Counter and Rental Clerks
SOC 41-2021 · 2024-2034
Receive orders, generally in person, for repairs, rentals, and services. May describe available options, compute cost, and accept payment.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $45,420per year
- Projected openings
- 77,120
- Projected change
- +3.2%
- Usually needs
- No formal educational credential
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Service Orientation
- Reading Comprehension
- Social Perceptiveness
- Critical Thinking
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $48,079 | 3,480 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $46,585 | 5,610 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $45,974 | 4,080 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $45,814 | 630 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $45,737 | 250 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $45,379 | 490 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $45,134 | 750 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $45,123 | 1,030 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $42,271 | 480 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $42,220 | 650 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $41,964 | 350 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $41,586 | 270 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $41,279 | 610 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $41,248 | 250 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $41,248 | 830 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $41,125 | 450 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $41,125 | 400 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $40,410 | 200 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $40,145 | 9,450 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $39,786 | 6,960 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $39,745 | 220 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $39,684 | 7,830 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $39,479 | 1,370 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $39,459 | 5,890 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $39,418 | 860 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $39,346 | 1,180 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $39,183 | 22,370 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $38,907 | 150 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $38,835 | 1,800 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $38,528 | 570 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $38,416 | 1,260 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retail Salespersons | $38,790 | 549,460 | -1.3% |
| Cashiers | $37,438 | 606,780 | -5.3% |
| Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers | $39,880 | 3,500 | -3.3% |
| Stockers and Order Fillers | $43,808 | 565,760 | +15.5% |
| Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel | $81,587 | 164,660 | +4.7% |
| Customer Service Representatives | $50,733 | 219,040 | -5.6% |