• Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2021

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).

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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)
2,451,430	0.4 %	$ 15.87	$ 33,020	0.2 %

Percentile wage estimates for Stockers and Order Fillers:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 11.28	$ 13.63	$ 14.48	$ 18.02	$ 22.01
Annual Wage (2)	$ 23,460	$ 28,350	$ 30,110	$ 37,470	$ 45,770

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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	652,800	21.16	$ 14.72	$ 30,620
Food and Beverage Stores (4451 and 4452 only)	597,970	20.22	$ 14.59	$ 30,350
Warehousing and Storage	338,100	20.40	$ 18.39	$ 38,260
Building Material and Supplies Dealers	123,890	9.93	$ 14.84	$ 30,870
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only)	81,140	8.75	$ 17.58	$ 36,570

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)
General Merchandise Stores	652,800	21.16	$ 14.72	$ 30,620
Warehousing and Storage	338,100	20.40	$ 18.39	$ 38,260
Food and Beverage Stores (4451 and 4452 only)	597,970	20.22	$ 14.59	$ 30,350
Building Material and Supplies Dealers	123,890	9.93	$ 14.84	$ 30,870
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only)	81,140	8.75	$ 17.58	$ 36,570

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	420	0.38	$ 39.36	$ 81,860
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	2,240	0.60	$ 32.87	$ 68,370
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas	30	0.11	$ 31.55	$ 65,620
Postal Service (federal government)	440	0.07	$ 30.95	$ 64,370
Metal Ore Mining	110	0.28	$ 30.43	$ 63,300

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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	261,130	15.80	0.91	$ 17.84	$ 37,100
Texas	229,580	18.78	1.08	$ 15.70	$ 32,660
Florida	177,600	20.64	1.19	$ 14.99	$ 31,170
New York	118,400	13.66	0.78	$ 17.13	$ 35,620
Ohio	107,630	20.69	1.19	$ 15.66	$ 32,570

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)
Tennessee	73,840	24.72	1.42	$ 14.42	$ 29,990
Oregon	44,330	24.28	1.40	$ 16.97	$ 35,290
New Hampshire	14,470	22.77	1.31	$ 15.17	$ 31,550
Alaska	6,250	21.13	1.21	$ 17.73	$ 36,890
Ohio	107,630	20.69	1.19	$ 15.66	$ 32,570

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)
Washington	48,930	15.26	0.88	$ 18.63	$ 38,750
District of Columbia	2,670	4.03	0.23	$ 18.17	$ 37,790
California	261,130	15.80	0.91	$ 17.84	$ 37,100
Alaska	6,250	21.13	1.21	$ 17.73	$ 36,890
Massachusetts	42,320	12.47	0.72	$ 17.30	$ 35,980

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	128,960	14.86	0.85	$ 17.21	$ 35,800
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	82,840	23.08	1.33	$ 16.31	$ 33,910
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	82,760	14.47	0.83	$ 17.32	$ 36,020
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	64,730	15.29	0.88	$ 16.35	$ 34,010
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	51,710	17.85	1.03	$ 16.00	$ 33,280
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	48,500	19.78	1.14	$ 15.10	$ 31,410
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	46,730	30.54	1.76	$ 17.88	$ 37,190
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	42,340	16.36	0.94	$ 14.87	$ 30,930
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	42,150	15.88	0.91	$ 15.58	$ 32,400
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	39,020	18.44	1.06	$ 16.32	$ 33,950