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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2016
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) |
| 676,990 |
0.8 % |
$15.94 |
$33,150 |
0.2 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$10.10 |
$12.11 |
$14.99 |
$18.75 |
$23.44 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$21,010 |
$25,190 |
$31,180 |
$39,010 |
$48,760 |
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) |
| Warehousing and Storage |
48,330 |
5.32 |
$16.30 |
$33,900 |
| Employment Services |
29,450 |
0.81 |
$13.97 |
$29,060 |
| Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses |
27,110 |
7.45 |
$14.48 |
$30,130 |
| Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers |
18,420 |
2.48 |
$15.97 |
$33,210 |
| Department Stores |
18,150 |
1.33 |
$12.13 |
$25,220 |
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 |
27,110 |
7.45 |
$14.48 |
$30,130 |
| Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers |
10,460 |
7.01 |
$15.49 |
$32,210 |
| Warehousing and Storage |
48,330 |
5.32 |
$16.30 |
$33,900 |
| Other Support Activities for Transportation |
1,390 |
4.49 |
$15.15 |
$31,500 |
| Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers |
10,230 |
4.15 |
$16.05 |
$33,390 |
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.
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 |
97,320 |
6.10 |
1.26 |
$16.24 |
$33,780 |
| Texas |
64,660 |
5.51 |
1.14 |
$14.45 |
$30,050 |
| Ohio |
34,030 |
6.38 |
1.32 |
$15.81 |
$32,890 |
| New York |
33,170 |
3.65 |
0.76 |
$17.22 |
$35,810 |
| Florida |
32,620 |
3.97 |
0.82 |
$14.84 |
$30,860 |
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) |
| Indiana |
23,310 |
7.79 |
1.62 |
$15.05 |
$31,300 |
| Delaware |
3,260 |
7.39 |
1.53 |
$14.80 |
$30,780 |
| Utah |
9,720 |
7.07 |
1.47 |
$14.84 |
$30,870 |
| Ohio |
34,030 |
6.38 |
1.32 |
$15.81 |
$32,890 |
| California |
97,320 |
6.10 |
1.26 |
$16.24 |
$33,780 |
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 |
520 |
0.74 |
0.15 |
$21.06 |
$43,800 |
| Alaska |
1,230 |
3.80 |
0.79 |
$19.13 |
$39,780 |
| Hawaii |
2,000 |
3.16 |
0.65 |
$18.34 |
$38,150 |
| Washington |
14,390 |
4.69 |
0.97 |
$18.02 |
$37,470 |
| Massachusetts |
14,630 |
4.23 |
0.88 |
$17.85 |
$37,130 |
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-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division |
31,290 |
7.41 |
1.54 |
$15.40 |
$32,030 |
| New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division |
26,290 |
3.99 |
0.83 |
$17.24 |
$35,860 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metropolitan Division |
19,270 |
5.30 |
1.10 |
$16.70 |
$34,730 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
18,050 |
6.15 |
1.28 |
$15.14 |
$31,480 |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division |
16,300 |
6.71 |
1.39 |
$14.18 |
$29,500 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
13,680 |
5.36 |
1.11 |
$15.12 |
$31,450 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
11,490 |
8.43 |
1.75 |
$15.84 |
$32,940 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division |
10,710 |
6.85 |
1.42 |
$15.95 |
$33,180 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
10,060 |
5.27 |
1.09 |
$17.34 |
$36,070 |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division |
8,740 |
5.50 |
1.14 |
$18.21 |
$37,890 |
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United States Department of Labor
