Pay distribution $42,690 10th $46,400 25th $61,460 75th $75,250 90th
Half of Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks in the San Jose metro area earn more than $54,640 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $46,400 and $61,460.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $42,690 $46,400 $54,640 $61,460 $75,250 Hourly $20.53 $22.31 $26.27 $29.55 $36.18
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares San Jose metro areathis metro area
$54,640 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $46,400 to $61,460
$46,520 median for California; middle half earns $39,970 to $55,930
$45,260 median for United States; middle half earns $38,200 to $51,570
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +17% vs California overall and +21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $24,630 $35,210 $45,790 $56,370 Mayaguez, PR — $24,630 Aguadilla, PR — $25,710 Ponce, PR — $25,800 Arecibo, PR — $25,860 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $26,130 Guayama, PR — $26,280 Laredo, TX — $32,830 Eagle Pass, TX — $33,320 El Paso, TX — $34,740 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $34,980 Dothan, AL — $35,000 Victoria, TX — $35,380 Sumter, SC — $35,510 San Angelo, TX — $35,680 Gadsden, AL — $35,730 Texarkana, TX-AR — $35,920 Idaho Falls, ID — $36,110 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $36,230 Homosassa Springs, FL — $36,370 Bowling Green, KY — $36,390 Goldsboro, NC — $36,600 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $36,640 Albany, GA — $36,880 Hot Springs, AR — $36,930 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $37,000 Lake Charles, LA — $37,010 Wheeling, WV-OH — $37,070 Monroe, LA — $37,230 Valdosta, GA — $37,240 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $37,310 Tallahassee, FL — $37,400 Beckley, WV — $37,440 Lewiston, ID-WA — $37,490 Jacksonville, NC — $37,530 Hattiesburg, MS — $37,640 College Station-Bryan, TX — $37,670 Lubbock, TX — $37,700 Las Cruces, NM — $37,850 Columbia, MO — $37,860 Jefferson City, MO — $37,880 Greenville, NC — $37,990 Salisbury, MD — $38,070 Montgomery, AL — $38,170 Amarillo, TX — $38,220 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $38,280 Tyler, TX — $38,300 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $38,360 Birmingham, AL — $38,370 Sherman-Denison, TX — $38,390 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $38,450 Longview, TX — $38,490 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $38,520 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $38,530 Dover, DE — $38,700 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $38,730 Corpus Christi, TX — $38,790 Johnstown, PA — $38,820 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $38,860 Charleston, WV — $38,870 Columbus, GA-AL — $38,870 Dalton, GA — $38,910 Albuquerque, NM — $38,930 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $38,930 Abilene, TX — $38,940 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $38,980 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $39,050 State College, PA — $39,060 Gainesville, FL — $39,110 Rapid City, SD — $39,130 Waco, TX — $39,140 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $39,160 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $39,160 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $39,160 Farmington, NM — $39,180 Ocala, FL — $39,180 Erie, PA — $39,280 Jackson, MS — $39,300 Enid, OK — $39,350 Wichita Falls, TX — $39,400 Mobile, AL — $39,470 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $39,520 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $39,530 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $39,560 Rocky Mount, NC — $39,600 Wilmington, NC — $39,630 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $39,740 Punta Gorda, FL — $39,760 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $39,800 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $39,840 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $39,860 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $39,890 Charlottesville, VA — $39,940 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $40,010 Lafayette, LA — $40,080 Florence, SC — $40,220 Great Falls, MT — $40,220 Johnson City, TN — $40,220 Bloomington, IL — $40,230 Sebring, FL — $40,270 Morgantown, WV — $40,330 Tuscaloosa, AL — $40,360 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $40,370 Oklahoma City, OK — $40,390 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $40,430 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $40,490 Port St. Lucie, FL — $40,600 Rome, GA — $40,620 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $40,630 Elizabethtown, KY — $40,650 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $40,830 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $40,930 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $40,960 Corvallis, OR — $41,000 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $41,000 Lincoln, NE — $41,140 Altoona, PA — $41,200 Alexandria, LA — $41,220 Columbia, SC — $41,240 Wichita, KS — $41,250 Yuma, AZ — $41,270 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $41,290 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $41,330 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $41,490 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $41,530 Baton Rouge, LA — $41,560 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $41,590 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $41,610 Muncie, IN — $41,660 Boise City, ID — $41,700 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $41,720 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $41,810 Springfield, MO — $41,850 Manhattan, KS — $41,910 