Job outlook for production clerks in the United States

Production clerk job growth summary. After extensive research, interviews, and analysis, Zippia's data science team found that:

The projected production clerk job growth rate is -3% from 2018-2028.
About -38,100 new jobs for production clerks are projected over the next decade.
Production clerk salaries have increased 6% for production clerks in the last 5 years.
There are over 18,395 production clerks currently employed in the United States.
There are 241,271 active production clerk job openings in the US.
The average production clerk salary is $32,281.

Are production clerk jobs in demand?

Yes, production clerk jobs are in demand. Production clerk demand is projected to grow -3% from 2018 to 2028.

Production clerk job and salary trends over time

Compare the number of production clerk jobs and the average production clerk salary over time.

Production clerk jobs over time

Production clerk job growth rate over time

Year	# of jobs	% of population
2021	18,395	0.01%
2020	18,139	0.01%
2019	18,554	0.01%
2018	17,541	0.01%
2017	16,832	0.01%

Average production clerk salary over time

Production clerk salary by year

Year	Avg. salary	Hourly rate	% Change
2026	$32,281	$15.52	+2.9%
2025	$31,384	$15.09	+1.4%
2024	$30,942	$14.88	+1.9%
2023	$30,350	$14.59	--0.2%
2022	$30,409	$14.62	+1.3%

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Production clerk jobs by state

The map below shows you the number of production clerk job openings in each state. The darker areas on the map show where production clerks earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.

Average salary: Job openings:

Most common states for production clerks

Rank	State	Population	# of jobs	Employment/ 1000ppl
1	Minnesota	5,576,606	1,440	26%
2	Kansas	2,913,123	748	26%
3	Nebraska	1,920,076	491	26%
4	Wisconsin	5,795,483	1,457	25%
5	Indiana	6,666,818	1,584	24%
6	Oregon	4,142,776	1,004	24%
7	Utah	3,101,833	708	23%
8	Vermont	623,657	142	23%
9	Iowa	3,145,711	686	22%
10	South Dakota	869,666	195	22%
11	Kentucky	4,454,189	916	21%
12	Ohio	11,658,609	2,373	20%
13	Missouri	6,113,532	1,196	20%
14	Delaware	961,939	190	20%
15	Washington	7,405,743	1,406	19%
16	Tennessee	6,715,984	1,243	19%
17	Idaho	1,716,943	318	19%
18	Massachusetts	6,859,819	1,249	18%
19	Connecticut	3,588,184	631	18%
20	New Hampshire	1,342,795	245	18%

Most common cities for production clerks

Rank	City	# of jobs	Employment/ 1000ppl	Avg. salary
1	Muskegon	2	5%	$32,203
2	Covina	2	4%	$33,167
3	Delano	2	4%	$33,881
4	Hawthorne	3	3%	$33,248
5	Annapolis	1	3%	$29,297
6	Irvine	4	2%	$33,024
7	Fremont	2	1%	$34,720
8	Tempe	2	1%	$27,257
9	Bolingbrook	1	1%	$31,585
10	Columbia	1	1%	$25,057
11	Birmingham	1	0%	$22,968
12	Buffalo	1	0%	$31,945
13	Chicago	1	0%	$31,742

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