SOC 43-4151 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Order Clerks

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025United States, all industries

U.S. median annual wage$46,170

U.S. median hourly wage$22.20

U.S. employment75,200

Nationally, order clerks earned a median of $46,170 per year as of the May 2025 OEWS estimates, across 75,200 jobs. Pay varies substantially by area — look up a specific state or metro below.

National pay distribution

Pay by state

Every state and territory with a published May 2025 estimate. “Not published” means BLS suppressed the value — it never means zero. Higher medians often track higher living costs; this is not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

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Order Clerks: pay and employment by state
State
Massachusetts	$55,040	$26.46	1,350	0.4
Oregon	$50,260	$24.17	790	0.4
Vermont	$49,950	$24.02	Not published	Not published
Colorado	$49,530	$23.81	1,970	0.7
Rhode Island	$49,410	$23.75	170	0.3
District of Columbia	$49,150	$23.63	170	0.2
Alabama	$48,840	$23.48	80	0.0
Arizona	$48,590	$23.36	760	0.2
New Hampshire	$48,540	$23.34	390	0.6
Minnesota	$48,400	$23.27	1,150	0.4
New York	$48,320	$23.23	3,530	0.4
South Dakota	$48,010	$23.08	330	0.7
Washington	$47,990	$23.07	4,300	1.2
Maine	$47,750	$22.96	300	0.5
Wisconsin	$47,750	$22.96	1,540	0.5
Maryland	$47,700	$22.93	850	0.3
Illinois	$47,670	$22.92	3,540	0.6
Connecticut	$47,500	$22.84	710	0.4
California	$47,290	$22.74	12,390	0.7
Pennsylvania	$46,840	$22.52	2,570	0.4
Hawaii	$46,760	$22.48	210	0.3
New Jersey	$46,270	$22.25	2,640	0.6
Ohio	$46,120	$22.17	3,810	0.7
North Carolina	$46,060	$22.14	2,990	0.6
Oklahoma	$45,850	$22.04	2,210	1.3
West Virginia	$45,320	$21.79	100	0.1
Kansas	$45,200	$21.73	310	0.2
Iowa	$44,980	$21.63	680	0.4
Florida	$44,380	$21.34	3,270	0.3
Indiana	$44,340	$21.32	1,800	0.6
Texas	$44,280	$21.29	5,180	0.4
Michigan	$44,240	$21.27	2,290	0.5
Nebraska	$44,060	$21.18	440	0.4
Mississippi	$43,040	$20.69	470	0.4
Virginia	$42,580	$20.47	1,690	0.4
Montana	$42,000	$20.19	60	0.1
Arkansas	$41,760	$20.08	290	0.2
South Carolina	$41,740	$20.07	740	0.3
Georgia	$41,720	$20.06	1,750	0.4
Delaware	$41,430	$19.92	170	0.4
New Mexico	$41,020	$19.72	310	0.4
Kentucky	$40,620	$19.53	930	0.5
Nevada	$40,560	$19.50	740	0.5
Utah	$40,260	$19.36	880	0.5
Idaho	$40,110	$19.29	90	0.1
Tennessee	$39,160	$18.83	2,260	0.7
Alaska	$37,590	$18.07	70	0.2
Louisiana	$37,520	$18.04	660	0.3
Missouri	Not published	Not published	840	0.3

Pay by metro area

All 218 metro areas where BLS publishes this occupation. Sort by median wage, employment, or local concentration — or see the highest-paying metros ranked.

