How much do Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks make in Worcester, MA?

Percentile spread

For Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $38,920 and the 90th percentile is $81,380. The difference is $42,460, which is 72.3% 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 $47,480 to the 75th at $72,780, covers $25,300.

The mean annual wage is $60,590, which sits above the median of $58,720. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Worcester, MA median is 1.6% lower than the national median of $59,650 for Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $57,275, which is 4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.6% lower than the Massachusetts median of $60,280.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Worcester, MA is 102.523, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $58,720 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks at $57,275 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

20 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks. Worcester, MA ranks 11th of 21 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).).

• Amherst Town-Northampton, MA is 37 miles away, with a median of $58,220 and employment of 60. That median is 0.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,079, against $57,275 here.
• Springfield, MA is 38 miles away, with a median of $61,330 and employment of 440. That median is 4.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,845, against $57,275 here.
• Manchester-Nashua, NH is 43 miles away, with a median of $66,540 and employment of 510. That median is 13.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,977, against $57,275 here.

Employment share

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks accounts for 0.21% of wage-and-salary employment in Worcester, MA (740 of 349,880). Nationally the occupation is 0.25% of employment (390,160 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.84 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.