Item Processing Clerk Salary in the United States

How much does an Item Processing Clerk make in the United States?

As of January 01, 2026, the average salary for an Item Processing Clerk in the United States is $42,387 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $20.

However, an Item Processing Clerk's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

  • Top Earners (90th percentile): $53,526
  • Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $37,784 to $48,218
  • Entry-Level (10th percentile): $33,593
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Item Processing Clerk Salaries by Percentile

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Salary
Monthly
Pay
Weekly
Pay
Hourly
Wage
75th Percentile $48,218 $4,018 $927 $23
Average $42,387 $3,532 $815 $20
25th Percentile $37,784 $3,149 $727 $18
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Key Factors That Influence Item Processing Clerk Salaries

An Item Processing Clerk's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Item Processing Clerk Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Item Processing Clerk's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

  • Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $41,300
  • Early Career (1-2 years): $41,428
  • Mid-Level (2-4 years): $42,259
  • Senior-Level (5-8 years): $45,082
  • Expert (over 8 years): $46,032
Levels Salary
Entry Level Item Processing Clerk$41,300
Intermediate Level Item Processing Clerk$41,428
Senior Level Item Processing Clerk$42,259
Specialist Level Item Processing Clerk$45,082
Expert Level Item Processing Clerk$46,032
$41,300 0 yr
$41,428 < 2 yrs
$42,259 2-4 yrs
$45,082 5-8 yrs
$46,032 > 8 yrs
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How Do Item Processing Clerk Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Item Processing Clerks. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

  • District of Columbia: $46,931.
  • California: $46,753.
  • Massachusetts: $46,130.

Top Paying Cities for Item Processing Clerks

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

  • San Jose: $53,463
  • San Francisco: $52,937
  • Oakland: $51,763

What Skills Can Increase an Item Processing Clerk's Salary?

Demanded Skills for the Role:

  • Customer Service (Mentioned in 9.21% Job Postings): Customer service is the provision of service to customers before, during and after a purchase. The perception of success of such interactions is dependent on employees "who can adjust themselves to the personality of the guest". Customer service concerns the priority an organization assigns to customer service relative to components such as product innovation and pricing. In this sense, an organization that values good customer service may spend more money in training employees than the average organization or may proactively interview customers for feedback. From the point of view of an overall sales process engineering effort, customer service plays an important role in an organization's ability to generate income and revenue. From that perspective, customer service should be included as part of an overall approach to systematic improvement. One good customer service experience can change the entire perception a customer holds towards the organization.
  • Food Handling (Mentioned in 2.72% Job Postings): Food Handling means one or more operations of food production, manufacture, offering or displaying for sale, storage, preserving, wrapping, transportation, delivery, importation, exportation, or the licensing or approval for any of such activities.
  • Infection Control (Mentioned in 1.52% Job Postings): Infection control is the discipline concerned with preventing nosocomial or healthcare-associated infection, a practical (rather than academic) sub-discipline of epidemiology. It is an essential, though often underrecognized and undersupported, part of the infrastructure of health care. Infection control and hospital epidemiology are akin to public health practice, practiced within the confines of a particular health-care delivery system rather than directed at society as a whole. Anti-infective agents include antibiotics, antibacterials, antifungals, antivirals and antiprotozoals. Infection control addresses factors related to the spread of infections within the healthcare setting (whether patient-to-patient, from patients to staff and from staff to patients, or among-staff), including prevention (via hand hygiene/hand washing, cleaning/disinfection/sterilization, vaccination, surveillance), monitoring/investigation of demonstrated or suspected spread of infection within a particular health-care setting (surveillance and outbreak investigation), and management (interruption of outbreaks). It is on this basis that the common title being adopted within health care is "infection prevention and control."
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Skills Demand Percentage
Customer Service 9.21%
Food Handling 2.72%
Infection Control 1.52%
What skills can make your compensation higher?
Mastering certain specialized skills can lead to a significant increase in pay. Here are examples of skills and the potential impact they can have on an Item Processing Clerk's salary.
  • Innovation: Can increase your salary by up to 20%.
  • Delegation: Can increase your salary by up to 14%.
  • Collaboration: Can increase your salary by up to 12%.
Skill Salary Salary % Increase
Innovation
$50,865
20%
Delegation
$48,322
14%
Collaboration
$47,474
12%
Initiative
$46,626
10%
Team Management
$45,778
8%
Stewardship
$45,778
8%
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Item Processing Clerk Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Item Processing Clerk's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on January 01, 2026

Salary Trends for Item Processing Clerk

Salaries for an Item Processing Clerk can change over time, reflecting shifts in market demand and the overall economy. The median salary decreased from $39,617 in 2023 to around $39,150 in 2025, reflecting changes in demand, location, experience, and the wider economy. For a detailed analysis of Item Processing Clerk salary trends, .

Average Annual Salary of Item Processing Clerk Over Time

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$39,586
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