How much do Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks make in Springfield, MA?

Percentile spread

For Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks, the published 10th percentile is $38,430 and the 90th percentile is $62,660. The difference is $24,230, which is 49.6% 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 $43,940 to the 75th at $58,170, covers $14,230.

The mean annual wage is $51,030, which sits above the median of $48,850. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Springfield, MA median is 7.9% higher than the national median of $45,260 for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks. In 2024 national prices the local median is $50,853, which is 12.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.8% lower than the Massachusetts median of $49,240.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Springfield, MA is 96.061, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $48,850 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks at $50,853 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

27 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks. Springfield, MA ranks 5th of 28 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).).

• Amherst Town-Northampton, MA is 14 miles away, with a median of $48,340 and employment of 240. That median is 1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,223, against $50,853 here.
• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 31 miles away, with a median of $45,430 and employment of 2,370. That median is 7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,216, against $50,853 here.
• Pittsfield, MA is 34 miles away, with a median of $46,900 and employment of 220. That median is 4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,313, against $50,853 here.

Employment share

Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks accounts for 0.49% of wage-and-salary employment in Springfield, MA (990 of 201,240). Nationally the occupation is 0.53% of employment (816,870 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.94 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.