Office & Admin
Production Clerks
SOC 43-5061
Track production schedules, materials, and output on the floor.
The job
Median pay
$60k
$48k to $75k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Declining
-1.3% projected
Openings a year
33k
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
68th pct
More exposed than 68% of occupations · modeled estimate · 82nd pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
37/100
Key skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Writing
- Monitoring
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.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 56,080 | 3.1 | 1.2× | $63k |
| New York | 35,160 | 3.6 | 1.4× | $61k |
| Texas | 33,080 | 2.4 | 0.9× | $56k |
| Florida | 20,850 | 2.1 | 0.8× | $52k |
| Ohio | 17,700 | 3.2 | 1.3× | $58k |
| Georgia | 16,370 | 3.3 | 1.3× | $57k |
| North Carolina | 13,000 | 2.6 | 1.1× | $53k |
| Tennessee | 12,740 | 3.9 | 1.6× | $53k |
| Illinois | 11,900 | 2.0 | 0.8× | $58k |
| Arizona | 9,780 | 3.0 | 1.2× | $59k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 9,410 | 2.2 | 0.9× | $63k |
| Wisconsin | 9,140 | 3.1 | 1.2× | $59k |
| Indiana | 9,100 | 2.8 | 1.1× | $59k |
| Pennsylvania | 8,790 | 1.4 | 0.6× | $59k |
| Virginia | 8,490 | 2.1 | 0.8× | $62k |
| Washington | 8,184 | 2.3 | 0.9× | $77k~ |
| Colorado | 7,800 | 2.7 | 1.1× | $64k |
| Michigan | 7,560 | 1.7 | 0.7× | $62k |
| Minnesota | 7,330 | 2.5 | 1.0× | $61k |
| South Carolina | 7,020 | 3.0 | 1.2× | $58k |
| Kentucky | 6,480 | 3.2 | 1.3× | $56k |
| Missouri | 6,310 | 2.1 | 0.9× | $54k |
| Oklahoma | 5,820 | 3.4 | 1.4× | $56k |
| Massachusetts | 5,650 | 1.6 | 0.6× | $60k |
| Maryland | 4,670 | 1.7 | 0.7× | $59k |
| Utah | 4,550 | 2.6 | 1.0× | $62k |
| Kansas | 4,320 | 3.0 | 1.2× | $57k |
| Connecticut | 4,090 | 2.4 | 1.0× | $63k |
| Iowa | 3,540 | 2.3 | 0.9× | $60k |
| Oregon | 2,790 | 1.4 | 0.6× | $61k |
| Alabama | 2,680 | 1.3 | 0.5× | $57k |
| Arkansas | 2,390 | 1.8 | 0.7× | $50k |
| Nevada | 2,190 | 1.4 | 0.6× | $56k |
| Mississippi | 2,030 | 1.7 | 0.7× | $51k |
| Louisiana | 1,970 | 1.0 | 0.4× | $60k |
| Nebraska | 1,690 | 1.6 | 0.7× | $56k |
| New Hampshire | 1,600 | 2.3 | 0.9× | $62k |
| Maine | 1,240 | 1.9 | 0.8× | $60k |
| Idaho | 1,070 | 1.2 | 0.5× | $60k |
| Hawaii | 1,040 | 1.7 | 0.7× | $64k |
| New Mexico | 1,040 | 1.2 | 0.5× | $50k |
| Rhode Island | 960 | 1.9 | 0.8× | $65k |
| Montana | 830 | 1.6 | 0.7× | $51k |
| West Virginia | 750 | 1.1 | 0.4× | $56k |
| South Dakota | 690 | 1.5 | 0.6× | $51k |
| Delaware | 450 | 0.9 | 0.4× | $63k |
| North Dakota | 450 | 1.0 | 0.4× | $58k |
| Washington DC | 430 | 0.6 | 0.2× | $73k |
| Vermont | 430 | 1.4 | 0.6× | $61k |
| Alaska | 380 | 1.2 | 0.5× | $63k |
| Wyoming | 110 | 0.4 | 0.2× | $70k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ28,600 jobs · $63k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA23,320 jobs · $62k median
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA13,160 jobs · $82k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX10,130 jobs · $56k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA9,370 jobs · $58k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX8,830 jobs · $58k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN8,560 jobs · $60k median
- Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ7,370 jobs · $59k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Production Clerks interactively →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.