• Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2022

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)
2,842,060	0.3 %	$ 17.09	$ 35,550	0.4 %

Percentile wage estimates for Stockers and Order Fillers:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 12.35	$ 14.29	$ 16.45	$ 18.66	$ 22.77
Annual Wage (2)	$ 25,680	$ 29,730	$ 34,220	$ 38,810	$ 47,360

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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 Retailers	859,250	26.69	$ 16.04	$ 33,370
Food and Beverage Retailers (4451 and 4452 only)	644,650	21.59	$ 15.40	$ 32,030
Warehousing and Storage	419,710	22.07	$ 20.29	$ 42,190
Building Material and Supplies Dealers	121,320	9.79	$ 15.83	$ 32,920
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only)	91,520	9.35	$ 19.07	$ 39,670

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	859,250	26.69	$ 16.04	$ 33,370
Warehousing and Storage	419,710	22.07	$ 20.29	$ 42,190
Food and Beverage Retailers (4451 and 4452 only)	644,650	21.59	$ 15.40	$ 32,030
Building Material and Supplies Dealers	121,320	9.79	$ 15.83	$ 32,920
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only)	91,520	9.35	$ 19.07	$ 39,670

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	500	0.45	$ 43.73	$ 90,960
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	2,470	0.65	$ 35.34	$ 73,510
Postal Service (federal government)	410	0.07	$ 32.64	$ 67,900
Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakes Water Transportation	70	0.20	$ 32.07	$ 66,700
Oil and Gas Extraction	100	0.10	$ 30.98	$ 64,440

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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	302,100	17.13	0.89	$ 19.09	$ 39,710
Texas	266,780	20.53	1.07	$ 16.72	$ 34,770
Florida	239,510	26.00	1.35	$ 16.07	$ 33,430
New York	133,490	14.65	0.76	$ 18.70	$ 38,890
Ohio	129,050	24.01	1.25	$ 17.32	$ 36,030

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	50,090	26.37	1.37	$ 17.17	$ 35,720
Florida	239,510	26.00	1.35	$ 16.07	$ 33,430
Oregon	46,430	24.48	1.27	$ 18.21	$ 37,870
Tennessee	75,050	24.04	1.25	$ 15.70	$ 32,660
Ohio	129,050	24.01	1.25	$ 17.32	$ 36,030

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	54,970	16.14	0.84	$ 19.50	$ 40,570
California	302,100	17.13	0.89	$ 19.09	$ 39,710
Alaska	6,690	21.86	1.14	$ 18.87	$ 39,250
District of Columbia	3,100	4.49	0.23	$ 18.83	$ 39,160
New York	133,490	14.65	0.76	$ 18.70	$ 38,890

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	143,270	15.60	0.81	$ 18.45	$ 38,370
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	92,330	15.14	0.79	$ 18.38	$ 38,240
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	90,790	23.86	1.24	$ 17.38	$ 36,150
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	70,020	15.85	0.82	$ 17.80	$ 37,020
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	62,220	23.71	1.23	$ 16.29	$ 33,890
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	58,910	19.29	1.00	$ 16.77	$ 34,870
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	52,840	32.37	1.68	$ 19.60	$ 40,770
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	49,240	18.05	0.94	$ 16.24	$ 33,770
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	47,620	17.19	0.89	$ 16.72	$ 34,780
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	45,060	20.29	1.06	$ 17.61	$ 36,640