Georgia·Office and Administrative Support Occupations·SOC 43-9041

Best Insurance Claim programs in Georgia, ranked by enrollment

Process new insurance policies, modifications to existing policies, and claims forms.

3 schools in Georgia run programs that feed this job, graduating 26 people a year. The job pays a median of $46,590 in Georgia across about 6,370 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledClaims ProcessorUnderwriting AssistantClaims Technician (Claims Tech)Claims Representative (Claims Rep)ReviewerClaims ClerkClaims TakerClaims Sorter
Graduates / yr
26
in Georgia
Median pay · Georgia
$46,590
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
6,370
people employed
Schools
3
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
55%
across those schools
Median net price
$34,631
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Georgia that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

1 programs in Georgia that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Georgia (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Georgia page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 52.0408In Georgia
26
100.0%
3$25,993$9,500

Top 3 schools in Georgia

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 1 of the 3 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1United Education Institute - Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain, GA Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
14General Office Occupations and Clerical Services56%$33,803
2United Education Institute - Morrow
Morrow, GA Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
11General Office Occupations and Clerical Services$25,09451%$34,631
3Southern Crescent Technical College
Griffin, GA Public · 1 feeder programs
1General Office Occupations and Clerical Services58%

All 3 schools in Georgia

Every school in Georgia with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Georgia that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
United Education Institute - Stone MountainStone MountainPrivate for-profit141
United Education Institute - MorrowMorrowPrivate for-profit111
Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffinPublic11

What insurance claims and policy processing clerks earn in Georgia

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Georgia
$46,590
Mean annual
$50,370
Jobs in state
6,370
What the range looks like
10th pct$37,850Median$46,59090th pct$70,200
Versus the national median
-5.4%

U.S. median $49,230. Georgia pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
0.95×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Metro areas in Georgia

Savannah, GA
$53,260median
180 jobs
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
$48,280median
3,240 jobs
Albany, GA
$45,980median
30 jobs
Macon-Bibb County, GA
$43,120median
120 jobs
Gainesville, GA
$44,710median
Columbus, GA-AL
$39,840median
180 jobs
Dalton, GA
$42,060median
50 jobs
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
$41,610median
110 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
-3.7%
Decline
Openings per year
20,300
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
-9,500
256,700 → 247,200
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent
Plus moderate-term on-the-job training

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks page.

How to become a Insurance Claim

Job zone 2 of 5 · SVP Below 6.0
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent
On-the-job training
Moderate-term on-the-job training

Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.

Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training.

Ranges from a few days to one year of on-the-job training.

Top skills

Reading ComprehensionSpeakingActive ListeningCritical ThinkingWritingMonitoring

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Georgia

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 1 majors mapped to Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks1 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 52.0408General Office Occupations and Clerical Services

Common questions

Answers for people weighing insurance claims and policy processing clerks programs in Georgia.

What degree do you need to become an Insurance Claim?+

High school diploma or equivalent is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is General Office Occupations and Clerical Services, which awarded 26 degrees in Georgia in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming an Insurance Claim?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Business Operations Support and Assistant Services. Together they graduate about 26 people a year in Georgia.

How much do insurance claims and policy processing clerks earn in Georgia?+

The median is $46,590 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 5.4% below the U.S. median of $49,230. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for insurance claims and policy processing clerks growing?+

BLS projects a -3.7% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, decline, with roughly 20,300 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Georgia?+

3 institutions in Georgia reported graduates from at least one of the 1 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do insurance claims and policy processing clerks work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Claims Processor, Underwriting Assistant, Claims Technician (Claims Tech), Claims Representative (Claims Rep) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 43-9041.

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About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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