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Order Clerks pay in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY and Napa, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Order Clerks is $47,650 per year in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY. It is $60,680 per year in Napa, CA. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY is 21.5% below Napa, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-4151 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 190 wage and salary jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY and 40 in Napa, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings