SOC 43-5061 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations · May 2025

How much do Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks make in Arecibo, PR?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks in Arecibo, PR is $42,640. The 10th percentile is $23,060 and the 90th percentile is $67,420. Employment is 60.

Median annual wage

$42,640

10th percentile
$23,060
25th percentile
$28,990
Median
$42,640
75th percentile
$55,400
90th percentile
$67,420
Mean
$45,310

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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A welder at a bench, 2014. Photograph by Chetan Menaria. Wikimedia Commons · CC0

Percentile spread

For Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $23,060 and the 90th percentile is $67,420. The difference is $44,360, which is 104.0% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $28,990 to the 75th at $55,400, covers $26,410.

The mean annual wage is $45,310, which sits above the median of $42,640. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Arecibo, PR median is 28.5% lower than the national median of $59,650 for Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks.

It is 13.5% higher than the Puerto Rico median of $37,570.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Arecibo, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks. Arecibo, PR ranks 1st of 5 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Aguadilla, PR is 22 miles away, with a median of $34,170 and employment of 100. That median is 19.9% lower than the median here.
  • Ponce, PR is 30 miles away, with a median of $38,170 and employment of 150. That median is 10.5% lower than the median here.
  • Mayaguez, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $33,220 and employment of 60. That median is 22.1% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks accounts for 0.17% of wage-and-salary employment in Arecibo, PR (60 of 34,720). Nationally the occupation is 0.25% of employment (390,160 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.69 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks make in Arecibo, PR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks in Arecibo, PR is $42,640. The 10th percentile is $23,060 and the 90th percentile is $67,420. Employment is 60.

How does that compare with the national median for Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks?

The local median is 28.5% lower than the national median of $59,650.

How does Arecibo, PR compare with nearby metros for Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks?

Aguadilla, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 22 miles away, at $34,170. Arecibo, PR ranks 1st of 5 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.