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $42,000 Joplin, MO-KS — $42,000 Missoula, MT — $42,070 Santa Fe, NM — $42,230 Kankakee, IL — $42,240 Flint, MI — $42,290 Saginaw, MI — $42,350 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $42,400 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $42,520 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $42,540 Paducah, KY-IL — $42,610 Lynchburg, VA — $42,630 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $42,670 Fayetteville, NC — $42,750 Burlington, NC — $42,780 Battle Creek, MI — $42,820 Pocatello, ID — $42,880 St. George, UT — $42,930 Owensboro, KY — $42,950 Huntsville, AL — $43,010 Springfield, OH — $43,010 Clarksville, TN-KY — $43,050 Akron, OH — $43,090 Billings, MT — $43,110 Killeen-Temple, TX — $43,200 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $43,300 Binghamton, NY — $43,430 Cleveland, TN — $43,460 Hammond, LA — $43,510 Warner Robins, GA — $43,510 Tulsa, OK — $43,520 Harrisonburg, VA — $43,530 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $43,570 Helena, MT — $43,600 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $43,600 Bloomington, IN — $43,630 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $43,630 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $43,670 Kokomo, IN — $43,690 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $43,690 Niles, MI — $43,700 Grand Junction, CO — $43,710 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $43,750 Jackson, MI — $43,830 Tucson, AZ — $43,840 Winchester, VA-WV — $43,850 Williamsport, PA — $43,920 Monroe, MI — $43,930 Spartanburg, SC — $43,940 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $43,960 Bay City, MI — $44,000 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $44,060 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $44,060 Odessa, TX — $44,070 Lawrence, KS — $44,090 Pittsburgh, PA — $44,130 Mansfield, OH — $44,150 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $44,160 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $44,220 Morristown, TN — $44,240 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $44,310 Traverse City, MI — $44,310 Vineland, NJ — $44,310 Gettysburg, PA — $44,340 Sandusky, OH — $44,350 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $44,350 Kingston, NY — $44,370 Richmond, VA — $44,450 Fresno, CA — $44,500 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $44,500 Chico, CA — $44,520 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $44,520 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $44,540 El Centro, CA — $44,560 Springfield, IL — $44,560 Elmira, NY — $44,670 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $44,740 Savannah, GA — $44,750 Ogden, UT — $44,770 Columbus, IN — $44,780 Winston-Salem, NC — $44,790 Ithaca, NY — $44,810 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $44,820 Lebanon, PA — $44,830 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $44,840 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $44,850 Logan, UT-ID — $44,900 Jacksonville, FL — $44,940 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $44,960 Omaha, NE-IA — $44,970 Decatur, AL — $44,980 Roanoke, VA — $45,020 Midland, TX — $45,060 Twin Falls, ID — $45,060 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $45,080 Chambersburg, PA — $45,090 Rochester, NY — $45,090 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $45,090 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $45,110 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $45,110 Lima, OH — $45,130 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $45,140 Redding, CA — $45,180 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $45,210 Asheville, NC — $45,210 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $45,210 Ann Arbor, MI — $45,250 Lancaster, PA — $45,250 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $45,290 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $45,310 Jackson, TN — $45,320 Knoxville, TN — $45,320 St. Louis, MO-IL — $45,340 Gainesville, GA — $45,360 Syracuse, NY — $45,380 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $45,430 Terre Haute, IN — $45,450 Kansas City, MO-KS — $45,460 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $45,480 Bangor, ME — $45,510 Rockford, IL — $45,530 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $45,570 Grants Pass, OR — $45,590 Peoria, IL — $45,620 Utica-Rome, NY — $45,630 Canton-Massillon, OH — $45,640 Cleveland, OH — $45,650 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $45,670 New Haven, CT — $45,680 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $45,760 Visalia, CA — $45,760 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $45,780 St. Cloud, MN — $45,790 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $45,800 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $45,810 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $45,840 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $45,840 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $45,850 Topeka, KS — $45,850 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $45,880 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $45,890 Colorado Springs, CO — $45,920 Salinas, CA — $45,920 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $45,970 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $45,980 Pueblo, CO — $45,990 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $46,020 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $46,020 Bozeman, MT — $46,040 Reno, NV — $46,050 Grand Island, NE — $46,090 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $46,140 Yakima, WA — $46,160 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $46,210 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $46,260 