# Counter and Rental Clerks

> Receive orders, generally in person, for repairs, rentals, and services. May describe available options, compute cost, and accept payment.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/counter-and-rental-clerks
- SOC code: 41-2021.00
- Career family: Sales
- Median annual pay: $41,300 (10th percentile $29,800, 90th percentile $65,370)
- Projected growth: As fast as average, +3.0%
- Openings a year: 46,100
- Typical entry education: No formal credential
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code CES)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 36 |
| Investigative (I) | 0 |
| Artistic (A) | 5 |
| Social (S) | 38 |
| Enterprising (E) | 48 |
| Conventional (C) | 82 |

## What you'd do

- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public (importance 86/100)
- Documenting/Recording Information (importance 81/100)
- Processing Information (importance 78/100)
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates (importance 71/100)
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems (importance 69/100)
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events (importance 69/100)
- Working with Computers (importance 68/100)
- Selling or Influencing Others (importance 63/100)
- Getting Information (importance 61/100)
- Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment (importance 61/100)

## Skills

Active Listening, Service Orientation, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Monitoring, Time Management, Writing

## Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service, English Language, Administrative, Sales and Marketing, Administration and Management, Mathematics, Transportation, Computers and Electronics, Production and Processing, Public Safety and Security

## Also called

Airplane Charter Clerk, Apartment Rental Clerk, Apparel Rental Clerk, Auto Rental Clerk, Automobile Rental Clerk, Automotive Customer Service Advisor (Auto Customer Service Advisor), Baby Stroller Rental Clerk, Bicycle Rental Clerk, Boat Rental Clerk, Boats Renter

## Related careers

- [Retail Salespersons](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/retail-salespersons): $35,410 median pay
- [Cashiers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/cashiers): $32,880 median pay
- [Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/door-to-door-sales-workers-news-and-street-vendors-and-related-workers): $41,380 median pay
- [Stockers and Order Fillers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/stockers-and-order-fillers): $37,330 median pay
- [Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/sales-representatives-of-services-except-advertising-insurance-financial-services-and): $69,990 median pay
- [Customer Service Representatives](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/customer-service-representatives): $44,770 median pay

## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

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