Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks · SOC 43-5061
Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerkss
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas
Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for production, planning, and expediting clerks. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (5 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Top 25 of 378 metro areas
| # | Metro area | Median annual | Employment | Per 1,000 jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Idaho Falls, ID | $83,790 | 200 | 2.4 |
| 2 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $81,850 | 13,160 | 6.3 |
| 3 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $76,900 | 7,220 | 3.0 |
| 4 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $76,500 | 3,360 | 3.0 |
| 5 | Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | $76,070 | 480 | 5.1 |
| 6 | Longview-Kelso, WA | $75,190 | 150 | 3.8 |
| 7 | Bay City, MI | $74,030 | 60 | 1.8 |
| 8 | Decatur, IL | $73,680 | 70 | 1.5 |
| 9 | Tuscaloosa, AL | $70,610 | 100 | 0.9 |
| 10 | Carson City, NV | $69,930 | 40 | 1.2 |
| 11 | Midland, MI | $68,880 | 50 | 1.4 |
| 12 | Ogden, UT | $68,500 | 1,030 | 3.8 |
| 13 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $68,470 | 780 | 3.3 |
| 14 | Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH | $68,420 | 70 | 1.9 |
| 15 | Fairbanks-College, AK | $68,180 | 40 | 1.1 |
| 16 | Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | $67,800 | 670 | 2.2 |
| 17 | Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | $67,530 | 240 | 2.5 |
| 18 | Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $67,480 | 420 | 2.1 |
| 19 | Bismarck, ND | $67,430 | 40 | 0.6 |
| 20 | Warner Robins, GA | $67,290 | 590 | 7.7 |
| 21 | El Centro, CA | $67,000 | 140 | 2.2 |
| 22 | Walla Walla, WA | $67,000 | 30 | 1.3 |
| 23 | Corpus Christi, TX | $66,540 | 540 | 2.8 |
| 24 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | $66,540 | 510 | 2.6 |
| 25 | Wichita, KS | $66,300 | 1,390 | 4.5 |
Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks overview.
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.