Transportation and Material Moving · Holland code CRE
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.
Also called: Order Filler, Stock Clerk, Stocker, Warehouse Worker, Checker Stocker, Inventory Technician (Inventory Tech), Label Maker, Marking Clerk.
O*NET 53-7065.00
At a glance
- US median annual pay
- $37,330
- Middle half earn $34,450 to $44,650. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
- Preparation needed
- Job Zone 2 of 5
- Some preparation. Zone 1 is little or none; zone 5 is graduate-level.
What the work involves
The tasks workers in this occupation rate as most important, from the O*NET survey.
- 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.
- Compute prices of items or groups of items.
- Operate equipment such as forklifts.
Skills and knowledge it leans on
Skills
- Active Listening3.1 / 5
- Reading Comprehension3.0 / 5
- Speaking2.8 / 5
- Critical Thinking2.8 / 5
- Writing2.6 / 5
- Monitoring2.6 / 5
Knowledge areas
- Customer and Personal Service3.7 / 5
- English Language3.3 / 5
- Public Safety and Security2.9 / 5
- Production and Processing2.7 / 5
- Sales and Marketing2.6 / 5
- Computers and Electronics2.6 / 5
Importance ratings on O*NET’s 1 to 5 scale. Higher means the occupation depends on it more.
Who tends to enjoy it
How strongly this occupation draws on each of the six Holland interest types, which is the same profile the career interests test compares you against.
- Realistic63
- Investigative0
- Artistic0
- Social15
- Enterprising38
- Conventional88
The same work abroad
Other countries classify jobs differently, so these are the closest matches through the international ISCO-08 standard, not exact equivalents.
European occupation titles (ESCO)
- inventory coordinator · DE Warenlagerverwalter/Warenlagerverwalterin · FR coordinateur d’inventaire/coordinatrice d’inventaire
- footwear factory warehouse operator · DE Materialverwalter in Schuhfabrik/Materialverwalterin in Schuhfabrik · FR opérateur en entrepôt dans une usine de chaussures/opératrice en entrepôt dans une usine de chaussures
- raw materials warehouse specialist · DE Fachkraft für Rohstofflager · FR réceptionnaire de matières premières
- warehouse worker · DE Lagerarbeiter/Lagerarbeiterin · FR magasinier/magasinière
- warehouse order picker · DE Warenkommissionierer/Warenkommissioniererin · FR préparateur de commandes/préparatrice de commandes
- shelf filler · DE Regalauffüller/Regalauffüllerin · FR employé de rayon/employée de rayon
Closest UK occupation groups (SOC 2020)
- Shelf fillers (9241)49,600 employed
- Elementary storage occupations n.e.c. (9259)12,000 employed
- Delivery operatives (9253)21,800 employed
Employment is the UK Annual Population Survey for April 2025 to March 2026, all workers in the group, which can be broader than this one occupation.
Pay across Europe, for the whole group
Median annual earnings of all employees in “Clerical support workers”. This is the broad ISCO group this occupation falls in, not the occupation itself, so treat it as context for the wage level, not as a salary for this job.
| Country | Median pay |
|---|---|
| Belgium | €40,035 |
| Austria | €38,296 |
| Germany | €37,844 |
| Netherlands | €35,854 |
| Sweden | €33,483 |
| Ireland | €32,144 |
| Italy | €29,311 |
| France | €25,943 |
| Spain | €22,026 |
| Portugal | €12,602 |
| Poland | €10,250 |
Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey, businesses with ten or more employees outside public administration, in euro and not adjusted for the cost of living. Reference years differ between sources: the US, Japan and Europe figures on this page come from different survey years, so compare them as rough levels, not to the euro or yen.
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