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Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2022

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)
848,240 1.1 % $ 19.45 $ 40,450 0.2 %

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

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median) 		75% 90%
Hourly Wage $ 13.93 $ 15.77 $ 18.15 $ 22.14 $ 26.79
Annual Wage (2) $ 28,970 $ 32,800 $ 37,760 $ 46,050 $ 55,730

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 79,960 4.21 $ 19.77 $ 41,130
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (4232, 4233, 4235, 4236, 4237, and 4239 only) 41,420 2.86 $ 19.69 $ 40,960
Employment Services 37,770 0.96 $ 16.17 $ 33,630
General Merchandise Retailers 31,480 0.98 $ 18.14 $ 37,720
Food and Beverage Retailers (4451 and 4452 only) 30,720 1.03 $ 18.78 $ 39,050

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)
Electronics and Appliance Retailers 25,700 5.84 $ 16.86 $ 35,060
Other Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing 560 4.67 $ 16.51 $ 34,340
Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers 6,070 4.28 $ 18.02 $ 37,480
Warehousing and Storage 79,960 4.21 $ 19.77 $ 41,130
Textile and Fabric Finishing and Fabric Coating Mills 920 3.78 $ 18.81 $ 39,130

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 90 0.08 $ 34.60 $ 71,970
Postal Service (federal government) 790 0.13 $ 32.56 $ 67,730
Inland Water Transportation (8) (8) $ 32.14 $ 66,860
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution 900 0.24 $ 28.85 $ 60,010
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing 6,970 1.46 $ 27.41 $ 57,000

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.



Map of employment of shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks by state, May 2022


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 96,350 5.46 0.95 $ 20.77 $ 43,200
Texas 84,620 6.51 1.14 $ 18.19 $ 37,820
Florida 46,270 5.02 0.88 $ 18.19 $ 37,830
Ohio 40,640 7.56 1.32 $ 19.30 $ 40,150
New York 34,700 3.81 0.66 $ 21.83 $ 45,400


Map of location quotient of shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks by state, May 2022


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 17,670 10.86 1.89 $ 17.73 $ 36,880
Indiana 26,490 8.57 1.49 $ 19.76 $ 41,100
Nevada 11,730 8.31 1.45 $ 18.63 $ 38,740
Mississippi 8,610 7.61 1.33 $ 17.50 $ 36,390
New Hampshire 4,990 7.57 1.32 $ 20.53 $ 42,700


Map of annual mean wages of shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks by state, May 2022


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 730 1.06 0.19 $ 23.74 $ 49,380
Washington 18,870 5.54 0.97 $ 23.01 $ 47,860
Alaska 690 2.24 0.39 $ 22.40 $ 46,590
New York 34,700 3.81 0.66 $ 21.83 $ 45,400
Massachusetts 15,090 4.23 0.74 $ 21.61 $ 44,960



Map of employment of shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks by area, May 2022


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)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 40,450 4.40 0.77 $ 21.90 $ 45,550
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 34,710 5.69 0.99 $ 20.49 $ 42,620
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 28,680 7.54 1.31 $ 18.84 $ 39,190
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 27,150 6.15 1.07 $ 21.32 $ 44,350
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 21,190 6.94 1.21 $ 18.77 $ 39,030
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 18,940 6.95 1.21 $ 18.50 $ 38,480
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 17,010 7.66 1.34 $ 18.91 $ 39,330
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 15,340 9.39 1.64 $ 19.61 $ 40,790
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 15,140 5.77 1.01 $ 18.35 $ 38,170
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 13,060 4.72 0.82 $ 20.45 $ 42,540


Map of location quotient of shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks by area, May 2022


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 2,450 17.25 3.01 $ 24.00 $ 49,920
Laredo, TX 1,730 17.00 2.96 $ 14.33 $ 29,800
Salt Lake City, UT 11,440 14.65 2.55 $ 17.64 $ 36,680
Spartanburg, SC 2,070 13.24 2.31 $ 17.69 $ 36,790
Cleveland, TN 550 12.15 2.12 $ 17.57 $ 36,550
Reno, NV 2,910 11.73 2.04 $ 19.86 $ 41,310
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 1,720 11.26 1.96 $ 17.41 $ 36,210
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 6,980 11.24 1.96 $ 19.19 $ 39,910
Dalton, GA 690 10.78 1.88 $ 16.77 $ 34,890
Stockton-Lodi, CA 2,940 10.68 1.86 $ 20.08 $ 41,770