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Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks pay in Virginia and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks is $44,290 per year in Virginia. It is $51,590 per year in Washington. Virginia is 14.2% below Washington on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-5071 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 20,380 wage and salary jobs in Virginia and 19,500 in Washington. 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