Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,559
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$8,221
18.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$38,522
Pennsylvania costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Pennsylvania — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$45,780
Kept after tax
$37,559
Worth in national money
$38,522
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Pennsylvania pays this job around $45,780 at the midpoint, 21 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 492 occupations Pennsylvania reports figures for, this is number 368.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $45,780, tax leaves $37,559, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $38,522 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $46,980, since top earners drag the number up.
- For shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks the Pennsylvania median is $45,780, ranking 21 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Pennsylvania's occupational distribution, shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks sits at 368 of 492 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Pennsylvania sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks — median $45,780 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $37,559 retained, $38,522 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $46,980 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,780 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,420 |
| This salary | $45,780 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Pennsylvania | $37,559 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,964 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,575 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $44,031 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,905 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks in Pennsylvania earn under $45,780 and half over. The published range runs $34,640 at the tenth percentile to $61,420 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $37,559 take-home in Pennsylvania comes from $45,780. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 368 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Pennsylvania, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $38,522, the adjusted value of that $45,780 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 368 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks in Pennsylvania, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,640 to $61,420; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $37,559, from $45,780, assumes a single Pennsylvania filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 368 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Pennsylvania, so $38,522 — the adjusted value of that $45,780 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 368 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,640 at the bottom tenth to $61,420 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Pennsylvania sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $38,522 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Pennsylvania adds its own income tax on top — which is why $37,559 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,640 to $61,420) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Pennsylvania rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Pennsylvania's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $38,522 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $37,559 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Pennsylvania income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.