How much do Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

Percentile spread

For Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $31,200 and the 90th percentile is $58,890. The difference is $27,690, which is 66.6% 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 $36,360 to the 75th at $47,660, covers $11,300.

The mean annual wage is $43,690, which sits above the median of $41,590. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX median is 8.1% lower than the national median of $45,260 for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,168, which is 6.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 1.4% lower than the Texas median of $42,190.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 98.629, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $41,590 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks at $42,168 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX ranks 5th of 14 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).).

• Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX is 71 miles away, with a median of $41,610 and employment of 830. That median is about the same as the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,210, against $42,168 here.
• College Station-Bryan, TX is 95 miles away, with a median of $37,670 and employment of 450. That median is 9.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,418, against $42,168 here.
• Lake Charles, LA is 130 miles away, with a median of $37,010 and employment of 340. That median is 11% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,109, against $42,168 here.

Employment share

Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks accounts for 0.69% of wage-and-salary employment in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (22,670 of 3,289,720). Nationally the occupation is 0.53% of employment (816,870 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.31 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.