Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018

43-5061 Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

Coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedule. Duties include reviewing and distributing production, work, and shipment schedules; conferring with department supervisors to determine progress of work and completion dates; and compiling reports on progress of work, inventory levels, costs, and production problems. Excludes "Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping" (43-5111).

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
350,150	0.8 %	$24.05	$50,020	0.2 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$14.23	$17.66	$22.88	$29.33	$36.11
Annual Wage (2)	$29,610	$36,740	$47,580	$61,010	$75,110

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Management of Companies and Enterprises	14,840	0.63	$25.40	$52,830
Warehousing and Storage	11,490	1.00	$21.26	$44,220
Employment Services	10,740	0.29	$21.52	$44,760
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	10,370	2.13	$27.30	$56,790
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	8,150	0.15	$20.73	$43,120

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Other Pipeline Transportation	220	2.46	$35.47	$73,790
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	10,370	2.13	$27.30	$56,790
Ship and Boat Building	2,850	2.09	$29.79	$61,960
Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media	230	1.79	(8)	(8)
Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers	2,660	1.73	$25.32	$52,670

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil	130	1.18	$36.61	$76,150
Other Pipeline Transportation	220	2.46	$35.47	$73,790
Metal Ore Mining	210	0.52	$34.16	$71,060
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	2,840	0.72	$34.12	$70,980
Natural Gas Distribution	690	0.64	$31.81	$66,170

Geographic profile for this occupation: Top

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	51,920	3.05	1.26	$25.23	$52,480
New York	38,020	4.05	1.67	$24.45	$50,850
Texas	33,110	2.73	1.13	$23.71	$49,310
Ohio	18,400	3.40	1.40	$24.03	$49,990
Illinois	15,660	2.61	1.08	$23.69	$49,270

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Oklahoma	6,460	4.05	1.67	$24.31	$50,560
New York	38,020	4.05	1.67	$24.45	$50,850
Washington	11,950	3.67	1.52	$24.52	$51,000
Ohio	18,400	3.40	1.40	$24.03	$49,990
California	51,920	3.05	1.26	$25.23	$52,480

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
District of Columbia	730	1.02	0.42	$29.25	$60,830
Wyoming	260	0.98	0.41	$28.85	$60,020
New Mexico	760	0.93	0.39	$27.90	$58,040
Connecticut	4,370	2.63	1.09	$27.10	$56,370
Massachusetts	6,690	1.87	0.77	$26.84	$55,830

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	31,850	3.35	1.39	$25.26	$52,540
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	25,060	4.10	1.69	$24.18	$50,290
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	11,290	2.43	1.01	$24.16	$50,260
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	10,930	3.06	1.27	$24.08	$50,080
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	9,310	3.12	1.29	$25.60	$53,250
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	8,990	4.53	1.87	$24.34	$50,620
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	6,350	3.09	1.28	$23.65	$49,190
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	5,780	2.39	0.99	$29.34	$61,020
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	5,300	1.92	0.79	$27.71	$57,640
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA	5,110	3.49	1.44	$25.52	$53,090