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Also called clerical production worker, paperboard products production scheduler, production assistant and production associate.
$59,650
Median pay a year
390,160
People do this work
6
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Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerk
Summary
Production clerk coordinating and expediting work and materials flow between departments according to schedules, reviewing documents, arranging deliveries, and compiling reports on progress and inventory levels
Experience
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerk
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Distributed production schedules or work orders to departments
Revised production schedules due to design changes or material shortages
Reviewed documents to determine personnel or materials requirements
Arranged for delivery and distribution of supplies to meet production schedules
Conferred with personnel and vendors to coordinate production activities
Requisitioned and maintained inventories of materials to meet production demands
Compiled information for status reports on production rates and materials used
Skills
Core Skills
Conferencing with coworkers, Compiling data or documentation, Reading work orders, Inspecting items for damage, Examining documents, Calculating costs of goods or services, Preparing reference materials
Technical Skills
Maintaining operational records, Recording personnel information, Recording production information
Education
High School Diploma Your school, Year
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Gave work orders to departmentsChanged schedules when neededChecked documents for materials neededArranged delivery of suppliesTalked with staff and customersKept track of materials in stock
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Distributed work orders to various departments, ensuring timely execution of production tasks
Reviewed and verified documents for materials needed, maintaining accuracy in inventory management
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Distributed work orders to several departments each shift, ensuring timely execution of production tasks
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Reviewed and verified documents for materials needed, maintaining accuracy in inventory management
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Reduced errors in material ordersStreamlined inventory checksImproved supply availability
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Conferencing with coworkers
Compiling data or documentation
Maintaining operational records
Reading work orders
Inspecting items for damage
Examining documents
Calculating costs of goods or services
Recording personnel information
Recording production information
Preparing reference materials
Providing information
Ordering equipment
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What a Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerk does
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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.
What it pays
How much does a Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerk make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$47,820
Median
$59,650
75th percentile
$75,000
About 390,160 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
AK
$52,070
$62,590
$74,970
AL
$46,850
$57,240
$71,470
AR
$43,940
$50,350
$65,740
AZ
$48,470
$58,580
$71,290
CA
$49,700
$63,000
$78,230
CO
$53,830
$63,980
$78,470
CT
$52,570
$63,240
$83,630
DC
$60,990
$72,660
$79,090
DE
$48,800
$62,700
$77,080
FL
$44,160
$51,940
$63,110
GA
$47,510
$56,850
$66,730
HI
$50,850
$63,780
$82,930
IA
$50,290
$60,320
$65,760
ID
$47,730
$59,950
$83,390
IL
$47,250
$57,880
$71,760
IN
$47,850
$58,980
$73,420
KS
$46,200
$57,080
$71,960
KY
$45,090
$55,690
$72,950
LA
$47,010
$60,120
$76,050
MA
$49,140
$60,280
$73,330
MD
$47,930
$58,590
$71,840
ME
$37,130
$60,200
$77,440
MI
$49,690
$61,670
$77,310
MN
$51,380
$61,490
$74,960
MO
$45,470
$54,170
$71,170
MS
$41,850
$51,080
$69,240
MT
$43,070
$50,800
$60,990
NC
$44,670
$52,640
$63,810
ND
$50,190
$58,330
$73,210
NE
$47,110
$55,710
$67,220
NH
$50,820
$61,590
$77,230
NJ
$50,050
$62,710
$76,360
NM
$41,910
$49,640
$66,330
NV
$45,660
$55,790
$71,890
NY
$49,500
$60,920
$75,640
OH
$46,190
$57,830
$70,200
OK
$44,630
$56,300
$74,010
OR
$50,320
$60,790
$69,240
PA
$47,430
$59,240
$71,870
PR
$28,300
$37,570
$54,950
RI
$53,550
$65,310
$81,420
SC
$47,300
$57,640
$74,170
SD
$45,200
$50,530
$59,020
TN
$45,980
$53,020
$64,420
TX
$44,340
$55,850
$70,720
UT
$49,900
$61,650
$77,630
VA
$48,980
$61,780
$75,590
VT
$50,250
$60,560
$74,280
WA
$64,150
$77,190
$81,850
WI
$47,820
$58,540
$66,110
WV
$48,710
$56,290
$75,720
WY
$51,540
$69,710
$76,360
Other names
Other names for this job
clerical production worker, paperboard products production scheduler, production assistant, production associate, production checker, production clerk, production control coordinating clerk, production control coordinator, production control expeditor, production control planner, production controller, production coordinator.
More names for this work
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Military jobs this work counts as
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2R211 Maintenance Management Helper
6011 Aviation Production Controller
2R200 Maintenance Management Manager
6012 Aviation Maintenance Controller
0431 Logistics/Embarkation Specialist
2R271 Maintenance Management Craftsman
6018 Quality Assurance Representative
and 8 more service codes map here
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This page is about the occupation Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.