Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
United States. Estimated employment 390,160, with pages for 32 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 43-5061
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$59,650 · 50th
$40,08010th
$47,82025th
$59,65050th
$75,00075th
$86,00090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle, WA | $81,850 | 13,160 |
| San Francisco, CA | $76,900 | 7,220 |
| San Jose, CA | $76,500 | 3,360 |
| Bremerton, WA | $76,070 | 480 |
| Longview, WA | $75,190 | 150 |
| Santa Cruz, CA | $67,530 | 240 |
| Santa Maria, CA | $67,480 | 420 |
| El Centro, CA | $67,000 | 140 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | $66,540 | 540 |
| San Diego, CA | $65,640 | 4,880 |
| New York, NY | $63,130 | 28,600 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $63,070 | 460 |
| Modesto, CA | $62,950 | 540 |
| Kennewick, WA | $62,940 | 310 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $61,810 | 23,320 |
| Mount Vernon, WA | $61,670 | 120 |
| Texarkana, TX | $61,480 | 160 |
| Spokane, WA | $60,110 | 530 |
| Ithaca, NY | $59,990 | 160 |
| Binghamton, NY | $59,740 | 400 |
| Odessa, TX | $59,420 | 170 |
| Elmira, NY | $59,010 | 120 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $58,510 | 810 |
| Midland, TX | $58,450 | 280 |
| Syracuse, NY | $58,090 | 1,330 |
| Houston, TX | $57,600 | 8,830 |
| Albany, NY | $57,310 | 1,890 |
| Bellingham, WA | $57,150 | 210 |
| Dallas, TX | $56,360 | 10,130 |
| San Antonio, TX | $56,040 | 2,840 |
| Buffalo, NY | $55,290 | 2,110 |
| Longview, TX | $53,640 | 300 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 390,160 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 43-5061, Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks. Mapped to our taxonomy as production-planning-and-expediting-clerks.
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