Columbus, OH — $46,290 Lexington Park, MD — $46,300 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $46,310 Decatur, IL — $46,360 Fargo, ND-MN — $46,380 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $46,460 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $46,490 Eau Claire, WI — $46,530 Midland, MI — $46,540 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $46,550 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $46,560 Minot, ND — $46,560 Mankato, MN — $46,580 Carson City, NV — $46,590 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $46,600 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $46,610 Fort Wayne, IN — $46,640 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $46,660 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $46,690 Evansville, IN — $46,730 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $46,840 Barnstable Town, MA — $46,860 Toledo, OH — $46,860 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $46,870 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $46,890 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $46,890 Casper, WY — $46,900 Pittsfield, MA — $46,900 Bismarck, ND — $46,940 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $46,940 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $46,950 Merced, CA — $46,980 Iowa City, IA — $46,990 Flagstaff, AZ — $47,000 Medford, OR — $47,010 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $47,080 Madison, WI — $47,200 Appleton, WI — $47,210 Greeley, CO — $47,260 Vallejo, CA — $47,260 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $47,280 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $47,280 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $47,300 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $47,320 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $47,360 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $47,360 Bellingham, WA — $47,380 Glens Falls, NY — $47,400 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $47,400 Modesto, CA — $47,430 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $47,440 Hinesville, GA — $47,440 York-Hanover, PA — $47,480 Fond du Lac, WI — $47,520 Anchorage, AK — $47,590 Salem, OR — $47,590 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $47,620 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $47,660 Cedar Rapids, IA — $47,690 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $47,730 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $47,740 Green Bay, WI — $47,770 Ames, IA — $47,840 Wausau, WI — $47,850 Portland-South Portland, ME — $47,860 Kenosha, WI — $47,880 Duluth, MN-WI — $47,890 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $47,900 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $47,960 Reading, PA — $47,960 Yuba City, CA — $48,010 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $48,020 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $48,100 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $48,170 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $48,270 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $48,340 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $48,340 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $48,390 Bend, OR — $48,450 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $48,600 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $48,650 Dubuque, IA — $48,690 Springfield, MA — $48,850 Rochester, MN — $49,020 Worcester, MA — $49,140 Boulder, CO — $49,200 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $49,210 Lawton, OK — $49,270 Jonesboro, AR — $49,390 Sheboygan, WI — $49,460 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $49,530 Cheyenne, WY — $49,780 Albany, OR — $49,820 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $49,980 Urban Honolulu, HI — $50,530 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $51,420 Longview-Kelso, WA — $51,740 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $52,590 Fairbanks-College, AK — $53,080 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $54,640 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $54,910 Napa, CA — $55,520 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $55,950 Walla Walla, WA — $55,960 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $56,370 San Jose metro area 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.
The San Jose metro area has the 6th-highest published median for this occupation among the 393 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in California Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
San Jose metro areathis page
$54,640 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $46,400 to $61,460
$55,520 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $45,320 to $71,650
$52,590 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $45,320 to $61,900
$49,210 median for Santa Rosa metro area; middle half earns $42,880 to $59,000
$48,340 median for Santa Cruz metro area; middle half earns $40,720 to $58,090
$48,100 median for Santa Maria metro area; middle half earns $40,740 to $58,070
$48,010 median for Yuba City metro area; middle half earns $40,460 to $55,500
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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Office Clerks, General $58,840 Customer Service Representatives $60,480 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive $62,940 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers $95,010 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks $66,130 Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants $69,350 Highest-paying metro areas for shipping, receiving, and inventory clerkss · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .