Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks

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Total Workforce

635k

Average Age

41.1

Average Salary

$33,148

Average Male Salary

$34,653

Average Female Salary

$30,092

About

Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks are most often employed by the Warehousing & storage industry. The average yearly wage for Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks was $33,148 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks by wage are Dental assistants, Fence erectors, and Shoe & leather workers.

Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks are part of the Office & Administrative Support Occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of office & administrative support workers, Switchboard operators, including answering service, Telephone operators, Communications equipment operators, all other, Bill & account collectors, and 45 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks are Greeley, Windsor & Evans Cities PUMA, CO, Compton City & West Rancho Dominguez PUMA, CA, and Wright County PUMA, MN. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks are Greeley, Windsor & Evans Cities PUMA, CO, Compton City & West Rancho Dominguez PUMA, CA, and West of Aldine & Inside Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks and on wages and locations for those in the field. Warehousing & storage is the industry that employs the most Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks, by average wage, is Glass & glass product manufacturing. Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks are paid most in Algonquin, McHenry & Nunda Townships PUMA, IL but are relatively concentrated in Greeley, Windsor & Evans Cities PUMA, CO.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$33,148

AVERAGE SALARY

± $692

In 2019, Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks earned an average of $33,148, $22,376 less than than the average national salary of $55,524.

Shoe & leather workers make somewhat more than Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks while Dental assistants make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.285

WAGE GINI

In 2019, Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.285, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks, by number of employees, are Warehousing & storage, General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters, and Electronic shopping and mail-order houses.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks, by average wage, are Glass & glass product manufacturing, Water transportation, Support activities for mining, Support activities for mining, Executive offices & legislative bodies, and Alcoholic beverages merchant wholesalers.

Industries by Share

635k

2019 Workforce

± 19,525

3.96%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 4.22%

The number of people employed as Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks has been growing at a rate of 3.96%, from 610,881 people in 2018 to 635,093 people in 2019.

This graphic shows the share of Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks employed by various industries. Warehousing & storage employs the largest share of Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks at 8.08%, followed by General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters with 4.23% and Electronic shopping and mail-order houses with 4.03%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks in the US. The average age of male Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks in the workforce is 40.7 and of female Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks is 41.8, and the most common race/ethnicity for Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

426k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 15,993

210k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 11,232

67% of Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks

White (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)

52.9% of Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 15.1% of Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks, White (Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks.

Age by Gender

40.7

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.537

41.8

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 0.736

The median age of Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks is 41.1, and Male employees are generally 1.1 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks is Business but a relatively high number of Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks hold a major in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degree-majorss. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree-majors obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks need many skills, but most especially Speaking, Reading Comprehension, and Active Listening. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks need more than the average amount of Operation and Control, Troubleshooting, and Operation Monitoring.