Wisconsin·Office and Administrative Support Occupations·SOC 43-4021

Best Correspondence Clerk programs in Wisconsin, ranked by enrollment

Compose letters or electronic correspondence in reply to requests for merchandise, damage claims, credit and other information, delinquent accounts, incorrect billings, or unsatisfactory services.

11 schools in Wisconsin run programs that feed this job, graduating 73 people a year. The job pays a median of $47,400 in Wisconsin across about jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledCorrespondence ClerkCorrespondence CoordinatorDispute Resolution AnalystCorrespondence Representative (Correspondence Rep)CorrespondentFan Mail EditorTechnical ClerkSuggestions Clerk
Graduates / yr
73
in Wisconsin
Median pay · Wisconsin
$47,400
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
people employed
Schools
11
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
48%
across those schools
Median net price
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Wisconsin that lead to this job

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

1 programs in Wisconsin that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Wisconsin (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 Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin
73
100.0%
11$25,993$9,500

Top 11 schools in Wisconsin

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 4 of the 11 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Fox Valley Technical College
Appleton, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
13General Office Occupations and Clerical Services65%
2Gateway Technical College
Kenosha, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
12General Office Occupations and Clerical Services$34,20351%
3Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
8General Office Occupations and Clerical Services25%
4Moraine Park Technical College
Fond du Lac, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
7General Office Occupations and Clerical Services58%
5Northwood Technical College
Rice Lake, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
7General Office Occupations and Clerical Services$27,49456%
6Lakeshore Technical College
Cleveland, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
6General Office Occupations and Clerical Services50%
7Northcentral Technical College
Wausau, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
6General Office Occupations and Clerical Services45%
8Nicolet Area Technical College
Rhinelander, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
5General Office Occupations and Clerical Services44%
9Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Green Bay, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
4General Office Occupations and Clerical Services51%
10Chippewa Valley Technical College
Eau Claire, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
3General Office Occupations and Clerical Services$36,17850%
11Madison Area Technical College
Madison, WI Public · 1 feeder programs
2General Office Occupations and Clerical Services$27,46729%

All 11 schools in Wisconsin

Every school in Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppletonPublic131
Gateway Technical CollegeKenoshaPublic121
Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukeePublic81
Moraine Park Technical CollegeFond du LacPublic71
Northwood Technical CollegeRice LakePublic71
Lakeshore Technical CollegeClevelandPublic61
Northcentral Technical CollegeWausauPublic61
Nicolet Area Technical CollegeRhinelanderPublic51
Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen BayPublic41
Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau ClairePublic31
Madison Area Technical CollegeMadisonPublic21

What correspondence clerks earn in Wisconsin

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

Median annual in Wisconsin
$47,400
Mean annual
$47,360
Jobs in state
What the range looks like
10th pct$29,780Median$47,40090th pct$67,130
Versus the national median
+1.3%

U.S. median $46,800. Wisconsin pays above the national figure.

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
-5.6%
Decline
Openings per year
700
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
-400
6,900 → 6,500
Typical entry education
High school diploma or equivalent
Plus short-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 Correspondence Clerks page.

How to become a Correspondence Clerk

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

WritingReading ComprehensionActive ListeningSpeakingCritical ThinkingMonitoring

The same job in other states

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

Related careers in Wisconsin

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 1 majors mapped to Correspondence 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 correspondence clerks programs in Wisconsin.

What degree do you need to become a Correspondence 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 General Office Occupations and Clerical Services, which awarded 73 degrees in Wisconsin in 2024-25, 100.0% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Correspondence Clerk?+

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 73 people a year in Wisconsin.

How much do correspondence clerks earn in Wisconsin?+

The median is $47,400 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 1.3% above the U.S. median of $46,800. 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 correspondence clerks growing?+

BLS projects a -5.6% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, decline, with roughly 700 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

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

11 institutions in Wisconsin 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 correspondence clerks work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Correspondence Clerk, Correspondence Coordinator, Dispute Resolution Analyst, Correspondence Representative (Correspondence Rep) among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 43-4021.

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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