Procurement Clerks
SOC 43-3061 · 2024-2034
Compile information and records to draw up purchase orders for procurement of materials and services.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
Shrinking -6.9%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $57,489per year
- Projected openings
- 5,540
- Projected change
- -6.9%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Writing
- Monitoring
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $64,806 | 60 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $63,632 | 60 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $61,005 | 300 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $60,830 | 160 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $59,831 | 260 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $59,505 | 150 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $58,871 | 30 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $57,553 | 30 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $57,073 | 90 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $56,542 | 70 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $55,347 | 60 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $55,245 | 600 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $54,479 | 130 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $54,379 | 1,840 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $54,295 | 250 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $53,794 | 100 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $53,569 | 60 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $53,437 | 30 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $53,273 | 30 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $51,823 | 30 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $51,823 | 70 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $51,703 | 560 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $51,394 | 590 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $51,373 | 30 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $50,597 | 60 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $50,362 | 30 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $49,585 | 140 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $47,338 | 30 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $41,049
- A quarter earn under
- $48,000
- Half earn under
- $57,489
- Three quarters earn under
- $66,610
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $76,887
A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | $47,621 | 75,500 | -5.2% |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | $64,491 | 51,650 | 0% |
| Stockers and Order Fillers | $43,808 | 565,760 | +15.5% |
| Order Clerks | $48,409 | 11,760 | -17.9% |
| Customer Service Representatives | $50,733 | 219,040 | -5.6% |
| Billing and Posting Clerks | $57,591 | 44,130 | +4.8% |
Programs that train for this job — 1
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