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Order Clerks pay in Kansas City, MO-KS and Napa, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Order Clerks is $47,710 per year in Kansas City, MO-KS. It is $60,680 per year in Napa, CA. Kansas City, MO-KS is 21.4% 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 290 wage and salary jobs in Kansas City, MO-KS 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