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Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Salary in Houston, TX

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area earn a median $57,600 a year — 3% less than the national median. After 2026 taxes, that is $48,462 take-home, or $4,038 a month.

Median salary
$57,600
$27.69 per hour
Typical range
$33,920 – $94,810
10th to 90th percentile
Jobs in Houston, TX
8,830
1.07× national concentration
▲17.1%
Pay trend: The median for production, planning, and expediting clerks in Houston, TX rose from $49,180 (May 2024) to $57,600 (May 2025). That beat inflation (2.4%), a real raise of about 14.7%. Large one-year swings in local data can partly reflect BLS survey sampling.

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Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks in Houston, TX
Deductions, kids & local tax

2026 tax year. Federal brackets from IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32.

Your take-home pay
$48,462
per year · effective tax rate 15.9%
$4,038Monthly
$2,019Twice a month
$1,864Every 2 weeks
$23.30Hourly
  • Federal income tax$4,732
  • Social Security (6.2%)$3,571
  • Medicare (1.45%)$835
  • Texas income tax$0
  • Take-home pay$48,462

Marginal rate: 12% federal + 0.00% state

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Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks pay by experience in Houston, TX

PercentileSalaryHourlyTake-home / yrPer month
10th percentile (entry level)$33,920$16.31$29,435$2,453
25th percentile$44,770$21.52$38,153$3,179
Median (50th)$57,600$27.69$48,462$4,038
75th percentile$75,500$36.30$61,944$5,162
90th percentile (top earners)$94,810$45.58$75,529$6,294

Wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Take-home: single filer, Texas resident, 2026 tax rules.

What $57,600 buys in Houston, TX

Prices in Houston, TX are 1.4% lower than the U.S. average (housing costs are 1.05× the national average). Adjusted for local prices, a median production, planning, and expediting clerks's $48,462 take-home pay has the buying power of $49,135 in a typical American city.

1-bedroom rent
$1,316
33% of monthly take-home
2-bedroom rent
$1,558
39% of monthly take-home
Left after 1-BR rent
$2,722
per month for everything else

Rents: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2026 (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities). Price levels: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks jobs are about as common in Houston, TX as in the U.S. overall (location quotient 1.07).

Best-paying cities for production, planning, and expediting clerks, adjusted for cost of living

Houston, TX ranks #16 of 37 metro areas once taxes and local prices are taken into account.

#Metro areaMedian salaryTake-homeReal value*
1Seattle, WA $81,850$66,411$59,759
2San Jose, CA $76,500$58,745$53,200
3Oklahoma City, OK $59,710$48,016$53,110
4Memphis, TN $57,030$48,004$52,077
5Cleveland, OH $59,210$48,909$52,074
6Columbus, OH $59,530$49,158$51,491
7Virginia Beach, VA $63,240$50,171$51,226
8San Francisco, CA $76,900$58,990$51,023
16Houston, TX$57,600$48,462$49,135

*Take-home pay divided by the BEA price level, so every city is measured in U.S.-average dollars. See all 37 metros →

About the job: production, planning, and expediting clerks

Coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedule. Duties include reviewing and distributing production, work, and shipment schedules; conferring with department supervisors to determine progress of work and completion dates; and compiling reports on progress of work, inventory levels, costs, and production problems.

Typical education
High school diploma or equivalent
Work experience
None required
On-the-job training
Moderate-term on-the-job training
Job outlook, 2025–35
-1.3% (declining)

Source: BLS Standard Occupational Classification and Employment Projections, 2025–35.

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Frequently asked questions

How much does a production, planning, and expediting clerks make in Houston, TX?

The median production, planning, and expediting clerks salary in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area is $57,600 a year, or about $27.69 an hour, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025). The middle half earn between $44,770 and $75,500.

What is a production, planning, and expediting clerks’s take-home pay in Houston, TX?

On the median $57,600 salary, a single filer living in Texas takes home about $48,462 a year ($4,038 a month) after federal tax, Social Security, Medicare in 2026.

Is Houston, TX a good place to work as a production, planning, and expediting clerks?

Pay here is 3% below the national median of $59,650. Local prices are 1.4% below the U.S. average, so the take-home pay buys what $49,135 would in a typical U.S. city. Houston, TX ranks #16 of 37 metro areas for cost-of-living-adjusted pay in this job.

Can a production, planning, and expediting clerks afford rent in Houston, TX?

HUD’s fair market rent for a one-bedroom in Houston, TX is $1,316 a month ($1,558 for two bedrooms) — 33% of a median production, planning, and expediting clerks’s monthly take-home pay. Financial planners usually suggest keeping rent under about 30%.

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