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Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerk Salary by State (2026)

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks earn the most in Washington at $77,190 a year and the least in New Mexico at $49,640 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The national median is $59,650. The table below covers all 50 states, DC, Guam and Puerto Rico, with a cost-of-living adjusted column.

Highest median
$77,190Washington
National median
$59,650BLS OEWS, May 2025
Lowest median
$49,640New Mexico
Areas reporting
53of 54 OEWS areas

Top and bottom

Highest- and lowest-paying states for production, planning, and expediting clerks

Ranked on the state median among the 50 states and DC. After cost of living, Wyoming comes out ahead instead. Territories are in the full table but not ranked here.

Highest median pay

  1. 1Washington$77,190
  2. 2District of Columbia$72,660
  3. 3Wyoming$69,710
  4. 4Rhode Island$65,310
  5. 5Colorado$63,980

Lowest median pay

  1. 1New Mexico$49,640
  2. 2Arkansas$50,350
  3. 3South Dakota$50,530
  4. 4Montana$50,800
  5. 5Mississippi$51,080

All states

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerk salary in every state

Sort by any column. Employment is the number of production, planning, and expediting clerks OEWS estimates in that state; blank cells are estimates BLS suppressed because the sample was too small.

Annual wages by state, sortable by median, quartiles, employment and cost-of-living adjusted median
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1WAWashington
$77,190
$64,150$81,850N/A$72,131
2DCDistrict of Columbia
$72,660
$60,990$79,090430$66,114
3WYWyoming
$69,710
$51,540$76,360110$75,207
4RIRhode Island
$65,310
$53,550$81,420960$63,854
5COColorado
$63,980
$53,830$78,4707,800$62,085
6HIHawaii
$63,780
$50,850$82,9301,040$58,008
7CTConnecticut
$63,240
$52,570$83,6304,090$61,037
8CACalifornia
$63,000
$49,700$78,23056,080$56,900
9NJNew Jersey
$62,710
$50,050$76,3609,410$57,635
10DEDelaware
$62,700
$48,800$77,080450$62,821
11AKAlaska
$62,590
$52,070$74,970380$61,148
12VAVirginia
$61,780
$48,980$75,5908,490$61,105
13MIMichigan
$61,670
$49,690$77,3107,560$64,095
14UTUtah
$61,650
$49,900$77,6304,550$62,358
15NHNew Hampshire
$61,590
$50,820$77,2301,600$59,127
16MNMinnesota
$61,490
$51,380$74,9607,330$62,350
17NYNew York
$60,920
$49,500$75,64035,160$56,449
18OROregon
$60,790
$50,320$69,2402,790$58,813
19VTVermont
$60,560
$50,250$74,280430$61,822
20IAIowa
$60,320
$50,290$65,7603,540$68,731
21MAMassachusetts
$60,280
$49,140$73,3305,650$56,999
22MEMaine
$60,200
$37,130$77,4401,240$62,030
23LALouisiana
$60,120
$47,010$76,0501,970$68,158
24IDIdaho
$59,950
$47,730$83,3901,070$62,779
25PAPennsylvania
$59,240
$47,430$71,8708,790$60,714
26INIndiana
$58,980
$47,850$73,4209,100$63,196
27MDMaryland
$58,590
$47,930$71,8404,670$55,822
28AZArizona
$58,580
$48,470$71,2909,780$58,186
29WIWisconsin
$58,540
$47,820$66,1109,140$62,214
30NDNorth Dakota
$58,330
$50,190$73,210450$65,570
31ILIllinois
$57,880
$47,250$71,76011,900$57,904
32OHOhio
$57,830
$46,190$70,20017,700$62,334
33SCSouth Carolina
$57,640
$47,300$74,1707,020$61,483
34ALAlabama
$57,240
$46,850$71,4702,680$64,443
35KSKansas
$57,080
$46,200$71,9604,320$63,374
36GAGeorgia
$56,850
$47,510$66,73016,370$59,039
37OKOklahoma
$56,300
$44,630$74,0105,820$64,092
38WVWest Virginia
$56,290
$48,710$75,720750$62,896
39TXTexas
$55,850
$44,340$70,72033,080$57,544
40NVNevada
$55,790
$45,660$71,8902,190$55,802
41NENebraska
$55,710
$47,110$67,2201,690$61,829
42KYKentucky
$55,690
$45,090$72,9506,480$61,769
43MOMissouri
$54,170
$45,470$71,1706,310$59,647
44GUGuam
$53,070
$36,400$59,310190N/A
45TNTennessee
$53,020
$45,980$64,42012,740$57,712
46NCNorth Carolina
$52,640
$44,670$63,81013,000$55,806
47FLFlorida
$51,940
$44,160$63,11020,850$50,225
48MSMississippi
$51,080
$41,850$69,2402,030$58,744
49MTMontana
$50,800
$43,070$60,990830$53,674
50SDSouth Dakota
$50,530
$45,200$59,020690$57,041
51ARArkansas
$50,350
$43,940$65,7402,390$57,916
52NMNew Mexico
$49,640
$41,910$66,3301,040$53,832
53PRPuerto Rico
$37,570
$28,300$54,9501,780N/A

Method

How the cost-of-living adjustment works

The adjusted column divides each state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (RPP) and multiplies by 100. RPPs measure how much a fixed basket of goods, services and rents costs in one state relative to the national average, so the result restates local pay in national-average dollars.

For production, planning, and expediting clerks, that changes the ranking: Washington leads on raw pay at $77,190, while Wyoming leads once prices are taken into account at $75,207.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024 (public domain). The adjustment is NueCareer's calculation, not a BLS or BEA published statistic.

Questions

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerk pay by state: FAQ

Which state pays production, planning, and expediting clerks the most?

Washington reports the highest median wage for production, planning, and expediting clerks at $77,190 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), followed by District of Columbia ($72,660) and Wyoming ($69,710).

Which state pays production, planning, and expediting clerks the least?

Among the 50 states and DC, New Mexico reports the lowest median for production, planning, and expediting clerks at $49,640 a year, $27,550 below the highest-paying state (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Among the territories, Guam reports $53,070 and Puerto Rico reports $37,570.

Is the highest-paying state the best for production, planning, and expediting clerks after cost of living?

Not on this data. Washington pays the most on paper ($77,190) but ranks 2nd of 51 once each median is divided by the state's BEA Regional Price Parity ($72,131). Wyoming leads after that adjustment at $75,207, from a raw median of $69,710. BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024; the adjustment is NueCareer's calculation.

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