Filer vs document clerk

The differences between filers and document clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a filer has an average salary of $39,155, which is higher than the $30,597 average annual salary of a document clerk.

The top three skills for a filer include patient charts, computer system and numerical order. The most important skills for a document clerk are office equipment, word processing, and GMP.

Filer vs document clerk overview

	Filer	Document Clerk
Yearly salary	$39,155	$30,597
Hourly rate	$18.82	$14.71
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	471	99,244
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	-	-

Filer vs document clerk salary

Filers and document clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Filer	Document Clerk
Average salary	$39,155	$30,597
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $74,000	Between $25,000 And $37,000
Highest paying City	-	Frederick, MD
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Smiths Group
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between filer and document clerk education

There are a few differences between a filer and a document clerk in terms of educational background:

	Filer	Document Clerk
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Western Carolina University

Filer vs document clerk demographics

Here are the differences between filers' and document clerks' demographics:

	Filer	Document Clerk
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 36.5% Female, 63.5%	Male, 27.7% Female, 72.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.1% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 15.9% Asian, 5.4% White, 62.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 11.1% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 15.9% Asian, 5.4% White, 62.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between filer and document clerk duties and responsibilities

Filer example responsibilities.

Maintain and manage database with clinical details and digital radiology imaging.
Maintain organization when filing paperwork for all insurance customers.
Demonstrate effective organization skills by sorting and filing business receipts and invoices alphabetically
Execute an individual project for the communications department by digitizing old newsletters to preserve pictures and information in an online database.
Process out-going files utilizing Onbase imaging system, process manual record shipment using contract delivery service.

Document clerk example responsibilities.

Maintain and manage database with clinical details and digital radiology imaging.
Prepare, index and QA various paper documents for scanning to electronic format.
Upload and send x-ray images for doctors to view and compare for radiology reports while maintaining schedule and patients charts.
Scan and convert documents to PDF.
Add fedex charges to orders ship fedex.
Scan documentation and index into EMR system.

Filer vs document clerk skills

Common filer skills

Patient Charts, 27%
Computer System, 13%
Numerical Order, 10%
Organization, 9%
Alphabetical Order, 8%
Telephone Calls, 7%

Common document clerk skills

Office Equipment, 25%
Word Processing, 11%
GMP, 11%
Data Entry Operations, 8%
Computer System, 7%
Paralegals, 4%