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

How much do Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks make in Ponce, 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 Ponce, PR is $38,170. The 10th percentile is $24,950 and the 90th percentile is $49,960. Employment is 150.

Median annual wage

$38,170

10th percentile
$24,950
25th percentile
$30,610
Median
$38,170
75th percentile
$39,510
90th percentile
$49,960
Mean
$38,440

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 $24,950 and the 90th percentile is $49,960. The difference is $25,010, which is 65.5% 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 $30,610 to the 75th at $39,510, covers $8,900.

The mean annual wage is $38,440, which sits above the median of $38,170. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Ponce, PR median is 36% lower than the national median of $59,650 for Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks.

It is 1.6% 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 Ponce, 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. Ponce, PR ranks 2nd 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).).

  • Arecibo, PR is 30 miles away, with a median of $42,640 and employment of 60. That median is 11.7% higher than the median here.
  • Mayaguez, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $33,220 and employment of 60. That median is 13% lower than the median here.
  • Aguadilla, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $34,170 and employment of 100. That median is 10.5% lower than the median here.

Employment share

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks accounts for 0.24% of wage-and-salary employment in Ponce, PR (150 of 63,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.25% of employment (390,160 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.94 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 Ponce, PR?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks in Ponce, PR is $38,170. The 10th percentile is $24,950 and the 90th percentile is $49,960. Employment is 150.

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

The local median is 36% lower than the national median of $59,650.

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

Arecibo, PR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 30 miles away, at $42,640. Ponce, PR ranks 2nd of 5 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.