Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
Worcester, MA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 1,880.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Worcester earn more.
$49,140 in Worcester buys what $47,900 buys across the country as a whole.
Worcester's regional price parity is 102.5 — above the national average, so the nominal figure overstates what it buys. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Massachusetts
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Worcester |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | $49,980 | $46,200 | 108.3 | −3.7% |
| Worcester This page | $49,140 | $47,900 | 102.5 | — |
| Springfield | $48,850 | $50,900 | 96.1 | +6.1% |
| Amherst Town | $48,340 | $48,200 | 100.2 | +0.6% |
| Pittsfield | $46,900 | $49,300 | 95.1 | +2.9% |
| Barnstable Town | $46,860 | $47,600 | 98.4 | −0.6% |
Price parity and difference against Worcester are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 1,880 employed in this occupation in the metro (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.
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