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Skilled Trades

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.

Median salary

$37,090

Typical range

$30k – $49k

Job outlook

+9% (faster than average)

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Education

Typical entry: No degree required

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Typical progression

  1. Junior Stockers and Order Fillers

    Entry / Junior

    $29,850

    ~2 yrs to advance

  2. Stockers and Order Fillers

    Established

    $37,090

    ~3 yrs to advance

  3. Senior Stockers and Order Fillers

    Senior

    $43,145

Key skills

A typical 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.
  • Keep records of out-going orders.
  • Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with new or transferred merchandise.

Fields of study

Any field

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