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.
What it pays
Stockers and Order Fillers earn a median of $17.95/hr — about $37,500 a year. The lowest-paid 10% earn $14.48/hr; the top 10% earn $23.68/hr. (Annual figures are approximate: hourly × 2,080.)
Stockers and Order Fillers earn a median of $17.95/hr — about $37,500 a year. The lowest-paid 10% earn $14.48/hr; the top 10% earn $23.68/hr. (Annual figures are approximate: hourly × 2,080.)
What you'd actually do
- Complete order receipts.
- Answer customers' questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection.
- Issue or distribute materials, products, parts, and supplies to customers or coworkers, based on information from incoming requisitions.
- Keep records of out-going orders.
- Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with new or transferred merchandise.
- Operate equipment such as forklifts.
How you get there
Typical entry-level education: Less than high school. Overall preparation: some preparation (Job Zone 2 of 5).
Working for yourself
About 0.2% of stockers and order fillers are self-employed.
Who it tends to fit
This work tends to fit people who are organized and detail-focused, hands-on and take-charge.
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Quick questions
- How much does a stockers and order filler make?
- The median pay is $17.95 per hour — roughly $37,500 a year, with the real range running from about $14.48/hr (10th percentile) to $23.68/hr (90th percentile). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Do you need a degree to be a stockers and order filler?
- The typical entry-level education is: Less than high school. Overall preparation level: some preparation (Job Zone 2 of 5).
- What does a stockers and order filler actually do all day?
- Complete order receipts. Answer customers' questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection. Issue or distribute materials, products, parts, and supplies to customers or coworkers, based on information from incoming requisitions.
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Trailhead is operated by FLEXVermont LLC. It is intended for high-school students age 13 and older, and the educators and families who support them, and is not directed to children under 13. Trailhead is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. It does not offer professional, financial, or career advice, and its wage figures and pathways are estimates that may not fit your situation — they should not be relied on as the sole basis for any decision.