie, Pennsylvania$44,150-22.2%
Eugene, Oregon$50,180-11.6%
Evansville, Indiana$41,770-26.4%
Flint, Michigan$52,920-6.7%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$43,160-23.9%
Gainesville, Florida$41,380-27.1%
Glens Falls, New York$50,540-10.9%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$45,890-19.1%
Grants Pass, Oregon$49,300-13.1%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$48,860-13.9%
Houston, Texas$46,880-17.4%
Indianapolis, Indiana$49,290-13.1%
Jacksonville, Florida$47,780-15.8%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$45,870-19.2%
Kingston, New York$53,010-6.6%
Kiryas Joel, New York$52,550-7.4%
Lafayette, Indiana$44,230-22.1%
Lansing, Michigan$48,390-14.7%
Longview, Texas$41,580-26.7%
Los Angeles, California$57,550+1.4%
Louisville, Kentucky$47,480-16.3%
Lynchburg, Virginia$40,860-28.0%
McAllen, Texas$40,330-28.9%
Medford, Oregon$47,370-16.5%
Miami, Florida$52,110-8.2%
New York, New York$60,190+6.1%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$50,760-10.6%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$49,090-13.5%
Portland, Oregon$51,930-8.5%
Richmond, Virginia$49,680-12.5%
Riverside, California$51,270-9.7%
Rochester, New York$50,350-11.3%
Saginaw, Michigan$41,550-26.8%
Salem, Oregon$52,250-7.9%
San Antonio, Texas$45,530-19.8%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$47,510-16.3%
Seattle, Washington$55,140-2.8%
Springfield, Illinois$49,250-13.2%
Syracuse, New York$49,880-12.1%
Tampa, Florida$50,860-10.4%
Utica, New York$50,030-11.8%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$50,410-11.2%
Waco, Texas$44,850-21.0%
Winchester, Virginia$47,540-16.2%
York, Pennsylvania$48,890-13.9%
Gross salary
56,750/yr
Estimated take-home
46,181/yr
Est. total withheld
18.6%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

View cost of living in this state All New Accounts Clerks salaries in California → All New Accounts Clerks salaries →
Community reality check

Community reality check for San Diego

These notes add local color around San Diego, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 43-4141 SOC code
Official area San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 41740 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
Chula VistaCarlsbad
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
3,282,782