• Stockers and Order Fillers
  • Business, Management and Administration
  • Annual Median Wage
    $ 35,350
    $28,500 range bar $46,840
    Annual NC Wage Range
    Growth Rate
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    Fast Growing
  • 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 do they typically do

  • Clean and maintain supplies, tools, equipment, and storage areas to comply with safety regulations
  • Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or on a computer
  • Compute prices of items or groups of items
  • Mark stock items using identification tags, stamps, electric marking tools, or other labeling equipment
  • Obtain merchandise from bins or shelves
  • Compare inventory computations to physical counts of stock, and investigate inconsistencies or adjust errors
  • Read orders to ascertain catalog numbers, sizes, colors, and quantities of merchandise
  • Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in stockrooms, warehouses, or storage yards

Number of Jobs

Average Annual
Job Growth +1.3%
Job Openings 17,182

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Industry/Employer

Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services
Apparel/Piece Goods Merchant Wholesalers
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Building Foundation/Exterior Contractors
Commercial Goods Merchant Wholesalers
Converted Paper Product Manufacturing
Drycleaning and Laundry Services
Electronic Markets and Agents/Brokers
Emergency and Other Relief Services
Furniture and Home Furnishings Retailers
Health and Personal Care Retailers
Machinery & Supply Merchant Wholesalers
Management of Companies and Enterprises
Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories
Medical Equipment and Supplies Mfg
Nursing Care Facilities
Other Miscellaneous Retailers
Pharmaceutical & Medicine Manufacturing
Printing and Related Support Activities
Scheduled Air Transportation
Sporting Goods, Hobby, and Musical Instrument Retailers
Textile and Fabric Finishing and Fabric

Education & Training

  • Education

    These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
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