SOC 43-5061 · Elkhart-Goshen, IN metro

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Salary in Elkhart, IN

The average salary for production, planning, and expediting clerks in Elkhart, Indiana is $61,360 a year ($29.50 an hour), according to BLS estimates for May 2025. The median is $58,650: half of the 490 people in this job in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN metro area earn more than that, half earn less. That average is about the same as the U.S. average for this job ($62,150).

$61,360average per year

$29.50 / hourMedian $58,650Take-home ≈ $48,465

  • $45K10th
  • $50K25th
  • $59KMedian
  • $73K75th
  • $84K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

490people in this job
-1%vs U.S. average
#5 of 12Indiana metros
90cost of living (U.S. = 100)
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Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks pay range in Elkhart

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $44,510 a year or less, while the top 10% make $83,990 or more. The middle half of production, planning, and expediting clerks in Elkhart earn between $50,440 and $72,790.

  • $45K10th
  • $50K25th
  • $59KMedian
  • $73K75th
  • $84K90th

median average · bar = middle 50% of workers · how to read it

Pay levelPer yearPer monthPer hour*
Average$61,360$5,113$29.50
Median$58,650$4,888$28.20
Entry level (25th percentile)$50,440$4,203$24.25
Experienced (75th percentile)$72,790$6,066$35.00

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Hourly to annual salary.

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks pay in Elkhart vs. Indiana and the U.S.

Production, planning, and expediting clerks in Elkhart earn about the same as the Indiana average ($60,590) and about the same as the U.S. average ($62,150). At the median the gap is -2% against the U.S. median of $59,650.

AreaAverageMedian10th pct.90th pct.Jobs
Elkhart$61,360$58,650$44,510$83,990490
Indiana$60,590$58,980$40,700$80,7409,100
United States$62,150$59,650$40,080$86,000390,160

State and U.S. rows: BLS statewide and national estimates, May 2025, which include rural areas.

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks salary after taxes in Elkhart

On the average salary of $61,360, a single filer in Elkhart takes home about $48,465 a year, or $4,039 a month and $1,864 every two weeks. Taxes take 21% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). Includes Elkhart's local income tax (2%).

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Is Elkhart a good place for production, planning, and expediting clerks? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Elkhart area are 10% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 90.3), so the average $61,360 buys what about $67,932 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.2 times the median wage of all jobs in Elkhart ($48,070). A typical home costs $265,734, or 4.3 years of this average salary before tax.

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Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks salary in other Indiana cities

Elkhart ranks 5th of 12 Indiana metro areas for this job; Bloomington pays the most ($63,920).

All Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks salaries in Indiana

Highest-paying cities for production, planning, and expediting clerks

Idaho Falls, ID pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($90,150).

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks salary by city

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Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks salary in Elkhart: questions

How much do production, planning, and expediting clerks make an hour in Elkhart?

$29.50 an hour on average, and $28.20 at the median (BLS, May 2025).

What is the entry-level production, planning, and expediting clerks salary in Elkhart?

The lowest-paid 10% earn about $44,510 a year and the 25th percentile is $50,440, a fair guide to starting pay.

What is the production, planning, and expediting clerks take-home pay in Elkhart?

About $48,465 a year ($4,039 a month) for a single filer on the average salary of $61,360. Includes Elkhart's local income tax (2%).

Do production, planning, and expediting clerks earn more in Elkhart than elsewhere?

The average here is about the same as the U.S. average for this job ($62,150).

Sources and how to read this page

  • Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 estimates for metropolitan areas. SOC code 43-5061; area Elkhart-Goshen, IN (21140). Relative standard error of the mean wage: 0.9%.
  • U.S. and statewide figures: BLS OEWS national and state estimates, May 2025, every employer including rural areas.
  • Cost of living: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional price parities (RPP), 2024; 100 = U.S. average.
  • Home value: Zillow Home Value Index. Typical-wage figure: OEWS all occupations, same metro.
  • Take-home pay: Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules). Includes Elkhart's local income tax (2%).
  • Job concentration: location quotient 1.54, this job is 1.5 times as concentrated as in the U.S. overall.

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