2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays
United States
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
United States. Estimated employment 816,870, with pages for 101 metro areas below.
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
Drag the marker, or type a figure
$34,650 10th
$38,200 25th
$45,260 50th
$51,570 75th
$62,190 90th
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
Metro area Median Employment
Seattle, WA $56,370 12,520 Walla Walla, WA $55,960 150 Napa, CA $55,520 330 Bremerton, WA $54,910 290 San Jose, CA $54,640 4,210 San Francisco, CA $52,590 7,790 Longview, WA $51,740 330 Boston, MA $49,980 10,140 Santa Rosa, CA $49,210 830 Worcester, MA $49,140 1,880 Springfield, MA $48,850 990 Indianapolis, IN $48,650 10,280 Elkhart, IN $48,600 1,980 Santa Cruz, CA $48,340 410 Amherst Town, MA $48,340 240 Santa Maria, CA $48,100 690 Olympia, WA $48,020 550 Yuba City, CA $48,010 190 Reading, PA $47,960 1,290 Chicago, IL $47,740 26,030 Sacramento, CA $47,660 3,730 Washington, DC $47,620 9,810 York, PA $47,480 1,450 Hinesville, GA $47,440 100 Glens Falls, NY $47,400 220 Mount Vernon, WA $47,400 210 Bellingham, WA $47,380 430 Allentown, PA $47,080 2,510 Flagstaff, AZ $47,000 220 Pittsfield, MA $46,900 220 Lafayette, IN $46,890 530 Kennewick, WA $46,870 560 Barnstable Town, MA $46,860 230 Evansville, IN $46,730 900 Fort Wayne, IN $46,640 1,910 Kiryas Joel, NY $46,560 1,190 New York, NY $46,550 38,970 Midland, MI $46,540 130 Harrisburg, PA $46,460 2,240 Decatur, IL $46,360 590 Detroit, MI $46,310 10,300 Philadelphia, PA $46,140 13,820 Los Angeles, CA $45,980 33,250 Michigan City, IN $45,880 380 Phoenix, AZ $45,840 15,790 Champaign, IL $45,810 310 Wildwood, FL $45,670 130 Utica, NY $45,630 590 Peoria, IL $45,620 1,080 Rockford, IL $45,530 860 Palm Bay, FL $45,480 950 Terre Haute, IN $45,450 340 Syracuse, NY $45,380 1,390 Gainesville, GA $45,360 940 Lancaster, PA $45,250 1,920 Ann Arbor, MI $45,250 720 Albany, NY $45,210 1,700 Buffalo, NY $45,210 2,330 Kalamazoo, MI $45,140 970 Grand Rapids, MI $45,110 4,710 Rochester, NY $45,090 2,310 Chambersburg, PA $45,090 470 Midland, TX $45,060 490 Jacksonville, FL $44,940 4,110 Logan, UT $44,900 580 Atlanta, GA $44,850 16,280 Lebanon, PA $44,830 410 South Bend, IN $44,820 960 Ogden, UT $44,770 1,910 Savannah, GA $44,750 1,330 Springfield, IL $44,560 300 Riverside, CA $44,520 15,120 Dallas, TX $44,310 29,670 Traverse City, MI $44,310 300 Lansing, MI $44,220 820 Odessa, TX $44,070 560 Austin, TX $44,060 6,230 Bay City, MI $44,000 130 Naples, FL $43,960 590 Tucson, AZ $43,840 1,970 San Antonio, TX $43,750 7,100 Warner Robins, GA $43,510 260 Killeen, TX $43,200 880 St. George, UT $42,930 520 Kankakee, IL $42,240 240 Prescott Valley, AZ $41,720 300 Beaumont, TX $41,610 830 Houston, TX $41,590 22,670 Sebastian, FL $41,530 210 Augusta, GA $41,490 1,060 Provo, UT $41,290 1,610 Yuma, AZ $41,270 480 Lake Havasu City, AZ $41,000 330 Miami, FL $40,960 14,060 North Port, FL $40,630 1,470 Rome, GA $40,620 200 Port St. Lucie, FL $40,600 590 Bloomington, IL $40,230 180 Salt Lake City, UT $39,050 10,550 Dalton, GA $38,910 790 Sierra Vista, AZ $38,280 140
Sources
How this page was made
Wage data Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Employment 816,870 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation SOC 43-5071, Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks. Mapped to our taxonomy as shipping-receiving-and-inventory-clerks .
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.