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

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Order Clerks: pay and employment by metro area
Metro area
Napa, CA	$60,680	$29.17	40	0.5
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$58,170	$27.97	620	0.5
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$55,090	$26.49	1,100	0.4
Bend, OR	$53,610	$25.77	30	0.3
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$53,290	$25.62	100	0.4
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$53,070	$25.51	50	0.3
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$52,540	$25.26	460	0.4
Albany, OR	$52,190	$25.09	40	0.8
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$51,500	$24.76	Not published	Not published
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$51,450	$24.74	1,250	0.5
Akron, OH	$51,060	$24.55	320	1.0
Springfield, MA	$50,860	$24.45	70	0.3
New Haven, CT	$50,750	$24.40	90	0.3
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$50,530	$24.29	130	0.4
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$50,420	$24.24	70	0.4
Ann Arbor, MI	$50,330	$24.20	60	0.3
Binghamton, NY	$50,180	$24.13	40	0.4
St. Cloud, MN	$50,020	$24.05	30	0.3
Boulder, CO	$49,970	$24.03	170	0.9
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$49,940	$24.01	170	0.3
Reading, PA	$49,860	$23.97	80	0.5
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$49,840	$23.96	1,320	0.8
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$49,530	$23.81	620	0.3
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$49,390	$23.74	230	0.3
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$49,380	$23.74	Not published	Not published
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$49,190	$23.65	650	0.4
Greeley, CO	$49,080	$23.60	70	0.6
Visalia, CA	$49,020	$23.57	80	0.5
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$48,920	$23.52	620	0.3
Odessa, TX	$48,640	$23.38	30	0.4
Appleton, WI	$48,460	$23.30	80	0.7
Bellingham, WA	$48,460	$23.30	50	0.5
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	$48,450	$23.29	30	0.4
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$48,430	$23.29	100	0.5
Waco, TX	$48,400	$23.27	30	0.3
Terre Haute, IN	$48,390	$23.27	50	0.7
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$48,370	$23.25	320	0.2
Rapid City, SD	$48,360	$23.25	40	0.5
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$48,320	$23.23	1,100	0.8
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$48,310	$23.23	1,220	0.4
Manchester-Nashua, NH	$48,230	$23.19	110	0.6
Portland-South Portland, ME	$48,040	$23.10	140	0.5
Worcester, MA	$47,900	$23.03	100	0.3
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$47,890	$23.02	2,970	0.7
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	$47,850	$23.01	140	0.8
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$47,820	$22.99	4,120	0.4
Salem, OR	$47,730	$22.95	70	0.3
Kansas City, MO-KS	$47,710	$22.94	290	0.3
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$47,700	$22.94	130	0.3
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$47,650	$22.91	190	0.4
Colorado Springs, CO	$47,630	$22.90	140	0.4
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$47,610	$22.89	760	0.5
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$47,580	$22.88	920	0.3
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$47,480	$22.83	390	0.4
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$47,470	$22.82	310	0.4
Lima, OH	$47,430	$22.80	30	0.6
Syracuse, NY	$47,410	$22.79	90	0.3
Raleigh-Cary, NC	$47,400	$22.79	380	0.5
York-Hanover, PA	$47,360	$22.77	80	0.4
Cleveland, OH	$47,350	$22.76	780	0.8
Ogden, UT	$47,300	$22.74	40	0.1
Vallejo, CA	$47,280	$22.73	100	0.7
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	$47,140	$22.66	90	0.3
Lancaster, PA	$47,050	$22.62	150	0.6
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$47,020	$22.61	250	0.5
Columbus, OH	$46,990	$22.59	650	0.6
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	$46,990	$22.59	380	0.6
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	$46,960	$22.58	130	1.1
