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Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

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:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Natural Gas Distribution 450 0.41 $32.65 $67,910
Postal Service (federal government) 440 0.07 $29.69 $61,760
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution 2,190 0.57 $25.71 $53,480
Tobacco Manufacturing 110 1.07 $25.34 $52,710
Scheduled Air Transportation 3,890 0.86 $24.34 $50,620


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




Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 49,850 32.41 2.23 $15.33 $31,890
Harrisonburg, VA 1,850 28.83 1.98 $13.90 $28,910
Jackson, MI 1,500 26.79 1.84 $14.50 $30,150
Lancaster, PA 6,600 26.51 1.82 $13.45 $27,970
Elmira, NY 910 26.23 1.80 $13.88 $28,880
Danville, IL 690 26.12 1.80 $14.89 $30,970
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 5,890 25.64 1.76 $14.16 $29,440
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA 6,490 24.98 1.72 $13.28 $27,620
Terre Haute, IN 1,640 24.91 1.71 $11.87 $24,700
Dubuque, IA 1,460 24.67 1.70 $14.53 $30,230




Top paying metropolitan areas for this occupation:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Odessa, TX 1,350 16.57 1.14 $18.46 $38,390
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 18,040 8.93 0.61 $18.04 $37,530
Fairbanks, AK 790 23.74 1.63 $17.47 $36,340
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 27,280 11.03 0.76 $17.39 $36,170
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN 1,480 15.81 1.09 $17.35 $36,090
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 9,160 8.03 0.55 $17.02 $35,400
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 620 12.39 0.85 $16.99 $35,340
Anchorage, AK 2,860 16.40 1.13 $16.74 $34,820
Midland, TX 920 8.28 0.57 $16.66 $34,650
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 440 9.97 0.69 $16.61 $34,540

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Kansas nonmetropolitan area 4,890 12.41 0.85 $13.19 $27,430
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area 4,870 18.99 1.31 $13.23 $27,510
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area 4,550 16.43 1.13 $13.68 $28,450
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area 3,990 20.71 1.42 $14.60 $30,360
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area 3,730 14.35 0.99 $13.14 $27,340

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area 2,400 25.60 1.76 $13.49 $28,060
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area 1,810 24.41 1.68 $12.24 $25,460
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area 1,980 22.65 1.56 $13.69 $28,470
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area 1,810 22.00 1.51 $16.04 $33,360
West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area 2,130 20.75 1.43 $13.99 $29,100

Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area 1,470 11.99 0.82 $17.15 $35,670
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area 1,130 17.49 1.20 $16.81 $34,970
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area 870 8.68 0.60 $16.35 $34,010
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area 800 11.21 0.77 $16.20 $33,700
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area 1,910 13.47 0.93 $16.17 $33,630


About May 2019 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia. The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.

The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate--50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.


(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.


Other OES estimates and related information:

May 2019 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 Occupation Profiles

Technical Notes

 

Last Modified Date: July 6, 2020