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Seattle King WDA: King County
Qualification: Not in demand SOC code: 412021 Counter and Rental Clerks
Receive orders, generally in person, for repairs, rentals, and services. May describe available options, compute cost, and accept payment. Excludes “Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, and Coffee Shop” (353022), “Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks” (434081), “Order Clerks” (434151), and “Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks” (434181).
According to the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the typical level of education that most workers need to enter this occupation is: Less than high school. Additional training, experience, licenses or credentials may be required. Learn more at BLS.
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*How we calculate wages - Source data for wages come from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey and are subject to restrictions and limitations of the survey. Self-employment, private households and agricultural employment, except for agricultural services, are excluded from OES. All wage estimations are adjusted as of March 2013. Learn more.

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Qualification status for Counter and Rental Clerks in the other WDAs included below, for relevant areas.
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QualificationSoc area
Not in demand All workforce development areas, all counties
Demand Pacific Mountain WDA: Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Thurston counties
Not in demand Snohomish WDA: Snohomish County
Balanced Pierce WDA: Pierce County
Not in demand Benton- Franklin WDA: Benton, Franklin counties
Not in demand Spokane WDA: Spokane County
Demand Northwest WDA I: Whatcom county
Balanced Southwest WDA I: Cowlitz, Wahkiakum counties
Demand North Central WDA I: Chelan/Douglas counties
Balanced South Central WDA I: Kittitas County
Balanced Olympic Consortium WDA I: Kitsap county
Demand Northwest WDA II: Skagit county
Balanced Southwest WDA II: Clark County
Demand North Central WDA II: Grant, Adams counties
Balanced South Central WDA II: Klickitat County
Balanced Olympic Consortium WDA II: Clallam, Jefferson counties