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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018
43-5081 Stock Clerks and Order Fillers
Receive, store, and issue sales floor merchandise, materials, equipment, and other items from stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard to fill shelves, racks, tables, or customers' orders. May mark prices on merchandise and set up sales displays. Excludes "Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand" (53-7062), and "Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks" (43-5071).
National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 2,056,030 |
0.6 % |
$13.71 |
$28,520 |
0.2 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$9.41 |
$10.68 |
$12.36 |
$15.62 |
$19.79 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$19,580 |
$22,220 |
$25,700 |
$32,490 |
$41,150 |
Industry profile for this occupation:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Food and Beverage Stores (4451 and 4452 only) |
538,530 |
18.42 |
$12.78 |
$26,580 |
| General Merchandise Stores |
525,830 |
16.52 |
$12.35 |
$25,690 |
| Building Material and Supplies Dealers |
102,980 |
8.89 |
$12.98 |
$27,000 |
| Warehousing and Storage |
99,770 |
8.71 |
$16.20 |
$33,690 |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only) |
66,870 |
6.81 |
$15.67 |
$32,590 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Food and Beverage Stores (4451 and 4452 only) |
538,530 |
18.42 |
$12.78 |
$26,580 |
| General Merchandise Stores |
525,830 |
16.52 |
$12.35 |
$25,690 |
| Building Material and Supplies Dealers |
102,980 |
8.89 |
$12.98 |
$27,000 |
| Warehousing and Storage |
99,770 |
8.71 |
$16.20 |
$33,690 |
| Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores |
11,620 |
7.28 |
$12.44 |
$25,880 |
Top paying industries for this occupation:
Geographic profile for this occupation:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
241,400 |
14.19 |
1.00 |
$14.86 |
$30,900 |
| Texas |
168,060 |
13.87 |
0.98 |
$13.76 |
$28,610 |
| Florida |
142,260 |
16.53 |
1.16 |
$12.86 |
$26,740 |
| New York |
110,880 |
11.81 |
0.83 |
$14.05 |
$29,220 |
| Illinois |
103,660 |
17.30 |
1.22 |
$14.19 |
$29,520 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New Hampshire |
14,050 |
21.51 |
1.51 |
$13.68 |
$28,450 |
| Tennessee |
57,190 |
19.34 |
1.36 |
$12.85 |
$26,730 |
| Illinois |
103,660 |
17.30 |
1.22 |
$14.19 |
$29,520 |
| New Jersey |
68,040 |
16.80 |
1.18 |
$13.90 |
$28,900 |
| Florida |
142,260 |
16.53 |
1.16 |
$12.86 |
$26,740 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Washington |
33,180 |
10.18 |
0.72 |
$16.81 |
$34,960 |
| District of Columbia |
3,300 |
4.63 |
0.33 |
$16.59 |
$34,510 |
| Alaska |
4,890 |
15.51 |
1.09 |
$16.29 |
$33,880 |
| Wyoming |
3,170 |
11.79 |
0.83 |
$15.23 |
$31,680 |
| Massachusetts |
46,490 |
13.02 |
0.92 |
$15.17 |
$31,560 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
126,000 |
13.27 |
0.93 |
$14.11 |
$29,340 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
87,250 |
14.26 |
1.00 |
$14.80 |
$30,780 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
80,860 |
17.42 |
1.23 |
$14.19 |
$29,510 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
54,380 |
15.24 |
1.07 |
$14.40 |
$29,960 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
47,080 |
18.17 |
1.28 |
$12.75 |
$26,520 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
41,390 |
13.88 |
0.98 |
$13.83 |
$28,770 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
40,630 |
14.26 |
1.00 |
$13.06 |
$27,170 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
36,870 |
13.37 |
0.94 |
$15.16 |
$31,530 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
36,560 |
13.63 |
0.96 |
$13.11 |
$27,270 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
35,590 |
23.84 |
1.68 |
$14.28 |
$29,690 |
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United States Department of Labor
