How much do Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks make in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA?

Percentile spread

For Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $36,840 and the 90th percentile is $64,050. The difference is $27,210, which is 56.7% 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 $39,390 to the 75th at $56,940, covers $17,550.

The mean annual wage is $49,060, which sits above the median of $48,020. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA median is 6.1% higher than the national median of $45,260 for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $46,320, which is 2.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.9% lower than the Washington median of $51,590.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA is 103.670, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $48,020 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks at $46,320 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

12 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks. Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA ranks 6th of 13 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).).

• Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA is 49 miles away, with a median of $54,910 and employment of 290. That median is 14.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,995, against $46,320 here.
• Longview-Kelso, WA is 52 miles away, with a median of $51,740 and employment of 330. That median is 7.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,042, against $46,320 here.
• Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 60 miles away, with a median of $56,370 and employment of 12,520. That median is 17.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,723, against $46,320 here.

Employment share

Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks accounts for 0.42% of wage-and-salary employment in Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA (550 of 130,300). Nationally the occupation is 0.53% of employment (816,870 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.80 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.