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Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

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




Top paying metropolitan areas for Stockers and Order Fillers:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Odessa, TX 1,360 18.51 1.16 $ 18.81 $ 39,130
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 17,960 9.19 0.58 $ 18.77 $ 39,040
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 8,250 7.48 0.47 $ 18.55 $ 38,580
Napa, CA 830 11.97 0.75 $ 18.43 $ 38,340
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 410 9.56 0.60 $ 18.38 $ 38,230
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 26,460 11.35 0.71 $ 18.28 $ 38,020
Fairbanks, AK 770 24.80 1.56 $ 18.12 $ 37,680
Yakima, WA 1,340 14.85 0.93 $ 17.78 $ 36,980
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 770 21.96 1.38 $ 17.68 $ 36,770
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 530 11.45 0.72 $ 17.62 $ 36,650

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Stockers and Order Fillers:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area 5,390 20.03 1.26 $ 13.94 $ 29,000
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area 5,240 32.96 2.07 $ 12.47 $ 25,930
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area 4,750 19.89 1.25 $ 13.70 $ 28,500
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area 4,660 25.86 1.63 $ 15.26 $ 31,750
Kansas nonmetropolitan area 4,640 12.27 0.77 $ 13.52 $ 28,120

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

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area 5,240 32.96 2.07 $ 12.47 $ 25,930
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area 1,850 27.64 1.74 $ 13.08 $ 27,210
Southern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area 4,660 25.86 1.63 $ 15.26 $ 31,750
Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area 2,280 25.57 1.61 $ 14.07 $ 29,270
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area 1,950 24.56 1.55 $ 16.17 $ 33,630

Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Stockers and Order Fillers:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area 1,630 14.23 0.90 $ 17.02 $ 35,410
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area 870 9.24 0.58 $ 16.82 $ 34,990
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area 1,820 15.46 0.97 $ 16.77 $ 34,880
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area 2,260 15.25 0.96 $ 16.60 $ 34,520
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area 2,310 17.38 1.09 $ 16.55 $ 34,420


About May 2020 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia. The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.

The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.


(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.


Other OEWS estimates and related information:

May 2020 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2020 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2020 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2020 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2020 Occupation Profiles

Technical Notes

 

Last Modified Date: March 31, 2021