West Virginia·Office and Administrative Support Occupations·SOC 43-4011

Best Brokerage Clerk programs in West Virginia, ranked by enrollment

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

5 schools in West Virginia run programs that feed this job, graduating 65 people a year. The job pays a median of in West Virginia across about 130 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledSales TraderSales AssistantTrading AssistantRegistered Sales AssistantStock ClerkCoupon ClerkMargin ClerkDividend Clerk
Graduates / yr
65
in West Virginia
Median pay · West Virginia
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
130
people employed
Schools
5
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
33%
across those schools
Median net price
$16,943
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in West Virginia that lead to this job

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

1 programs in West Virginia that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in West Virginia (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 West Virginia page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
165
100.0%
5$51,824$24,433

Top 5 schools in West Virginia

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 2 of the 5 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1American Public University System
Charles Town, WV Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
46Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping$50,68857%$10,199
2BridgeValley Community & Technical College
South Charleston, WV Public · 1 feeder programs
9Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping34%
3Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College
Moorefield, WV Public · 1 feeder programs
6Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping42%
4Blue Ridge Community and Technical College
Martinsburg, WV Public · 1 feeder programs
3Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping32%
5Strayer University - West Virginia
Scott Depot, WV Private for-profit · 1 feeder programs
1Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping$52,3730%$16,943

All 5 schools in West Virginia

Every school in West Virginia 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 West Virginia that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
American Public University SystemCharles TownPrivate for-profit461
BridgeValley Community & Technical CollegeSouth CharlestonPublic91
Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical CollegeMoorefieldPublic61
Blue Ridge Community and Technical CollegeMartinsburgPublic31
Strayer University - West VirginiaScott DepotPrivate for-profit11

What brokerage clerks earn in West Virginia

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

Median annual in West Virginia
Mean annual
Jobs in state
130
Job concentration
0.81×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these 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 West Virginia

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 West Virginia.

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 65 degrees in West Virginia 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 65 people a year in West Virginia.

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 West Virginia?+

5 institutions in West Virginia 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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