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Procurement Clerks pay in Chambersburg, PA and Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Procurement Clerks is $64,770 per year in Chambersburg, PA. It is $47,220 per year in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA. Chambersburg, PA is 37.2% above Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-3061 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 30 wage and salary jobs in Chambersburg, PA and 40 in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA. 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