At a brokerage, financial-data operation, or trading firm, you handle quotation-related work — recording market quotations, supporting quote-distribution operations, handling quote-request work from clients or traders, and the operational backbone of how market quotations flow through the firm.
The work runs through market-data systems, quotation distribution platforms, and client-or-trader interactions — pulling quotations, distributing per request, supporting trading-desk inquiries, handling client-quotation needs. You're often the operational hand on quotation flow that supports trading operations. Quote-response time and accuracy drive performance.
What surprises people new to quotation clerk work is the speed-versus-accuracy demand under market pressure — quotations matter in real time, and small errors carry trading consequences. Variance across employers is wide: at major broker-dealers the work is structured with deep specialty; at smaller firms it blends with broader trading-operations support.
Clerks who do well tend to carry detail-orientation, calm under market volume, and trading-systems fluency. SIE and financial-operations credentials anchor advancement. The trade-off is the market-hours cadence of quotation work and the back-office invisibility outside trading hours.
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View all Admin & Office roles →At a brokerage, financial-data operation, or trading firm, you handle quotation-related work — recording market quotations, supporting quote-distribution operations, handling quote-request work from clients or traders, and the operational backbone of how market quotations flow through the firm.
Median pay for a Quotation Clerk is about $63K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $48K to $92K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Active Listening, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Time Management, and Critical Thinking.
Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to decline about 9.5% through 2034, with roughly 40,090 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Sales Assistant, Account Administrator, and Securities Clerk.
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