Kentucky·Office and Administrative Support Occupations·SOC 43-4011

Best Brokerage Clerk programs in Kentucky, ranked by enrollment

Perform duties related to the purchase, sale, or holding of securities.

2 schools in Kentucky run programs that feed this job, graduating 12 people a year. The job pays a median of $57,690 in Kentucky across about jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledSales TraderSales AssistantTrading AssistantRegistered Sales AssistantStock ClerkCoupon ClerkMargin ClerkDividend Clerk
Graduates / yr
12
in Kentucky
Median pay · Kentucky
$57,690
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
people employed
Schools
2
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
50%
across those schools
Median net price
$29,703
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Kentucky that lead to this job

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

1 programs in Kentucky that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Kentucky (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 Kentucky page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 52.0302In Kentucky
12
100.0%
2$51,824$24,433

Top 2 schools in Kentucky

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 2 of the 2 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Sullivan University
Louisville, KY Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
11Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping$46,44471%$29,703
2Interactive College of Technology - Newport
Newport, KY Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
1Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping$26,18930%$16,359

All 2 schools in Kentucky

Every school in Kentucky 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 Kentucky that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Sullivan UniversityLouisvillePrivate for-profit111
Interactive College of Technology - NewportNewportPrivate for-profit11

What brokerage clerks earn in Kentucky

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

Median annual in Kentucky
$57,690
Mean annual
$60,710
Jobs in state
What the range looks like
10th pct$51,060Median$57,69090th pct$93,380
Versus the national median
-12.3%

U.S. median $65,750. Kentucky pays below the national figure.

Metro areas in Kentucky

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
$57,200median
110 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
-9.5%
Decline
Openings per year
4,100
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
-3,900
40,800 → 36,900
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 Brokerage Clerks page.

How to become a Brokerage Clerk

Job zone 3 of 5 · SVP 6.0 to < 7.0
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent
On-the-job training
Moderate-term on-the-job training

Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

Top skills

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The same job in other states

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

Related careers in Kentucky

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 1 majors mapped to Brokerage Clerks1 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 52.0302Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping

Common questions

Answers for people weighing brokerage clerks programs in Kentucky.

What degree do you need to become a Brokerage Clerk?+

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 Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping, which awarded 12 degrees in Kentucky in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Brokerage Clerk?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 1 programs to this occupation. The largest are Accounting and Related Services. Together they graduate about 12 people a year in Kentucky.

How much do brokerage clerks earn in Kentucky?+

The median is $57,690 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 12.3% below the U.S. median of $65,750. 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 brokerage clerks growing?+

BLS projects a -9.5% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, decline, with roughly 4,100 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

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

2 institutions in Kentucky 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 brokerage clerks work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Sales Trader, Sales Assistant, Trading Assistant, Registered Sales Assistant among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 43-4011.

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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