Stockers and Order Fillers
What Stockers and Order Fillers Do
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.
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Career Outlook
National employment outlook, 2024–2034.
- Related work experience
- None
- On-the-job training
- Short-term on-the-job training
- Self-employed
- 0.2%
Source: BLS Employment Projections — 2024-2034.
How Much Preparation Does This Take?
Job Zone 2 of 5Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
- Experience
- Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience.
- Education
- Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
- Job training
- Ranges from a few days to one year of on-the-job training.
Source: O*NET Job Zones.
Key Knowledge Areas
Subject-matter areas this occupation draws on most, per O*NET.
- Customer and Personal Serviceimportance 3.2/5
- English Languageimportance 3.1/5
- Public Safety and Securityimportance 2.8/5
- Transportationimportance 2.8/5
- Mathematicsimportance 2.6/5
- Administrativeimportance 2.5/5
- Education and Trainingimportance 2.3/5
- Computers and Electronicsimportance 2.3/5
Work Environment
What the day-to-day work setting is like, per O*NET.
- Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams4.9/5
- Contact With Others4.5/5
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled4.3/5
- Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team4.2/5
- Deal With External Customers or the Public in General4.1/5
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate4.0/5
Careers With Similar Skills
Occupations whose Transferable Skills profile most closely matches this one — a mathematical comparison, not observed data about people actually moving between these careers.
- Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks96% skill match
- Transportation Inspectors96% skill match
- Medical Dosimetrists95% skill match
- Flight Attendants95% skill match
- Surveying and Mapping Technicians94% skill match
- Tellers94% skill match
- Fire Inspectors and Investigators94% skill match
- Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses94% skill match
Transferable Skills
Cross-functional skills this occupation draws on most, per O*NET — the kind that carry over to other careers.
- Social Perceptivenessimportance 2.9/5
- Service Orientationimportance 2.9/5
- Coordinationimportance 2.8/5
- Judgment and Decision Makingimportance 2.6/5
- Time Managementimportance 2.6/5
- Systems Analysisimportance 2.4/5
- Management of Personnel Resourcesimportance 2.4/5
- Persuasionimportance 2.3/5
Software & Technologies
Tools and software used in this occupation, per O*NET.
Hot Technologies
Work Style
Personal work characteristics that matter most for this occupation, per O*NET.
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Integrity
- Cooperation
- Cautiousness
- Perseverance
- Stress Tolerance
Career Interests
This occupation’s RIASEC interest profile, per O*NET — how strongly it fits each of the six Holland interest types.
- ConventionalHigh
- RealisticMedium
- EnterprisingMedium
- SocialLow
- InvestigativeLow
- ArtisticLow
This page includes information from the O*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.
Where This Career Is Most Concentrated
Metro areas where stockers and order fillers make up the largest share of local employment, relative to the national average (BLS location quotient).
- 1Chambersburg, PA2.71× national avg
- 2Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA2.47× national avg
- 3Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA2.20× national avg
- 4Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL1.94× national avg
- 5Cheyenne, WY1.94× national avg
Possible Career Moves
A computed starting point, not observed job-change data — see the full list for why each one might fit.
- Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory ClerksCareer Change
- Flight AttendantsLateral Move
- Driver/Sales WorkersLateral Move
- Passenger AttendantsLateral Move