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Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks pay in Idaho Falls, ID and Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks is $83,790 per year in Idaho Falls, ID. It is $51,010 per year in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC. Idaho Falls, ID is 64.3% above Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-5061 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 200 wage and salary jobs in Idaho Falls, ID and 230 in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC. 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
