SOC 43-5071 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations · May 2025

How much do Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks make in Bangor, ME?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks in Bangor, ME is $45,510. The 10th percentile is $36,410 and the 90th percentile is $58,730. Employment is 260.

Median annual wage

$45,510

10th percentile
$36,410
25th percentile
$39,530
Median
$45,510
75th percentile
$51,860
90th percentile
$58,730
Mean
$46,690

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $36,410 and the 90th percentile is $58,730. The difference is $22,320, which is 49.0% 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 $39,530 to the 75th at $51,860, covers $12,330.

The mean annual wage is $46,690, which sits above the median of $45,510. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Bangor, ME median is 0.6% higher than the national median of $45,260 for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $47,157, which is 4.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.5% lower than the Maine median of $47,160.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Bangor, ME is 96.508, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $45,510 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks at $47,157 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks. Bangor, ME ranks 3rd of 3 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).).

  • Lewiston-Auburn, ME is 114 miles away, with a median of $49,530 and employment of 270. That median is 8.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $52,282, against $47,157 here.
  • Portland-South Portland, ME is 149 miles away, with a median of $47,860 and employment of 1,070. That median is 5.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,987, against $47,157 here.

Employment share

Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks accounts for 0.36% of wage-and-salary employment in Bangor, ME (260 of 72,270). Nationally the occupation is 0.53% of employment (816,870 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.68 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Bangor, ME · Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks make in Bangor, ME?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks in Bangor, ME is $45,510. The 10th percentile is $36,410 and the 90th percentile is $58,730. Employment is 260.

How does that compare with the national median for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks?

The local median is 0.6% higher than the national median of $45,260.

What is Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks pay in Bangor, ME after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Bangor, ME is 96.508, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $45,510 is $47,157. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Bangor, ME compare with nearby metros for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks?

Lewiston-Auburn, ME is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 114 miles away, at $49,530. Bangor, ME ranks 3rd of 3 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.