Urban Honolulu, HI	$46,750	$22.48	170	0.4
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$46,650	$22.43	1,180	0.7
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$46,590	$22.40	5,740	0.9
Ocala, FL	$46,590	$22.40	30	0.3
Pittsburgh, PA	$46,580	$22.40	450	0.4
Jacksonville, FL	$46,460	$22.34	170	0.2
Toledo, OH	$46,450	$22.33	180	0.6
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	$46,350	$22.29	780	0.7
Tucson, AZ	$46,330	$22.28	80	0.2
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$46,290	$22.26	210	0.6
Stockton-Lodi, CA	$46,250	$22.24	110	0.4
Canton-Massillon, OH	$46,170	$22.20	80	0.5
Tulsa, OK	$46,100	$22.16	290	0.6
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$46,000	$22.11	420	0.3
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	$45,940	$22.09	70	0.3
Wichita, KS	$45,890	$22.06	50	0.2
Oklahoma City, OK	$45,850	$22.04	1,720	2.5
Modesto, CA	$45,820	$22.03	110	0.6
Jackson, MS	$45,780	$22.01	130	0.5
Chico, CA	$45,770	$22.00	50	0.7
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$45,760	$22.00	220	1.1
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$45,620	$21.93	1,270	0.4
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$45,590	$21.92	1,890	0.5
Eugene-Springfield, OR	$45,490	$21.87	70	0.4
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$45,420	$21.84	130	0.4
Columbia, SC	$45,320	$21.79	90	0.2
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	$45,300	$21.78	70	0.2
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	$45,290	$21.78	30	0.7
Rochester, NY	$45,170	$21.72	190	0.4
Omaha, NE-IA	$45,160	$21.71	270	0.6
Champaign-Urbana, IL	$45,150	$21.71	40	0.4
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$45,110	$21.69	60	0.3
St. Louis, MO-IL	$45,090	$21.68	450	0.3
Spartanburg, SC	$45,090	$21.68	40	0.3
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$45,080	$21.67	940	0.5
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$45,000	$21.64	400	0.5
Utica-Rome, NY	$44,990	$21.63	50	0.5
Amarillo, TX	$44,980	$21.63	40	0.3
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	$44,880	$21.58	180	0.4
Wilmington, NC	$44,880	$21.58	110	0.6
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$44,720	$21.50	670	0.6
Asheville, NC	$44,690	$21.49	140	0.8
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	$44,490	$21.39	40	0.1
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$44,460	$21.38	450	0.4
Fresno, CA	$44,430	$21.36	220	0.5
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$44,420	$21.36	60	0.6
Peoria, IL	$44,330	$21.31	50	0.3
Rockford, IL	$44,150	$21.23	50	0.4
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	$44,110	$21.21	30	0.3
Salinas, CA	$44,030	$21.17	50	0.3
Niles, MI	$44,010	$21.16	40	0.6
Fort Wayne, IN	$43,950	$21.13	120	0.6
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	$43,930	$21.12	170	0.4
Erie, PA	$43,890	$21.10	40	0.3
Greensboro-High Point, NC	$43,880	$21.10	250	0.7
Winston-Salem, NC	$43,820	$21.07	130	0.5
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$43,800	$21.06	Not published	Not published
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$43,710	$21.01	1,090	0.4
Pueblo, CO	$43,710	$21.01	50	0.8
Cedar Rapids, IA	$43,690	$21.00	50	0.3
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	$43,630	$20.98	70	0.3
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	$43,580	$20.95	450	0.7
Port St. Lucie, FL	$43,570	$20.95	40	0.2
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	$43,500	$20.91	110	0.7
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	$43,460	$20.90	30	0.5
Madison, WI	$43,380	$20.86	140	0.3
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	$43,260	$20.80	30	0.9
Lexington-Fayette, KY	$43,100	$20.72	100	0.3
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$43,010	$20.68	140	0.4
Chattanooga, TN-GA	$42,840	$20.59	140	0.5
Richmond, VA	$42,830	$20.59	340	0.5
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$42,770	$20.56	50	0.4
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	$42,760	$20.56	70	0.6
Savannah, GA	$42,750	$20.55	60	0.3
