Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
SOC 43-5071 · 2024-2034
Verify and maintain records on incoming and outgoing shipments involving inventory. Duties include verifying and recording incoming merchandise or material and arranging for the transportation of products. May prepare items for shipment.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
Shrinking -5.2%
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
- $47,621per year
- Projected openings
- 75,500
- Projected change
- -5.2%
- 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.
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Time Management
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $53,968 | 510 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $52,058 | 350 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $51,170 | 2,630 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $50,730 | 4,050 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $50,372 | 340 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $49,334 | 4,650 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $48,921 | 800 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $48,145 | 140 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $47,655 | 160 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $46,746 | 450 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $46,582 | 660 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $46,010 | 3,930 |
| Salinas MSA (Monterey County) | $45,836 | 670 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $45,806 | 780 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $45,673 | 110 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $45,663 | 420 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $45,642 | 250 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $45,366 | 360 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $45,366 | 1,150 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $45,315 | 640 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $45,081 | 8,860 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $45,029 | 6,480 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $44,970 | 22,360 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $44,774 | 230 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $44,324 | 1,570 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $43,119 | 240 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $43,099 | 1,770 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $42,475 | 200 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $42,057 | 2,320 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $41,035 | 4,050 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $39,993 | 19,810 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $38,275
- A quarter earn under
- $40,916
- Half earn under
- $47,621
- Three quarters earn under
- $57,253
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $66,180
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postal Service Clerks | $65,156 | 5,010 | -6.3% |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | $59,055 | 16,830 | +14.9% |
| Stockers and Order Fillers | $43,808 | 565,760 | +15.5% |
| Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | $60,898 | 6,950 | -11% |
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | $45,689 | 502,850 | +8.6% |
| Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | $46,812 | 8,760 | +1.3% |
Programs that train for this job — 2
APICS Essential Skills for Warehouse & Distribution Employees
College of the Canyons · Santa Clarita · $900
APICS Essential Skills for Stockroom Employees
College of the Canyons · Santa Clarita · $900