Transportation and Material Moving Occupations
BLS May 2025 wages High openings flow SOC 53-7065

Stockers and Order Fillers

About 472,300 projected annual openings shape how to read Stockers and Order Fillers against Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers, Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers, Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators, Flight Attendants.

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Same-major-group titles next to Stockers and Order Fillers: Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers ($232K) , Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers ($62K) , Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators ($77K) , Flight Attendants ($64K) . Hash-ordered per card so residual SOC siblings do not share an identical peer sentence.

What Stockers and Order Fillers publish as work

O*NET task statements for SOC 53-7065 - occupation-level descriptions, not every employer's posting. Sibling cards diverge here because the task set is entity-keyed.

  1. 1. Complete order receipts
  2. 2. Answer customers' questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection
  3. 3. Compute prices of items or groups of items
  4. 4. Issue or distribute materials, products, parts, and supplies to customers or coworkers, based on information from incoming requisitions
  5. 5. Keep records of out-going orders
  6. 6. Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with new or transferred merchandise
  7. 7. Operate equipment such as forklifts
  8. 8. Stamp, attach, or change price tags on merchandise, referring to price list
  9. 9. Obtain merchandise from bins or shelves
  10. 10. Itemize and total customer merchandise selection at checkout counter, using cash register, and accept cash or charge card for purchases
  11. 11. Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or on computer
  12. 12. Read orders to ascertain catalog numbers, sizes, colors, and quantities of merchandise

Stockers and Order Fillers: O*NET ranks Active Listening first

Importance-ranked O*NET profile for SOC 53-7065 - lead skill Active Listening at 3.3 ; lead knowledge Customer and Personal Service. Sibling cards diverge here even when peer titles overlap.

Top skills

  1. 1. Active Listening 3.3
  2. 2. Reading Comprehension 3.0
  3. 3. Speaking 2.9
  4. 4. Monitoring 2.9
  5. 5. Social Perceptiveness 2.9
  6. 6. Service Orientation 2.9
  7. 7. Critical Thinking 2.8
  8. 8. Coordination 2.8

Knowledge areas

  1. 1. Customer and Personal Service 3.2
  2. 2. English Language 3.1
  3. 3. Public Safety and Security 2.8
  4. 4. Transportation 2.8
  5. 5. Mathematics 2.6
  6. 6. Administrative 2.5
Projected annual openings
472,300
growth + transfers + exits
National median $37,330/yr
$37K
National median
↑ +9%
Growth 2024-2034
2,833,810
Estimated US jobs
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
Highest-pay peer · $232K

Typical Entry and Preparation Assignments

Entry education No formal educational credential

Top Paying States for Stockers and Order Fillers

1. Wyoming $39,580
2. Washington $44,620
3. Colorado $42,350
4. District of Columbia $39,640
5. Hawaii $39,300
6. Connecticut $40,590
7. Montana $39,050
8. Oregon $43,480
9. California $42,870
10. Alaska $40,310

Other Transportation and Material Moving Occupations titles

  1. 1. Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators $77,320
  2. 2. Flight Attendants $63,580
  3. 3. Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters $78,000
  4. 4. Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers $61,770
  5. 5. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers $232,140
  6. 6. Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels $92,460

Roughly 472,300 projected annual openings (growth, transfers, exits) are the scale signal for Stockers and Order Fillers. Median pay is $37,330 in Transportation and Material Moving Occupations.

Employment Projections expect +9% change between 2024 and 2034 (much faster than average vs baseline 3.1%). BLS assigns No formal educational credential as typical education needed for entry. These are occupation-level assignments, not universal requirements. BLS does not publish a separate occupation-specific safety rate for this role; its broad SOC-group rate is excluded from this career card's grade.

Highest published state median in this ranking: Wyoming at $39,580. The table records differences without proving causes. Highest-pay peer shown here: Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers at $232,140. Compare the same statistic in the relevant local wage area before treating the national median as a personal benchmark; OEWS excludes employer benefits.

Stockers and Order Fillers pay-rank #43 in Transportation and Material Moving Occupations

On the Transportation and Material Moving Occupations median table (50 detailed occupations with OEWS medians), Stockers and Order Fillers lands at #43, in the lower third. That rank is a table position, not a statement about individual workers.

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Data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025. Projections from BLS Employment Projections program, 2024-2034.

SOC 53-7065 · national median $37,330 · lower third of Transportation and Material Moving Occupations (#43/50). Open the full OEWS map or a named state before treating the card median as a local ask.

Stockers and Order Fillers salary map

State, metro, and percentile for SOC 53-7065

Wyoming · top state for Stockers and Order Fillers

$40K published median

Washington · #2 state pay

$45K · behind Wyoming

Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers

Highest-pay peer vs Stockers and Order Fillers · $232K

Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers

Lower-pay peer beside Stockers and Order Fillers · $62K

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where does Stockers and Order Fillers land on the Transportation and Material Moving Occupations median table? ▼
Stockers and Order Fillers is pay-rank #43 of 50 in this major group, lower third of the median table. Closest lower-third titles: Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs ($37K), Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other ($37K), Passenger Attendants ($38K), Packers and Packagers, Hand ($36K). That position is a table rank, not a worker percentile.
What do stockers and order fillers do day to day? ▼
O*NET lists published task statements for Stockers and Order Fillers. Leading ones include: Complete order receipts; Answer customers' questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection; Compute prices of items or groups of items; Issue or distribute materials, products, parts, and supplies to customers or coworkers, based on information from incoming requisitions. These are occupation-level task descriptions, not every employer's job description.
Which O*NET skills rank highest for stockers and order fillers? ▼
For SOC 53-7065, O*NET importance scores lead with Active Listening (3.3), Reading Comprehension (3.0), Speaking (2.9), Monitoring (2.9). Knowledge areas emphasize Customer and Personal Service, English Language, Public Safety and Security. These are occupation-level profiles, not a hiring checklist for every employer.
What is the OEWS national median for Stockers and Order Fillers? ▼
May 2025 OEWS reports $37,330 as the national median for Stockers and Order Fillers. The published 10th-90th range is $30,110 to $49,260. Beside Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers ($232,140), this is the occupation-level national figure, not a local offer.
What employment change does BLS publish for Stockers and Order Fillers? ▼
The 2024-2034 projection for Stockers and Order Fillers is +9%. Projected annual openings: about 472,300. Relative to the current all-occupations baseline of 3.1%: much faster than average.
Which three states show the highest OEWS medians for Stockers and Order Fillers? ▼
Wyoming ($39,580), Washington ($44,620), Colorado ($42,350) lead this ranking. The table does not identify why those state estimates differ.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Wage and state figures use BLS OEWS May 2025; growth and education use BLS Employment Projections for 2024-2034; safety fields cite BLS CFOI/SOII; task statements cite O*NET where shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OES Occupational wage estimates by area and industry · 2025

Federal sources on this Stockers and Order Fillers card
  • BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS / OES) - national median and percentiles for SOC 53-7065. bls.gov/oes
  • O*NET OnLine - task and skill statements for Stockers and Order Fillers. onetcenter.org
  • BLS Employment Projections - 2024-2034 change and openings for this occupation. bls.gov/emp
  • U.S. Census Bureau ACS - demographic and labor-force context for state and metro geography. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
  • IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) - payroll-tax aggregate context for wage comparisons. irs.gov/statistics