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Procurement Clerks pay in Chambersburg, PA and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Procurement Clerks is $64,770 per year in Chambersburg, PA. It is $54,510 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Chambersburg, PA is 18.8% above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 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 2,810 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, 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