DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

Locate and notify customers of delinquent accounts by mail, telephone, or personal visit to solicit payment. Duties include receiving payment and posting amount to customer?s account, preparing statements to credit department if customer fails to respond, initiating repossession proceedings or service disconnection, and keeping records of collection and status of accounts.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020

					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	3,260	316	$19.71/hr	$0.47/hr	$14.20/hr	$16.15/hr	$18.28/hr	$22.65/hr	$28.06/hr
Minnesota	4,120	383	$19.82/hr	$0.38/hr	$14.26/hr	$16.29/hr	$18.53/hr	$22.92/hr	$27.69/hr
U S	235,870	3,774	$19.13/hr	$0.08/hr	$12.55/hr	$14.96/hr	$18.01/hr	$22.31/hr	$27.67/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Leading Industries for Bill and Account Collectors Industry OES Employment OES Median Wage Professional and Business Services 2,370 $17.75/hr Financial Activities 420 $18.73/hr Trade, Transportation and Utilities 240 $20.89/hr Education and Health Services 80 $22.21/hr Public Administration 60 $27.76/hr Manufacturing 50 $23.18/hr Information 20 N/A

Other Regional Data For Bill and Account Collectors Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change  -  Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 3,260 $18.28/hr N/A La Crosse WI-MN MSA 280 $15.03/hr N/A Fargo ND-MN MSA 220 $21.57/hr N/A Southwest Balance of State 130 $18.49/hr N/A Southeast Balance of State 100 $20.20/hr N/A Duluth MN-WI MSA 90 $16.25/hr N/A Northwest Balance of State 60 $17.69/hr N/A Grand Forks ND-MN MSA 10 $22.13/hr N/A Rochester MN MSA N/A $21.46/hr N/A Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA N/A N/A N/A St Cloud MN MSA N/A $20.98/hr N/A Northeast Balance of State N/A N/A N/A

Related Occupations

Occupation (click title for details)	OES		Projections
	Employment	Median Wage	% Change  -
Customer Service Representatives	46,490	$19.77/hr	N/A
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	5,510	$31.49/hr	N/A
Order Clerks	1,710	$16.89/hr	N/A
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	1,680	$25.61/hr	N/A
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks	410	$25.06/hr	N/A
Compliance Officers, Except Agriculture, Construction, Health and Safety, and Transportation	N/A	$37.00/hr	N/A

• Mails form letters to customers to encourage payment of delinquent accounts.
• Notifies credit department, orders merchandise repossession or service disconnection, or turns over account to attorney if customer fails to respond.
• Persuades customer to pay amount due on credit account, damage claim, or nonpayable check, or negotiates extension of credit.
• Confers with customer by telephone or in person to determine reason for overdue payment and review terms of sales, service, or credit contract.
• Drives vehicle to visit customer, return merchandise to creditor, or deliver bills.
• Sorts and files correspondence, and performs miscellaneous clerical duties.
• Traces delinquent customer to new address by inquiring at post office or questioning neighbors.
• Records information about financial status of customer and status of collection efforts.
• Receives payments and posts amount paid to customer account, using computer or paper records.