Job outlook for collections officers in the United States

Collections officer job growth summary. After extensive research, interviews, and analysis, Zippia's data science team found that:

• The projected collections officer job growth rate is -8% from 2018-2028.

• About -17,500 new jobs for collections officers are projected over the next decade.

• Collections officer salaries have increased 8% for collections officers in the last 5 years.

• There are over 25,167 collections officers currently employed in the United States.

• There are 59,691 active collections officer job openings in the US.

• The average collections officer salary is $39,671.

Compare the number of collections officer jobs and the average collections officer salary over time.

The map below shows you the number of collections officer job openings in each state. The darker areas on the map show where collections officers earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.