Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Career, Salary and Skills
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $59,650 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 390,160. Wage data is published for 431 locations.
Occupation description
Coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedule. Duties include reviewing and distributing production, work, and shipment schedules; conferring with department supervisors to determine progress of work and completion dates; and compiling reports on progress of work, inventory levels, costs, and production problems.
O*NET code
43-5061.00
Job zone
2
Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$59,650
Hourly median
$28.68
Employment
390,160
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Speaking | 3.62 | 3.12 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.62 | 3.75 |
| Active Listening | 3.50 | 3.62 |
| Time Management | 3.50 | 3.50 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.38 | 3.62 |
| Monitoring | 3.12 | 3.50 |
| Writing | 3.12 | 3.00 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.12 | 3.12 |
| Coordination | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 2.88 | 2.88 |
Typical tasks
- Revise production schedules when required due to design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaborating with management, marketing, sales, production, or engineering.
- Review documents, such as production schedules, work orders, or staffing tables, to determine personnel or materials requirements or material priorities.
- Arrange for delivery, assembly, or distribution of supplies or parts to expedite flow of materials and meet production schedules.
- Confer with establishment personnel, vendors, or customers to coordinate production or shipping activities and to resolve complaints or eliminate delays.
- Requisition and maintain inventories of materials or supplies necessary to meet production demands.
- Confer with department supervisors or other personnel to assess progress and discuss needed changes.
- Plan production commitments or timetables for business units, specific programs, or jobs, using sales forecasts.
- Distribute production schedules or work orders to departments.
Technology
- ABB Production Planning
- Accvision ABMIS
- ADi SmartBOL
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Aestiva Purchase Order
- Airtable
- Applied Software Technologies Asset Maintenance and Materials Management System
- Asprova
- Bill of lading software
- Bills of lading software
- Cost estimating software
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Salary in CAMedian $63,000 · Employment 56,080
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Salary in NYMedian $60,920 · Employment 35,160
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Salary in TXMedian $55,850 · Employment 33,080
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Salary in New York, NYMedian $63,130 · Employment 28,600
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $61,810 · Employment 23,320
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Salary in FLMedian $51,940 · Employment 20,850
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Salary in OHMedian $57,830 · Employment 17,700
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Salary in GAMedian $56,850 · Employment 16,370
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Salary in Seattle, WAMedian $81,850 · Employment 13,160
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Salary in NCMedian $52,640 · Employment 13,000
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Salary in TNMedian $53,020 · Employment 12,740
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Salary in ILMedian $57,880 · Employment 11,900
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.