SOC 43-5061 · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Salary in Austin, TX

The average salary for production, planning, and expediting clerks in Austin, Texas is $57,820 a year ($27.80 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $52,300: half of the 2,900 people in this job in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is 7% less than the U.S. average for this job ($62,150).

$57,820average per year

$27.80 / hourMedian $52,300Take-home ≈ $48,638

  • $32K10th
  • $41K25th
  • $52KMedian
  • $70K75th
  • $91K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

2,900people in this job
-7%vs U.S. average
#8 of 24Texas metros
98cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks pay range in Austin

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $31,870 a year or less, while the top 10% make $90,690 or more. The middle half of production, planning, and expediting clerks in Austin earn between $40,560 and $69,960.

  • $32K10th
  • $41K25th
  • $52KMedian
  • $70K75th
  • $91K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$57,820$4,818$27.80
Median$52,300$4,358$25.14
Entry level (25th percentile)$40,560$3,380$19.50
Experienced (75th percentile)$69,960$5,830$33.63

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Hourly to annual salary.

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks pay in Austin vs. Texas and the U.S.

Production, planning, and expediting clerks in Austin earn about the same as the Texas average ($58,780) and 7% less than the U.S. average ($62,150). At the median the gap is -12% against the U.S. median of $59,650.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Austin$57,820$52,300$31,870$90,6902,900
Texas$58,780$55,850$35,470$86,20033,080
United States$62,150$59,650$40,080$86,000390,160

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks salary after taxes in Austin

On the average salary of $57,820, a single filer in Austin takes home about $48,638 a year, or $4,053 a month and $1,871 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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Is Austin a good place for production, planning, and expediting clerks? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Austin area are 2% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 98.1), so the average $57,820 buys what about $58,960 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.9 times the median wage of all jobs in Austin ($56,950). A typical home costs $428,524, or 7.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks salary in other Texas cities

Austin ranks 8th of 24 Texas metro areas for this job; Corpus Christi pays the most ($66,980).

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Highest-paying cities for production, planning, and expediting clerks

Idaho Falls, ID pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($90,150).

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks salary by city

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Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks salary in Austin: questions

How much do production, planning, and expediting clerks make an hour in Austin?

$27.80 an hour on average, and $25.14 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

What is the entry-level production, planning, and expediting clerks salary in Austin?

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $31,870 a year and the 25th percentile is $40,560, a fair guide to starting pay.

What is the production, planning, and expediting clerks take-home pay in Austin?

About $48,638 a year ($4,053 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $57,820. Texas has no state income tax.

Do production, planning, and expediting clerks earn more in Austin than elsewhere?

The average here is 7% less than the U.S. average for this job ($62,150).

Sources and how to read this page

  • Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates for metropolitan areas. SOC code 43-5061; area Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX (12420). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 1.5%.
  • U.S. and statewide figures: BLS OEWS national and state estimates, May 2025, every employer including rural areas.
  • Cost of living: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional price parities (RPP), 2024; 100 = U.S. average.
  • Home value: Zillow Home Value Index. Typical-wage figure: OEWS all occupations, same metro.
  • Take-home pay: Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.
  • Job concentration: location quotient 0.89, this job is about as common as in the U.S. overall.

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