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title: "Stocker and Order Filler"
description: "Receive, store, and issue merchandise, materials, equipment, and other items from stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard to fill shelves, racks, tables…"
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last-updated: "2026-08-23T15:56:39.581Z"
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# Stocker and Order Filler

**Category:** Transportation and Material Moving · **SOC code:** 53-7065 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 53-7065.00

Receive, store, and issue merchandise, materials, equipment, and other items from stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard to fill shelves, racks, tables, or customers' orders. May operate power equipment to fill orders. May mark prices on merchandise and set up sales displays.

Also advertised as: Checker Stocker; Inventory Specialist; Inventory Technician (Inventory Tech); Label Maker; Marking Clerk; Order Filler; Order Picker; Stock Clerk.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $37,330 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $17.95/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $30,110 to $49,260, with the middle half between $34,450 and $44,650
- **Total US employment:** 2,833,810
- **Typical entry education:** No formal credential
- **Preparation required:** Little or no preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +8.5% over 2024–2034 (BLS EP, 2024–2034)
- **Annual job openings:** 472,300 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 50/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 2,833,810 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $30,110 |
| 25th | $34,450 |
| 50th (median) | $37,330 |
| 75th | $44,650 |
| 90th | $49,260 |
| Mean (average) | $39,540 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WA | $44,620 | $41,696 | 57,370 |
| OR | $43,480 | $42,066 | 42,690 |
| CA | $42,870 | $38,719 | 310,870 |
| CO | $42,350 | $41,096 | 55,520 |
| CT | $40,590 | $39,176 | 35,490 |
| AK | $40,310 | $39,381 | 6,770 |
| DC | $39,640 | $36,069 | 3,150 |
| WY | $39,580 | $42,701 | 4,800 |
| HI | $39,300 | $35,743 | 8,830 |
| MT | $39,050 | $41,259 | 8,900 |
| NY | $39,030 | $36,165 | 146,140 |
| MD | $37,690 | $35,909 | 34,980 |
| UT | $37,690 | $38,123 | 26,730 |
| IL | $37,680 | $37,696 | 109,240 |
| SD | $37,650 | $42,501 | 11,460 |

39 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 54 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/stocker-and-order-filler/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/stocker-and-order-filler.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 2,764,800 in the 2024–2034 base year to 2,999,800 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 235,000 jobs, or +8.5%. Much faster than average: 8.5% against 3.1% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 472,300 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2024–2034.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** No formal educational credential (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Little or no preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** None.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** Short-term on-the-job training.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| High School Diploma | 56.6% |
| Some College Courses | 29.6% |
| Less than a High School Diploma | 7.8% |
| Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) | 3.7% |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 2.1% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 0.3% |

## What the work involves

- Receive, unload, open, unpack, or issue sales floor merchandise.
- Answer customers' questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection.
- Dispose of damaged or defective items, or return them to vendors.
- Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with new or transferred merchandise.
- Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or on computer.
- Store items in an orderly and accessible manner in warehouses, tool rooms, supply rooms, or other areas.
- Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in stockrooms, warehouses, or storage yards.
- Clean and maintain supplies, tools, equipment, and storage areas to ensure compliance with safety regulations.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Active Listening — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Reading Comprehension — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 2.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 2.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 2.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Learning Strategies — importance 2.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Social Perceptiveness — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Service Orientation — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 2.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 2.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 2.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Systems Analysis — importance 2.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Management of Personnel Resources — importance 2.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Persuasion — importance 2.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Customer and Personal Service — importance 3.2 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Public Safety and Security — importance 2.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Transportation — importance 2.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 2.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administrative — importance 2.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Near Vision — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Comprehension — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Trunk Strength — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Comprehension — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Expression — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Manual Dexterity — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Conventional (C), Realistic (R), Enterprising (E).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| C — Conventional | 6.25 |
| R — Realistic | 4.79 |
| E — Enterprising | 3.29 |
| S — Social | 1.88 |
| I — Investigative | 1.00 |
| A — Artistic | 1.00 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ESTJ | 86.4 |
| ISTJ | 86.1 |
| ISFJ | 81.2 |
| ESFJ | 73.9 |
| ESTP | 58.7 |

Best-fitting types: ESTJ, ISTJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/shipping-receiving-and-inventory-clerk) — median $45,260
- [Counter and Rental Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/counter-and-rental-clerk) — median $41,300
- [Weigher, Measurer, Checker, and Sampler, Recordkeeping](https://nuecareer.com/careers/weigher-measurer-checker-and-sampler-recordkeeping) — median $46,380
- [Laborer and Freight, Stock, and Material Mover, Hand](https://nuecareer.com/careers/laborer-and-freight-stock-and-material-mover-hand) — median $40,240
- [Retail Salesperson](https://nuecareer.com/careers/retail-salesperson) — median $35,410
- [Postal Service Mail Sorter, Processor, and Processing Machine Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/postal-service-mail-sorter-processor-and-processing-machine-operator) — median $58,470
- [Cashier](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cashier) — median $32,880
- [Postal Service Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/postal-service-clerk) — median $62,130
- [Mail Clerk and Mail Machine Operator, Except Postal Service](https://nuecareer.com/careers/mail-clerk-and-mail-machine-operator) — median $39,280
- [Order Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/order-clerk) — median $46,170

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 30.3 Database, May 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2024–2034. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BLS OOH** — BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2024–2034 edition. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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