Employment Percentage: 
9.5477386934673
SOC ID: 
43-4021
SOC Title: 
Correspondence Clerks
ONET ID: 
43-4021.00
ONET Concat ID: 
43402100
Median Salary: 
42606.95
Ed Level High School: 
49.619999
Ed Level Certificate: 
0.34
Ed Level Some College: 
28.65
Ed Level Associates: 
17.709999
Ed Level Bachelors: 
3.69
Ed Level Masters: 
0
Ed Level Doctor: 
0
Typical Ed Level: 
a high school diploma or less
Description: 

Compose letters or electronic correspondence in reply to requests for merchandise, damage claims, credit and other information, delinquent accounts, incorrect billings, or unsatisfactory services. Duties may include gathering data to formulate reply and preparing correspondence.

Core Tasks: 

<ul><li>Maintain files and control records to show correspondence activities.</li><li>Compose letters in reply to correspondence concerning such items as requests for merchandise, damage claims, credit information requests, delinquent accounts, incorrect billing, or unsatisfactory service.</li><li>Read incoming correspondence to ascertain nature of writers' concerns and to determine disposition of correspondence.</li><li>Prepare documents and correspondence, such as damage claims, credit and billing inquiries, invoices, and service complaints.</li><li>Compile data from records to prepare periodic reports.</li><li>Gather records pertinent to specific problems, review them for completeness and accuracy, and attach records to correspondence as necessary.</li><li>Route correspondence to other departments for reply.</li></ul>

Start Annual Earnings: 
32858.94
Top Annual Earnings: 
61557.75
Title Slug: 
correspondence-clerk