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Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerk Salary by State (2026)

Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks earn the most in Washington at $51,590 a year and the least in Mississippi at $38,620 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The national median is $45,260. The table below covers all 50 states, DC, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico, with a cost-of-living adjusted column.

Highest median
$51,590Washington
National median
$45,260BLS OEWS, May 2025
Lowest median
$38,620Mississippi
Areas reporting
54of 54 OEWS areas

Top and bottom

Highest- and lowest-paying states for shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks

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

Highest median pay

  1. 1Washington$51,590
  2. 2District of Columbia$49,660
  3. 3Hawaii$49,660
  4. 4Massachusetts$49,240
  5. 5Vermont$49,080

Lowest median pay

  1. 1Mississippi$38,620
  2. 2New Mexico$38,860
  3. 3Alabama$38,940
  4. 4Utah$39,050
  5. 5West Virginia$39,940

All states

Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerk salary in every state

Sort by any column. Employment is the number of shipping, receiving, and inventory 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
$51,590
$45,240$61,95019,500$48,209
2DCDistrict of Columbia
$49,660
$45,670$64,770680$45,186
3HIHawaii
$49,660
$41,980$65,8801,390$45,166
4MAMassachusetts
$49,240
$44,010$59,47014,370$46,560
5VTVermont
$49,080
$42,640$57,630780$50,103
6NHNew Hampshire
$47,960
$41,850$56,0404,090$46,042
7AKAlaska
$47,900
$39,740$62,100890$46,796
8MNMinnesota
$47,890
$41,600$56,77013,210$48,560
9IAIowa
$47,590
$40,630$54,3507,170$54,226
10OROregon
$47,540
$40,010$56,13011,210$45,994
11WIWisconsin
$47,490
$40,800$55,02020,980$50,470
12INIndiana
$47,320
$40,160$55,64027,600$50,702
13MDMaryland
$47,280
$39,510$54,57013,980$45,046
14MEMaine
$47,160
$41,980$53,8102,470$48,594
15COColorado
$47,130
$40,630$57,20015,610$45,734
16NYNew York
$47,100
$39,800$56,43030,750$43,643
17ILIllinois
$46,760
$40,130$55,54033,030$46,780
18NDNorth Dakota
$46,730
$38,640$56,3301,520$52,530
19CACalifornia
$46,520
$39,970$55,93088,760$42,016
20CTConnecticut
$45,810
$40,550$53,5506,480$44,214
21PAPennsylvania
$45,780
$38,590$52,44030,940$46,919
22RIRhode Island
$45,520
$38,270$54,5102,420$44,505
23NJNew Jersey
$45,440
$39,660$53,55029,440$41,763
24AZArizona
$45,410
$38,790$50,92020,280$45,105
25OHOhio
$45,270
$38,700$49,85035,880$48,796
26MIMichigan
$45,140
$38,460$50,00024,980$46,915
27TNTennessee
$44,920
$37,400$49,74016,680$48,895
28VAVirginia
$44,290
$37,490$50,74020,380$43,806
29DEDelaware
$44,120
$38,120$49,4202,630$44,205
30KSKansas
$44,110
$37,360$48,9906,530$48,974
31NENebraska
$44,110
$37,410$49,7205,670$48,955
32SDSouth Dakota
$43,680
$37,050$48,7302,740$49,308
33GAGeorgia
$43,630
$36,880$48,82028,150$45,310
34MTMontana
$43,590
$36,920$48,6901,560$46,056
35MOMissouri
$43,480
$37,260$49,92011,650$47,876
36SCSouth Carolina
$43,430
$37,440$48,45014,160$46,326
37NVNevada
$43,210
$38,210$48,28012,390$43,219
38NCNorth Carolina
$43,040
$36,670$48,98020,150$45,629
39WYWyoming
$43,000
$36,230$53,860730$46,391
40KYKentucky
$42,830
$36,530$48,84016,130$47,505
41TXTexas
$42,190
$36,140$47,93087,280$43,469
42IDIdaho
$41,430
$36,140$48,5904,900$43,385
43OKOklahoma
$41,060
$36,000$49,2706,530$46,742
44FLFlorida
$40,700
$36,200$48,74044,040$39,356
45ARArkansas
$40,500
$34,940$49,4407,650$46,585
46LALouisiana
$40,180
$34,270$48,6107,650$45,552
47WVWest Virginia
$39,940
$33,290$49,4002,660$44,627
48UTUtah
$39,050
$39,050$46,48015,750$39,499
49ALAlabama
$38,940
$35,000$47,7507,720$43,840
50NMNew Mexico
$38,860
$35,250$47,2803,420$42,142
51MSMississippi
$38,620
$35,040$45,99011,330$44,415
52VIU.S. Virgin Islands
$36,240
$29,580$39,06080N/A
53GUGuam
$32,360
$26,800$40,880630N/A
54PRPuerto Rico
$26,050
$22,380$31,5105,200N/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 shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks, that changes the ranking: Washington leads on raw pay at $51,590, while Iowa leads once prices are taken into account at $54,226.

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

Questions

Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerk pay by state: FAQ

Which state pays shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks the most?

Washington reports the highest median wage for shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks at $51,590 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), followed by District of Columbia ($49,660) and Hawaii ($49,660).

Which state pays shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks the least?

Among the 50 states and DC, Mississippi reports the lowest median for shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks at $38,620 a year, $12,970 below the highest-paying state (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Among the territories, U.S. Virgin Islands reports $36,240, Guam reports $32,360 and Puerto Rico reports $26,050.

Is the highest-paying state the best for shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks after cost of living?

Not on this data. Washington pays the most on paper ($51,590) but ranks 13th of 51 once each median is divided by the state's BEA Regional Price Parity ($48,209). Iowa leads after that adjustment at $54,226, from a raw median of $47,590. BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024; the adjustment is NueCareer's calculation.

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