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

How much do Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks make in Harrisonburg, VA?

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 Harrisonburg, VA is $43,530. The 10th percentile is $35,800 and the 90th percentile is $57,340. Employment is 640.

Median annual wage

$43,530

10th percentile
$35,800
25th percentile
$39,580
Median
$43,530
75th percentile
$44,650
90th percentile
$57,340
Mean
$43,540

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Two cooks working in a commercial kitchen in 1930
Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $35,800 and the 90th percentile is $57,340. The difference is $21,540, which is 49.5% 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 $39,580 to the 75th at $44,650, covers $5,070.

The mean annual wage is $43,540, which sits above the median of $43,530. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Harrisonburg, VA median is 3.8% lower than the national median of $45,260 for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $45,873, which is 1.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.7% lower than the Virginia median of $44,290.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Harrisonburg, VA is 94.892, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $43,530 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks at $45,873 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

37 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks. Harrisonburg, VA ranks 22nd of 38 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).).

  • Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA is 27 miles away, with a median of $44,840 and employment of 380. That median is 3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,206, against $45,873 here.
  • Charlottesville, VA is 42 miles away, with a median of $39,940 and employment of 380. That median is 8.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,284, against $45,873 here.
  • Winchester, VA-WV is 57 miles away, with a median of $43,850 and employment of 640. That median is 0.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $45,464, against $45,873 here.

Employment share

Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks accounts for 0.98% of wage-and-salary employment in Harrisonburg, VA (640 of 65,460). Nationally the occupation is 0.53% of employment (816,870 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.86 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 Harrisonburg, VA · 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 Harrisonburg, VA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks in Harrisonburg, VA is $43,530. The 10th percentile is $35,800 and the 90th percentile is $57,340. Employment is 640.

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

The local median is 3.8% lower than the national median of $45,260.

What is Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks pay in Harrisonburg, VA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Harrisonburg, VA is 94.892, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $43,530 is $45,873. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Harrisonburg, VA compare with nearby metros for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks?

Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 27 miles away, at $44,840. Harrisonburg, VA ranks 22nd of 38 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.