Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019
53-7065 Stockers and Order Fillers
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. Excludes “Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks” (43-5071), “Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand” (53-7062), and “Packers and Packagers, Hand” (53-7064).
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) |
| 2,135,850 |
0.7 % |
$14.26 |
$29,660 |
0.2 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$9.87 |
$11.29 |
$13.16 |
$16.30 |
$20.23 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$20,520 |
$23,480 |
$27,380 |
$33,910 |
$42,080 |
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) |
543,790 |
18.68 |
$13.33 |
$27,730 |
| General Merchandise Stores |
542,570 |
17.34 |
$12.84 |
$26,710 |
| Warehousing and Storage |
178,270 |
14.68 |
$16.59 |
$34,510 |
| Building Material and Supplies Dealers |
103,940 |
9.07 |
$13.57 |
$28,230 |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only) |
72,510 |
7.34 |
$16.03 |
$33,350 |
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) |
543,790 |
18.68 |
$13.33 |
$27,730 |
| General Merchandise Stores |
542,570 |
17.34 |
$12.84 |
$26,710 |
| Warehousing and Storage |
178,270 |
14.68 |
$16.59 |
$34,510 |
| Building Material and Supplies Dealers |
103,940 |
9.07 |
$13.57 |
$28,230 |
| Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores |
12,420 |
7.66 |
$12.79 |
$26,600 |
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 |
263,730 |
15.17 |
1.04 |
$15.57 |
$32,390 |
| Texas |
180,680 |
14.53 |
1.00 |
$14.05 |
$29,220 |
| Florida |
140,540 |
15.98 |
1.10 |
$13.36 |
$27,790 |
| New York |
111,920 |
11.75 |
0.81 |
$14.81 |
$30,800 |
| Pennsylvania |
92,520 |
15.68 |
1.08 |
$13.42 |
$27,910 |
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 |
14,340 |
21.71 |
1.49 |
$13.86 |
$28,820 |
| Tennessee |
59,650 |
19.83 |
1.36 |
$13.22 |
$27,500 |
| Kentucky |
32,900 |
17.34 |
1.19 |
$13.31 |
$27,690 |
| Arizona |
49,290 |
17.19 |
1.18 |
$15.38 |
$32,000 |
| Mississippi |
18,710 |
16.58 |
1.14 |
$13.04 |
$27,130 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| District of Columbia |
2,920 |
4.04 |
0.28 |
$17.80 |
$37,030 |
| Washington |
34,060 |
10.26 |
0.71 |
$17.01 |
$35,390 |
| Alaska |
4,830 |
15.24 |
1.05 |
$16.67 |
$34,670 |
| Massachusetts |
43,620 |
12.05 |
0.83 |
$15.90 |
$33,080 |
| Colorado |
40,590 |
15.15 |
1.04 |
$15.82 |
$32,910 |
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 |
123,580 |
12.80 |
0.88 |
$14.79 |
$30,760 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
87,080 |
13.96 |
0.96 |
$15.43 |
$32,090 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
69,020 |
14.76 |
1.01 |
$14.65 |
$30,470 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
57,060 |
15.60 |
1.07 |
$14.63 |
$30,420 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
49,850 |
32.41 |
2.23 |
$15.33 |
$31,890 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
45,960 |
15.06 |
1.04 |
$14.01 |
$29,130 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
43,200 |
15.02 |
1.03 |
$13.78 |
$28,650 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
42,580 |
16.12 |
1.11 |
$13.13 |
$27,310 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
39,170 |
18.47 |
1.27 |
$15.82 |
$32,910 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
35,320 |
12.87 |
0.89 |
$13.42 |
$27,920 |
United States Department of Labor
