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

How much do Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks make in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA?

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 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is $47,660. The 10th percentile is $36,960 and the 90th percentile is $66,350. Employment is 3,730.

Median annual wage

$47,660

10th percentile
$36,960
25th percentile
$39,380
Median
$47,660
75th percentile
$58,410
90th percentile
$66,350
Mean
$50,000

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 $36,960 and the 90th percentile is $66,350. The difference is $29,390, which is 61.7% 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 $39,380 to the 75th at $58,410, covers $19,030.

The mean annual wage is $50,000, which sits above the median of $47,660. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA median is 5.3% higher than the national median of $45,260 for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $44,680, which is 1.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.5% higher than the California median of $46,520.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 106.670, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,660 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks at $44,680 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

17 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA ranks 7th of 18 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).).

  • Yuba City, CA is 37 miles away, with a median of $48,010 and employment of 190. That median is 0.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,060, against $44,680 here.
  • Stockton-Lodi, CA is 61 miles away, with a median of $46,490 and employment of 2,730. That median is 2.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,239, against $44,680 here.
  • Vallejo, CA is 62 miles away, with a median of $47,260 and employment of 630. That median is 0.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,566, against $44,680 here.

Employment share

Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks accounts for 0.35% of wage-and-salary employment in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA (3,730 of 1,080,590). Nationally the occupation is 0.53% of employment (816,870 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.66 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 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA · 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 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is $47,660. The 10th percentile is $36,960 and the 90th percentile is $66,350. Employment is 3,730.

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

The local median is 5.3% higher than the national median of $45,260.

What is Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks pay in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 106.670, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $47,660 is $44,680. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA compare with nearby metros for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks?

Yuba City, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 37 miles away, at $48,010. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA ranks 7th of 18 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.