Transportation and material moving
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.
Median pay
$37,330
Growth to 2035
+9%
faster than average
Openings a year
430,700
Time to qualify*
1 month
* From a bachelor's degree in an unrelated field.
Pay
Stockers and order fillers
Getting in
- Typical entry education
- No formal educational credential
- On-the-job training
- Short-term on-the-job training
- Prior experience
- None
What the work is like
Dealing with the public
Unpleasant or angry people
Time pressure
Cost of a mistake
Freedom to make decisions
Repeating the same tasks
Time sitting
Time standing
Outdoors in all weather
Hazardous conditions
Stockers and order fillers: 36% usually work over 40 hours a week
Core tasks
- Take inventory or examine merchandise to identify items to be reordered or replenished.
- Answer customers' questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection.
- Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or on computer.
- Receive, unload, open, unpack, or issue sales floor merchandise.
- Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with new or transferred merchandise.
- Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in stockrooms, warehouses, or storage yards.
- Mark stock items, using identification tags, stamps, electric marking tools, or other labeling equipment.
- Store items in an orderly and accessible manner in warehouses, tool rooms, supply rooms, or other areas.
Also called: Checker Stocker · Inventory Technician (Inventory Tech) · Label Maker · Marking Clerk · Order Filler · Order Picker · Stock Clerk · Stocker
Outlook and AI
Stockers and order fillers held 2,804,300 jobs in 2025. BLS projects 3,055,000 by 2035 (+9%, faster than average; all jobs: +3.5%).
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