Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2023
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) |
| 2,872,680 |
0.3 % |
$ 18.27 |
$ 37,990 |
0.1 % |
Percentile wage estimates for Stockers and Order Fillers:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$ 14.02 |
$ 15.46 |
$ 17.50 |
$ 19.89 |
$ 23.50 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 29,150 |
$ 32,160 |
$ 36,390 |
$ 41,370 |
$ 48,890 |
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 Retailers |
889,180 |
27.66 |
$ 17.50 |
$ 36,390 |
| Food and Beverage Retailers (4451 and 4452 only) |
631,160 |
20.79 |
$ 16.43 |
$ 34,170 |
| Warehousing and Storage |
451,860 |
23.62 |
$ 21.13 |
$ 43,950 |
| Building Material and Supplies Dealers |
112,990 |
9.11 |
$ 16.97 |
$ 35,300 |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only) |
88,630 |
8.70 |
$ 20.20 |
$ 42,010 |
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 Retailers |
889,180 |
27.66 |
$ 17.50 |
$ 36,390 |
| Warehousing and Storage |
451,860 |
23.62 |
$ 21.13 |
$ 43,950 |
| Food and Beverage Retailers (4451 and 4452 only) |
631,160 |
20.79 |
$ 16.43 |
$ 34,170 |
| Building Material and Supplies Dealers |
112,990 |
9.11 |
$ 16.97 |
$ 35,300 |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only) |
88,630 |
8.70 |
$ 20.20 |
$ 42,010 |
Top paying industries for Stockers and Order Fillers:
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 |
290,400 |
16.18 |
0.86 |
$ 20.52 |
$ 42,680 |
| Texas |
280,920 |
20.72 |
1.10 |
$ 17.88 |
$ 37,190 |
| Florida |
217,000 |
22.68 |
1.20 |
$ 17.27 |
$ 35,930 |
| New York |
137,380 |
14.63 |
0.77 |
$ 19.44 |
$ 40,430 |
| Illinois |
136,940 |
22.78 |
1.20 |
$ 18.40 |
$ 38,270 |
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) |
| Kentucky |
52,180 |
26.58 |
1.41 |
$ 18.36 |
$ 38,190 |
| Ohio |
135,260 |
24.73 |
1.31 |
$ 17.96 |
$ 37,350 |
| Mississippi |
28,170 |
24.50 |
1.29 |
$ 16.91 |
$ 35,160 |
| New Hampshire |
16,040 |
23.76 |
1.26 |
$ 17.98 |
$ 37,400 |
| South Dakota |
10,540 |
23.72 |
1.25 |
$ 16.74 |
$ 34,810 |
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 |
57,010 |
16.31 |
0.86 |
$ 21.00 |
$ 43,670 |
| California |
290,400 |
16.18 |
0.86 |
$ 20.52 |
$ 42,680 |
| Alaska |
6,630 |
21.28 |
1.12 |
$ 19.89 |
$ 41,360 |
| District of Columbia |
3,320 |
4.73 |
0.25 |
$ 19.71 |
$ 40,990 |
| Wyoming |
4,780 |
17.46 |
0.92 |
$ 19.69 |
$ 40,960 |
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 |
142,080 |
14.96 |
0.79 |
$ 19.17 |
$ 39,860 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
102,930 |
22.84 |
1.21 |
$ 18.76 |
$ 39,020 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
95,280 |
24.02 |
1.27 |
$ 18.46 |
$ 38,390 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
92,910 |
15.02 |
0.79 |
$ 19.67 |
$ 40,920 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
60,410 |
19.00 |
1.00 |
$ 17.97 |
$ 37,370 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
54,820 |
20.14 |
1.06 |
$ 17.18 |
$ 35,730 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
50,390 |
17.89 |
0.95 |
$ 17.76 |
$ 36,950 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
47,990 |
28.88 |
1.53 |
$ 21.49 |
$ 44,710 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
47,040 |
16.62 |
0.88 |
$ 18.11 |
$ 37,660 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
39,990 |
17.47 |
0.92 |
$ 18.78 |
$ 39,060 |
United States Department of Labor
