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Order Clerks

SOC 43-4151

Process incoming orders and keep them moving correctly.

The job
Median pay
$46k
$40k to $54k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Declining
-17% projected
Openings a year
6k
BLS projection
Typical education
High school
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
5/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
50th pct
More exposed than 50% of occupations · modeled estimate · 92nd pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
29/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
California12,3900.71.4×$47k
Texas5,1800.40.8×$44k
Washington4,3001.22.5×$48k
Ohio3,8100.71.4×$46k
Illinois3,5400.61.2×$48k
New York3,5300.40.8×$48k
Florida3,2700.30.7×$44k
North Carolina2,9900.61.3×$46k
New Jersey2,6400.61.3×$46k
Pennsylvania2,5700.40.9×$47k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Michigan2,2900.51.1×$44k
Tennessee2,2600.71.4×$39k
Oklahoma2,2101.32.7×$46k
Colorado1,9700.71.4×$50k
Indiana1,8000.61.2×$44k
Georgia1,7500.40.7×$42k
Virginia1,6900.40.8×$43k
Wisconsin1,5400.51.1×$48k
Massachusetts1,3500.40.8×$55k
Minnesota1,1500.40.8×$48k
Kentucky9300.51.0×$41k
Utah8800.51.1×$40k
Maryland8500.30.6×$48k
Missouri8400.30.6×$44k~
Oregon7900.40.8×$50k
Arizona7600.20.5×$49k
Nevada7400.51.0×$41k
South Carolina7400.30.7×$42k
Connecticut7100.40.9×$48k
Iowa6800.40.9×$45k
Louisiana6600.30.7×$38k
Mississippi4700.40.8×$43k
Nebraska4400.40.9×$44k
New Hampshire3900.61.2×$49k
South Dakota3300.71.5×$48k
Kansas3100.20.5×$45k
New Mexico3100.40.7×$41k
Maine3000.51.0×$48k
Arkansas2900.20.5×$42k
Hawaii2100.30.7×$47k
North Dakota1910.40.9×$47k~
Delaware1700.40.7×$41k
Washington DC1700.20.5×$49k
Rhode Island1700.30.7×$49k
Vermont1320.40.9×$50k~
Wyoming1220.40.9×$44k~
West Virginia1000.10.3×$45k
Idaho900.10.2×$40k
Alabama800.00.1×$49k
Alaska700.20.4×$38k
Montana600.10.2×$42k

Top metro areas

  1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA5,740 jobs · $47k median
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ4,120 jobs · $48k median
  3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN2,970 jobs · $48k median
  4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX1,890 jobs · $46k median
  5. Oklahoma City, OK1,720 jobs · $46k median
  6. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO1,320 jobs · $50k median
  7. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX1,270 jobs · $46k median
  8. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,250 jobs · $51k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.