Stockers and Order Fillers Career, Salary and Skills
Stockers and Order Fillers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $37,330 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 2,833,810. Wage data is published for 447 locations.
Occupation description
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.
O*NET code
53-7065.00
Job zone
2
Typical education
Not recorded
Experience
None
National salary and employment
Median annual
$37,330
Hourly median
$17.95
Employment
2,833,810
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Active Listening | 3.12 | 3.00 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.00 | 2.88 |
| Coordination | 2.75 | 2.50 |
| Speaking | 2.75 | 2.62 |
| Service Orientation | 2.75 | 2.38 |
| Critical Thinking | 2.75 | 2.25 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 2.75 | 2.50 |
| Monitoring | 2.62 | 2.62 |
| Writing | 2.62 | 2.50 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 2.62 | 2.12 |
Typical tasks
- Answer customers' questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection.
- Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or on computer.
- Receive, unload, open, unpack, or issue sales floor merchandise.
- Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with new or transferred merchandise.
- Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in stockrooms, warehouses, or storage yards.
- Mark stock items, using identification tags, stamps, electric marking tools, or other labeling equipment.
- Store items in an orderly and accessible manner in warehouses, tool rooms, supply rooms, or other areas.
- Take inventory or examine merchandise to identify items to be reordered or replenished.
Technology
- Apple Safari
- Data entry software
- Eko
- Email software
- Google Docs
- Handheld computer device software
- Inventory management systems
- Inventory tracking software
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Microsoft Edge
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
Stockers and Order Fillers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Stockers and Order Fillers Salary in TXMedian $36,840 · Employment 322,710
- Stockers and Order Fillers Salary in CAMedian $42,870 · Employment 310,870
- Stockers and Order Fillers Salary in FLMedian $36,400 · Employment 171,380
- Stockers and Order Fillers Salary in NYMedian $39,030 · Employment 146,140
- Stockers and Order Fillers Salary in New York, NYMedian $38,600 · Employment 131,080
- Stockers and Order Fillers Salary in OHMedian $37,130 · Employment 129,760
- Stockers and Order Fillers Salary in PAMedian $36,640 · Employment 119,840
- Stockers and Order Fillers Salary in Dallas, TXMedian $37,590 · Employment 111,100
- Stockers and Order Fillers Salary in ILMedian $37,680 · Employment 109,240
- Stockers and Order Fillers Salary in NCMedian $35,950 · Employment 87,510
- Stockers and Order Fillers Salary in GAMedian $35,620 · Employment 86,660
- Stockers and Order Fillers Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $38,650 · Employment 85,630
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.