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Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Salary in San Jose, CA

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area earn a median $76,500 a year — 28% more than the national median. After 2026 taxes, that is $58,745 take-home, or $4,895 a month.

Median salary
$76,500
$36.78 per hour
Typical range
$50,830 – $101,710
10th to 90th percentile
Jobs in San Jose, CA
3,360
1.18× national concentration
▲2.6%
Pay trend: The median for production, planning, and expediting clerks in San Jose, CA rose from $74,580 (May 2024) to $76,500 (May 2025). That roughly kept pace with inflation (2.4%).

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Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks in San Jose, CA
Deductions, kids & local tax

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

Your take-home pay
$58,745
per year · effective tax rate 23.2%
$4,895Monthly
$2,448Twice a month
$2,259Every 2 weeks
$28.24Hourly
  • Federal income tax$8,000
  • Social Security (6.2%)$4,743
  • Medicare (1.45%)$1,109
  • California income tax$2,908
  • CA State Disability Insurance (SDI)$995
  • Take-home pay$58,745

Marginal rate: 22% federal + 8.00% state

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Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks pay by experience in San Jose, CA

PercentileSalaryHourlyTake-home / yrPer month
10th percentile (entry level)$50,830$24.44$41,262$3,438
25th percentile$61,560$29.60$49,100$4,092
Median (50th)$76,500$36.78$58,745$4,895
75th percentile$93,250$44.83$68,776$5,731
90th percentile (top earners)$101,710$48.90$73,831$6,153

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

What $76,500 buys in San Jose, CA

Prices in San Jose, CA are 10.4% higher than the U.S. average (housing costs are 2.12× the national average). Adjusted for local prices, a median production, planning, and expediting clerks's $58,745 take-home pay has the buying power of $53,200 in a typical American city.

1-bedroom rent
$2,957
60% of monthly take-home
2-bedroom rent
$3,464
71% of monthly take-home
Left after 1-BR rent
$1,938
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 San Jose, CA as in the U.S. overall (location quotient 1.18).

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

San Jose, CA ranks #2 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

*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 San Jose, CA?

The median production, planning, and expediting clerks salary in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area is $76,500 a year, or about $36.78 an hour, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025). The middle half earn between $61,560 and $93,250.

What is a production, planning, and expediting clerks’s take-home pay in San Jose, CA?

On the median $76,500 salary, a single filer living in California takes home about $58,745 a year ($4,895 a month) after federal tax, Social Security, Medicare and $3,902 in California taxes in 2026.

Is San Jose, CA a good place to work as a production, planning, and expediting clerks?

Pay here is 28% above the national median of $59,650. Local prices are 10.4% above the U.S. average, so the take-home pay buys what $53,200 would in a typical U.S. city. San Jose, CA ranks #2 of 37 metro areas for cost-of-living-adjusted pay in this job.

Can a production, planning, and expediting clerks afford rent in San Jose, CA?

HUD’s fair market rent for a one-bedroom in San Jose, CA is $2,957 a month ($3,464 for two bedrooms) — 60% 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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