Pay for shipping & receiving clerks is unusually consistent across the country: $24,180 at the bottom of the range, $56,370 at the top, a spread of only 2.33×. Where you work matters less for this role than it does for most — which usually points to pay being set by structure (scales, licensure, collective agreements) rather than local bidding.
From $34,650 at the 10th percentile to $62,190 at the 90th is only 1.79×, which is narrow. Pay for shipping & receiving clerks is set more by structure than by individual outcome — scales, steps, licensure. That makes income predictable and makes the ceiling real: the way to earn materially more is usually to change role or location, not to out-perform within this one.
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue (WA) leads and Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area () trails, but the gap is modest. For a role like this the more useful comparison is not between cities but between the 10th and 90th percentile within one — see the band above.
| Metropolitan area | Median | Hourly | LQ | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA | $56,370 | $27.10 | 1.14 | 12,520 |
| Walla Walla WA | $55,960 | $26.90 | 1.12 | 150 |
| Kahului-Wailuku HI | $55,950 | $26.90 | 0.3 | 120 |
| Napa CA | $55,520 | $26.69 | 0.81 | 330 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area | $54,930 | $26.41 | 1.04 | 570 |
| Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard WA | $54,910 | $26.40 | 0.59 | 290 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CA | $54,640 | $26.27 | 0.71 | 4,210 |
| Fairbanks-College AK | $53,080 | $25.52 | 0.57 | 110 |
| West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area | $53,020 | $25.49 | 0.38 | 170 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont CA | $52,590 | $25.28 | 0.62 | 7,790 |
| Longview-Kelso WA | $51,740 | $24.87 | 1.53 | 330 |
| Burlington-South Burlington VT | $51,420 | $24.72 | 0.5 | 320 |
| Urban Honolulu HI | $50,530 | $24.29 | 0.46 | 1,070 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton MA-NH | $49,980 | $24.03 | 0.71 | 10,140 |
| Albany OR | $49,820 | $23.95 | 1.17 | 290 |
| Cheyenne WY | $49,780 | $23.94 | 0.62 | 160 |
| Lewiston-Auburn ME | $49,530 | $23.81 | 1.06 | 270 |
| Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $49,500 | $23.80 | 1.17 | 1,230 |
| Sheboygan WI | $49,460 | $23.78 | 1.49 | 480 |
| Jonesboro AR | $49,390 | $23.75 | 1.69 | 540 |
| Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area | $49,330 | $23.71 | 0.68 | 480 |
| Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area | $49,280 | $23.69 | 0.93 | 200 |
| East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area | $49,270 | $23.69 | 0.56 | 190 |
| Lawton OK | $49,270 | $23.69 | 0.71 | 160 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma CA | $49,210 | $23.66 | 0.77 | 830 |
| Metropolitan area | Median | Hourly | LQ | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area | $24,180 | $11.63 | 0.5 | 80 |
| Mayaguez PR | $24,630 | $11.84 | 0.75 | 210 |
| Aguadilla PR | $25,710 | $12.36 | 0.7 | 180 |
| Ponce PR | $25,800 | $12.41 | 0.68 | 230 |
| Arecibo PR | $25,860 | $12.43 | 1.06 | 190 |
| San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas PR | $26,130 | $12.56 | 1.17 | 4,250 |
| Guayama PR | $26,280 | $12.64 | 0.5 | 30 |
| Laredo TX | $32,830 | $15.79 | 1.93 | 1,110 |
| Eagle Pass TX | $33,320 | $16.02 | 0.79 | 80 |
| El Paso TX | $34,740 | $16.70 | 1.15 | 2,040 |
| Metropolitan area | Median | Hourly | LQ | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart-Goshen IN | $48,600 | $23.36 | 2.96 | 1,980 |
| Kenosha WI | $47,880 | $23.02 | 2.62 | 1,040 |
| Decatur IL | $46,360 | $22.29 | 2.47 | 590 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray UT | $39,050 | $18.77 | 2.43 | 10,550 |
| Reno NV | $46,050 | $22.14 | 2.36 | 3,410 |
| Dalton GA | $38,910 | $18.71 | 2.29 | 790 |
| Memphis TN-MS-AR | $45,800 | $22.02 | 2.29 | 7,370 |
| Bowling Green KY | $36,390 | $17.49 | 1.96 | 850 |
| North Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $44,010 | $21.16 | 1.94 | 1,910 |
| Laredo TX | $32,830 | $15.79 | 1.93 | 1,110 |
| Hagerstown-Martinsburg MD-WV | $47,280 | $22.73 | 1.92 | 1,080 |
| North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) | $41,310 | $19.86 | 1.92 | 2,500 |
| Metropolitan area | Median | Hourly | LQ | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City NY-NJ | $46,550 | $22.38 | 0.78 | 38,970 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim CA | $45,980 | $22.11 | 1.01 | 33,250 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington TX | $44,310 | $21.30 | 1.39 | 29,670 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin IL-IN | $47,740 | $22.95 | 1.1 | 26,030 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands TX | $41,590 | $19.99 | 1.31 | 22,670 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell GA | $44,850 | $21.56 | 1.07 | 16,280 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler AZ | $45,840 | $22.04 | 1.27 | 15,790 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario CA | $44,520 | $21.40 | 1.68 | 15,120 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach FL | $40,960 | $19.69 | 0.95 | 14,060 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington PA-NJ-DE-MD | $46,140 | $22.18 | 0.91 | 13,820 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue WA | $56,370 | $27.10 | 1.14 | 12,520 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray UT | $39,050 | $18.77 | 2.43 | 10,550 |
Figures come from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics programme, May 2025 release, SOC code 43-5071. OEWS surveys employers, so it reports what is actually paid rather than what job advertisements claim, and it excludes the self-employed. Estimates cover 528 of 528 metropolitan areas — near-complete coverage, which means the ranges above are reliable rather than drawn from a handful of markets. Read the methodology.