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$42,710	$20.54	Not published	Not published
Saginaw, MI	$42,550	$20.46	30	0.4
Charlottesville, VA	$42,500	$20.43	70	0.6
Youngstown-Warren, OH	$42,440	$20.41	80	0.5
College Station-Bryan, TX	$42,430	$20.40	40	0.3
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$42,340	$20.36	1,040	0.4
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$42,340	$20.35	230	0.3
Fayetteville, NC	$42,280	$20.33	70	0.5
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	$42,050	$20.22	110	0.3
Longview, TX	$41,970	$20.18	40	0.3
Boise City, ID	$41,720	$20.06	50	0.1
Grand Junction, CO	$41,530	$19.97	50	0.7
Gainesville, GA	$41,440	$19.92	40	0.4
Flint, MI	$41,410	$19.91	90	0.7
Jefferson City, MO	$41,210	$19.81	50	0.6
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	$41,170	$19.79	50	0.4
Medford, OR	$40,810	$19.62	50	0.6
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$40,780	$19.61	310	0.8
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$40,770	$19.60	540	0.9
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$40,610	$19.52	200	0.6
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$40,570	$19.51	730	0.7
Traverse City, MI	$40,470	$19.46	30	0.5
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$40,430	$19.44	480	0.4
Reno, NV	$40,410	$19.43	170	0.6
Janesville-Beloit, WI	$40,370	$19.41	70	0.9
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	$40,360	$19.41	320	0.3
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$40,330	$19.39	250	0.7
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$40,260	$19.36	30	0.2
Evansville, IN	$40,160	$19.31	70	0.5
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	$40,040	$19.25	100	0.4
Naples-Marco Island, FL	$40,040	$19.25	Not published	Not published
Williamsport, PA	$39,840	$19.15	50	1.0
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	$39,830	$19.15	140	0.5
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	$39,780	$19.13	90	0.5
Rocky Mount, NC	$39,740	$19.11	40	0.8
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	$39,680	$19.08	30	0.4
Midland, TX	$39,660	$19.07	40	0.3
Anchorage, AK	$39,440	$18.96	40	0.2
Knoxville, TN	$39,330	$18.91	270	0.6
Corpus Christi, TX	$39,080	$18.79	40	0.2
Morristown, TN	$39,080	$18.79	30	0.7
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	$39,000	$18.75	60	0.3
Roanoke, VA	$38,900	$18.70	80	0.6
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	$38,730	$18.62	30	0.2
Clarksville, TN-KY	$38,590	$18.56	50	0.5
Albuquerque, NM	$38,470	$18.50	240	0.6
Baton Rouge, LA	$38,370	$18.45	140	0.3
Lincoln, NE	$38,240	$18.38	60	0.4
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	$38,050	$18.29	90	0.8
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	$37,910	$18.22	50	0.3
Green Bay, WI	$37,750	$18.15	110	0.6
Lafayette, LA	$37,750	$18.15	50	0.3
Columbus, GA-AL	$37,400	$17.98	30	0.3
Harrisonburg, VA	$37,380	$17.97	30	0.5
El Paso, TX	$37,280	$17.92	120	0.4
Topeka, KS	$37,050	$17.81	30	0.3
Lynchburg, VA	$36,990	$17.78	50	0.5
Killeen-Temple, TX	$36,960	$17.77	50	0.3
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	$36,950	$17.77	60	0.2
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	$36,840	$17.71	30	0.1
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	$36,670	$17.63	30	0.2
Tyler, TX	$36,410	$17.51	60	0.5
Springfield, OH	$36,130	$17.37	30	0.7
Johnson City, TN	$35,770	$17.20	40	0.5
Lubbock, TX	$35,760	$17.19	90	0.5
Laredo, TX	$35,660	$17.15	40	0.4
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	$35,600	$17.12	40	0.5
Battle Creek, MI	$35,500	$17.07	40	0.8
Hammond, LA	$35,140	$16.89	50	1.0
Jackson, TN	$34,380	$16.53	80	1.0
Dalton, GA	$31,630	$15.21	70	1.1
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	$29,180	$14.03	210	0.3
Monroe, LA	$29,070	$13.98	40	0.4
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	$24,230	$11.65	80	0.3
Mansfield, OH	Not published	Not published	40	0.8
Springfield, MO	Not published	Not published	80	0.4

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.