Procurement Clerks salary

SOC 43-3061 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$50,580

per year, nationally

Middle half

$43,420–$60,080

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

55,810

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

-8.7%

4,600 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$38,040$68,620

10th: $38,040
25th: $43,420
Median: $50,580
75th: $60,080
90th: $68,620

Getting in

Typical education to enter: High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where procurement clerks earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	District of Columbia	$62,880	109.9	220	0.87×
2	Massachusetts	$60,110	105.8	520	0.40×
3	New Hampshire	$58,830	104.2	190	0.76×
4	Minnesota	$58,100	98.6	790	0.75×
5	New Jersey	$57,460	108.8	2,370	1.54×
6	California	$56,160	110.7	7,080	1.08×
7	Colorado	$55,210	103.1	830	0.80×
8	Utah	$54,950	98.9	540	0.86×
9	Virginia	$54,660	101.1	930	0.63×
10	Alaska	$54,100	102.4	230	1.93×
11	New York	$54,080	107.9	2,680	0.77×
12	Rhode Island	$53,980	102.3	210	1.17×
13	Maryland	$53,960	105.0	1,230	1.24×
14	Hawaii	$53,890	110.0	330	1.47×
15	Pennsylvania	$53,800	97.6	2,360	1.09×
16	Maine	$53,070	97.0	320	1.41×
17	Alabama	$52,940	88.8	260	0.34×
18	Washington	$52,910	107.0	1,750	1.38×
19	Oregon	$52,700	103.4	510	0.73×
20	North Dakota	$51,630	89.0	90	0.59×
21	Nevada	$51,530	100.0	580	1.04×
22	New Mexico	$51,080	92.2	460	1.48×
23	Georgia	$50,730	96.3	1,800	1.02×
24	Kentucky	$50,610	90.2	810	1.13×
25	Connecticut	$50,510	103.6	710	1.16×
26	North Carolina	$50,390	94.3	1,460	0.82×
27	Wyoming	$50,380	92.7	120	1.17×
28	Idaho	$50,310	95.5	470	1.53×
29	Michigan	$49,980	96.2	1,220	0.77×
30	Oklahoma	$49,940	87.8	830	1.36×
31	Ohio	$49,880	92.8	1,350	0.68×
32	South Carolina	$49,810	93.7	900	1.08×
33	Louisiana	$49,680	88.2	760	1.09×
34	Montana	$49,560	94.6	150	0.84×
35	Wisconsin	$49,410	94.1	1,050	0.99×
36	Indiana	$49,210	93.3	1,110	0.96×
37	Iowa	$48,870	87.8	680	1.21×
38	Missouri	$48,820	90.8	630	0.59×
39	Florida	$48,710	103.4	2,890	0.81×
40	West Virginia	$48,050	89.5	520	2.07×
41	Arizona	$47,970	100.7	1,300	1.12×
42	Vermont	$47,960	98.0	90	0.85×
43	Nebraska	$47,950	90.1	910	2.47×
44	Illinois	$47,770	100.0	1,950	0.89×
45	Arkansas	$47,760	86.9	400	0.85×
46	Kansas	$47,730	90.1	430	0.83×
47	Texas	$47,660	97.1	3,740	0.74×
48	Delaware	$47,470	99.8	140	0.78×
49	South Dakota	$46,690	88.6	170	1.01×
50	Mississippi	$46,270	87.0	860	2.07×
51	Tennessee	$38,710	91.9	3,900	3.32×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where procurement clerks wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for procurement clerks

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Chambersburg, PA	$64,770	94.6	30	1.59×
2	York-Hanover, PA	$64,770	96.0	170	2.55×
3	Salinas, CA	$64,520	109.0	60	0.90×
4	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$63,630	105.6	130	3.96×
5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$62,310	110.4	310	0.76×
6	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$61,700	108.3	450	0.46×
7	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$61,170	100.1	100	2.17×
8	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$60,800	104.8	410	0.58×
9	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$60,650	108.9	840	0.74×
10	Vineland, NJ	$60,280	96.0	40	1.95×
11	Salem, OR	$60,150	103.6	70	0.96×
12	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$60,090	115.6	600	0.71×
13	Rochester, MN	$59,790	90.8	30	0.69×
14	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$58,950	105.1	200	1.95×
15	Ogden, UT	$58,280	100.3	120	1.24×
16	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$58,200	103.2	120	1.39×
17	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$58,190	100.9	230	0.77×
18	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$58,050	112.6	3,110	0.91×
19	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$57,830	100.0	160	1.18×
20	Springfield, MA	$57,780	96.1	40	0.49×
21	El Centro, CA	$57,640	95.2	40	1.90×
22	Colorado Springs, CO	$57,460	100.7	170	1.51×
23	Portland-South Portland, ME	$57,200	101.9	140	1.37×
24	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$57,050	111.9	670	1.21×
25	Warner Robins, GA	$56,930	93.8	110	3.89×
26	Texarkana, TX-AR	$56,930	84.0	60	3.00×
27	Worcester, MA	$56,640	102.5	30	0.24×
28	Manhattan, KS	$56,620	90.2	30	1.61×
29	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$56,450	107.8	50	0.72×
30	Vallejo, CA	$56,450	108.5	60	1.16×
31	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$56,430	105.8	430	0.74×
32	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$56,350	100.4	70	1.46×
33	Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	$56,060	98.7	300	2.50×
34	Lebanon, PA	$56,060	93.2	40	2.28×
35	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	$55,920	109.9	40	1.06×
36	Fayetteville, NC	$55,640	92.0	100	2.12×
37	Urban Honolulu, HI	$55,620	111.0	260	1.63×
38	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	$55,390	97.0	60	1.42×
39	Richmond, VA	$55,390	97.9	190	0.82×
40	Fairbanks-College, AK	$55,300	103.2	40	3.11×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where procurement clerks wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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