Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018
43-5071 Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks
Verify and maintain records on incoming and outgoing shipments. Prepare items for shipment. Duties include assembling, addressing, stamping, and shipping merchandise or material; receiving, unpacking, verifying and recording incoming merchandise or material; and arranging for the transportation of products. Excludes "Stock Clerks and Order Fillers" (43-5081) and "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) |
| 655,590 |
0.7 % |
$16.82 |
$34,980 |
0.2 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$11.01 |
$13.00 |
$15.88 |
$19.51 |
$24.22 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$22,900 |
$27,040 |
$33,030 |
$40,580 |
$50,380 |
Industry profile for this occupation: Top
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
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Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Warehousing and Storage |
59,880 |
5.23 |
$16.96 |
$35,280 |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (4232, 4233, 4235, 4236, 4237, and 4239 only) |
43,480 |
3.11 |
$16.76 |
$34,870 |
| Employment Services |
30,070 |
0.82 |
$15.03 |
$31,260 |
| General Merchandise Stores |
26,590 |
0.84 |
$15.59 |
$32,420 |
| Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses |
25,030 |
6.30 |
$15.15 |
$31,510 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses |
25,030 |
6.30 |
$15.15 |
$31,510 |
| Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers |
8,060 |
5.26 |
$16.20 |
$33,690 |
| Warehousing and Storage |
59,880 |
5.23 |
$16.96 |
$35,280 |
| Other Furniture Related Product Manufacturing |
1,360 |
3.72 |
$16.15 |
$33,590 |
| Other Support Activities for Transportation |
1,130 |
3.59 |
$15.65 |
$32,550 |
Top paying industries for this occupation:
Geographic profile for this occupation: Top
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
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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 |
86,400 |
5.08 |
1.12 |
$17.46 |
$36,320 |
| Texas |
62,280 |
5.14 |
1.14 |
$15.74 |
$32,750 |
| Ohio |
38,900 |
7.18 |
1.59 |
$16.36 |
$34,020 |
| Illinois |
32,710 |
5.46 |
1.21 |
$17.28 |
$35,950 |
| Florida |
32,350 |
3.76 |
0.83 |
$15.70 |
$32,660 |
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) |
| Ohio |
38,900 |
7.18 |
1.59 |
$16.36 |
$34,020 |
| Indiana |
20,660 |
6.78 |
1.50 |
$16.10 |
$33,480 |
| Mississippi |
7,530 |
6.70 |
1.48 |
$14.49 |
$30,130 |
| Utah |
8,710 |
5.99 |
1.32 |
$15.51 |
$32,250 |
| Michigan |
23,650 |
5.48 |
1.21 |
$16.88 |
$35,110 |
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 |
410 |
0.58 |
0.13 |
$23.82 |
$49,550 |
| Alaska |
800 |
2.54 |
0.56 |
$20.93 |
$43,540 |
| Washington |
12,360 |
3.79 |
0.84 |
$19.29 |
$40,120 |
| Massachusetts |
14,700 |
4.12 |
0.91 |
$19.16 |
$39,840 |
| Hawaii |
1,890 |
2.94 |
0.65 |
$18.83 |
$39,160 |
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) |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
36,580 |
5.98 |
1.32 |
$16.64 |
$34,600 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
32,420 |
3.41 |
0.75 |
$17.97 |
$37,380 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
25,900 |
5.58 |
1.23 |
$17.30 |
$35,990 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
21,950 |
6.15 |
1.36 |
$16.01 |
$33,300 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
15,650 |
5.25 |
1.16 |
$16.51 |
$34,350 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
14,780 |
5.51 |
1.22 |
$16.66 |
$34,650 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
12,270 |
4.74 |
1.05 |
$15.29 |
$31,810 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
11,960 |
8.01 |
1.77 |
$17.71 |
$36,850 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
11,140 |
5.70 |
1.26 |
$18.27 |
$37,990 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
10,880 |
5.52 |
1.22 |
$17.58 |
$36,570 |
United States Department of Labor
