Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2020

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 Stockers and Order Fillers
Industry profile for Stockers and Order Fillers
Geographic profile for Stockers and Order Fillers

National estimates for Stockers and Order Fillers:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Stockers and Order Fillers:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
2,210,960	0.8 %	$ 14.91	$ 31,010	0.2 %

Percentile wage estimates for Stockers and Order Fillers:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 10.29	$ 11.96	$ 14.03	$ 17.06	$ 20.64
Annual Wage (2)	$ 21,410	$ 24,870	$ 29,190	$ 35,490	$ 42,930

Industry profile for Stockers and Order Fillers:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Stockers and Order Fillers are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in Stockers and Order Fillers, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Stockers and Order Fillers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
General Merchandise Stores	563,430	18.82	$ 13.42	$ 27,920
Food and Beverage Stores (4451 and 4452 only)	559,410	19.24	$ 14.04	$ 29,200
Warehousing and Storage	270,440	19.07	$ 17.04	$ 35,440
Building Material and Supplies Dealers	105,540	9.12	$ 14.24	$ 29,630
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only)	76,710	8.10	$ 16.65	$ 34,620

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Stockers and Order Fillers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Food and Beverage Stores (4451 and 4452 only)	559,410	19.24	$ 14.04	$ 29,200
Warehousing and Storage	270,440	19.07	$ 17.04	$ 35,440
General Merchandise Stores	563,430	18.82	$ 13.42	$ 27,920
Building Material and Supplies Dealers	105,540	9.12	$ 14.24	$ 29,630
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only)	76,710	8.10	$ 16.65	$ 34,620

Top paying industries for Stockers and Order Fillers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Natural Gas Distribution	400	0.37	$ 32.84	$ 68,300
Postal Service (federal government)	440	0.07	$ 30.62	$ 63,690
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	2,100	0.55	$ 26.17	$ 54,440
Tobacco Manufacturing	170	1.68	$ 23.89	$ 49,690
Scheduled Air Transportation	4,140	0.94	$ 23.56	$ 49,010

Geographic profile for Stockers and Order Fillers:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Stockers and Order Fillers are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in Stockers and Order Fillers, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in Stockers and Order Fillers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	266,620	16.23	1.02	$ 16.56	$ 34,450
Texas	194,230	16.05	1.01	$ 14.63	$ 30,440
Florida	152,200	18.03	1.13	$ 14.00	$ 29,120
New York	105,740	12.17	0.77	$ 15.67	$ 32,600
Pennsylvania	97,090	17.61	1.11	$ 14.01	$ 29,140

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Stockers and Order Fillers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New Hampshire	14,020	22.63	1.42	$ 14.35	$ 29,860
Oregon	38,250	21.17	1.33	$ 16.37	$ 34,050
Tennessee	59,940	20.64	1.30	$ 13.60	$ 28,290
Kentucky	35,950	20.17	1.27	$ 13.59	$ 28,260
Mississippi	20,540	19.07	1.20	$ 13.68	$ 28,450

Top paying states for Stockers and Order Fillers:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
District of Columbia	2,540	3.70	0.23	$ 19.04	$ 39,600
Washington	34,420	10.77	0.68	$ 17.80	$ 37,030
Alaska	4,700	15.85	1.00	$ 17.06	$ 35,480
Massachusetts	40,700	12.15	0.76	$ 16.60	$ 34,530
California	266,620	16.23	1.02	$ 16.56	$ 34,450

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Stockers and Order Fillers:

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	114,730	12.99	0.82	$ 15.66	$ 32,580
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	79,310	13.62	0.86	$ 16.34	$ 33,990
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	62,860	17.52	1.10	$ 15.47	$ 32,180
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	59,600	13.66	0.86	$ 15.32	$ 31,870
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	57,780	38.79	2.44	$ 16.44	$ 34,200
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	49,680	16.73	1.05	$ 14.44	$ 30,030
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	45,100	17.98	1.13	$ 13.69	$ 28,480
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	40,670	15.08	0.95	$ 14.41	$ 29,970
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	40,140	19.04	1.20	$ 16.23	$ 33,770
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	37,220	14.14	0.89	$ 14.10	$ 29,320

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Stockers and Order Fillers:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	57,780	38.79	2.44	$ 16.44	$ 34,200
Cheyenne, WY	1,610	35.85	2.26	$ 17.20	$ 35,770
Lancaster, PA	7,910	34.02	2.14	$ 14.75	$ 30,690
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA	7,990	32.97	2.07	$ 14.32	$ 29,780
Danville, IL	820	32.53	2.05	$ 15.55	$ 32,340
Harrisonburg, VA	1,970	31.88	2.01	$ 14.62	$ 30,410
Albany, OR	1,340	31.28	1.97	$ 16.27	$ 33,830
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	8,680	27.86	1.75	$ 14.10	$ 29,320
Jackson, MI	1,250	26.97	1.70	$ 14.77	$ 30,730
Elmira, NY	840	26.59	1.67	$ 14.56	$ 30,280