Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2020

43-5071 Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks

Verify and maintain records on incoming and outgoing shipments involving inventory. Duties include verifying and recording incoming merchandise or material and arranging for the transportation of products. May prepare items for shipment. Excludes "Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping" (43-5111), "Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, except Postal Service" (43-9051), and "Stockers and Order Fillers" (53-7065).

National estimates for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
Industry profile for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
Geographic profile for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks

National estimates for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
727,640	0.7 %	$ 17.89	$ 37,210	0.2 %

Percentile wage estimates for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 12.19	$ 13.97	$ 16.95	$ 20.73	$ 25.39
Annual Wage (2)	$ 25,360	$ 29,060	$ 35,260	$ 43,120	$ 52,820

Industry profile for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Warehousing and Storage	59,400	4.19	$ 17.71	$ 36,840
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (4232, 4233, 4235, 4236, 4237, and 4239 only)	42,940	3.13	$ 17.93	$ 37,300
Employment Services	39,840	1.24	$ 16.36	$ 34,020
Couriers and Express Delivery Services	29,780	3.87	$ 19.87	$ 41,340
Food and Beverage Stores (4451 and 4452 only)	25,560	0.88	$ 16.75	$ 34,850

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Other Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing	670	6.18	$ 16.16	$ 33,620
Local Messengers and Local Delivery	7,030	5.36	$ 15.28	$ 31,780
Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses	21,280	5.16	$ 16.46	$ 34,240
Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers	5,600	4.26	$ 16.66	$ 34,650
Warehousing and Storage	59,400	4.19	$ 17.71	$ 36,840

Top paying industries for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Natural Gas Distribution	80	0.07	$ 32.37	$ 67,320
Postal Service (federal government)	820	0.13	$ 29.89	$ 62,180
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	6,850	1.31	$ 25.15	$ 52,310
Federal Executive Branch (OEWS Designation)	6,470	0.31	$ 25.13	$ 52,270
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	470	0.12	$ 24.56	$ 51,080

Geographic profile for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	84,420	5.14	0.98	$ 18.69	$ 38,870
Texas	71,550	5.91	1.13	$ 17.20	$ 35,780
Illinois	39,920	7.09	1.36	$ 18.85	$ 39,210
Ohio	37,550	7.31	1.40	$ 17.38	$ 36,160
Florida	36,390	4.31	0.82	$ 16.56	$ 34,440

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Utah	14,330	9.63	1.84	$ 15.72	$ 32,700
Tennessee	22,170	7.64	1.46	$ 16.88	$ 35,110
Indiana	21,950	7.52	1.44	$ 17.44	$ 36,270
Missouri	19,800	7.36	1.41	$ 16.42	$ 34,150
Ohio	37,550	7.31	1.40	$ 17.38	$ 36,160

Top paying states for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
District of Columbia	480	0.70	0.13	$ 25.69	$ 53,440
Washington	16,020	5.01	0.96	$ 22.50	$ 46,790
Alaska	780	2.63	0.50	$ 22.01	$ 45,770
Hawaii	1,670	2.90	0.56	$ 20.93	$ 43,540
Massachusetts	13,330	3.98	0.76	$ 20.22	$ 42,070

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	35,410	6.08	1.16	$ 18.19	$ 37,840
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	33,350	7.65	1.46	$ 18.90	$ 39,310
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	32,840	3.72	0.71	$ 19.69	$ 40,950
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	25,470	7.10	1.36	$ 17.53	$ 36,470
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	20,380	7.74	1.48	$ 17.15	$ 35,670
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	19,690	6.63	1.27	$ 18.21	$ 37,880
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	12,820	5.11	0.98	$ 16.28	$ 33,860
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	12,570	4.66	0.89	$ 18.15	$ 37,740
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	11,350	5.80	1.11	$ 23.45	$ 48,780
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	10,820	7.26	1.39	$ 17.79	$ 37,010

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	2,090	16.58	3.17	$ 18.06	$ 37,560
Dalton, GA	980	16.39	3.13	$ 15.50	$ 32,250
Salt Lake City, UT	9,700	13.39	2.56	$ 15.27	$ 31,770
Laredo, TX	1,240	12.54	2.40	$ 13.03	$ 27,090
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	7,070	11.62	2.22	$ 16.21	$ 33,710
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI	600	11.00	2.10	$ 16.17	$ 33,630
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	420	10.84	2.07	$ 17.46	$ 36,320
Danville, IL	270	10.78	2.06	$ 20.51	$ 42,660
Jackson, TN	660	10.35	1.98	$ 16.92	$ 35,190
Spartanburg, SC	1,580	10.22	1.95	$ 16.78	$ 34,900