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.
Most important skills
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
- Social Perceptiveness
- Coordination
- Service Orientation
- Writing
Key knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service
- English Language
- Public Safety and Security
- Production and Processing
- Sales and Marketing
- Computers and Electronics
- Mathematics
- Administration and Management
What the work involves
- Obtain merchandise from bins or shelves.
- 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.
- Store items in an orderly and accessible manner in warehouses, tool rooms, supply rooms, or other areas.
- Examine and inspect stock items for wear or defects, reporting any damage to supervisors.
- Answer customers' questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection.
- Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or on computer.
- Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with new or transferred merchandise.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Conventional, Realistic, Enterprising.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) (78% of expert ratings)
- Related experience
- None (38.1%)
- On-the-job training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month (39.6%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 2: Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Stockers and Order Fillers is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Moderate | Lower on contact with others than 51% of occupations compared | 68% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | High | Higher on dealing with the public than 75% of occupations compared | 58% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Teamwork | Low | Lower on teamwork than 63% of occupations compared | 47% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | Very low | Lower on freedom to make decisions than 95% of occupations compared | 32% of surveyed respondents chose “Some freedom” |
| Time pressure | Low | Lower on time pressure than 77% of occupations compared | 42% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a month or more but not every week” |
| Conflict situations | Moderate | Higher on conflict situations than 55% of occupations compared | 27% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | High | Higher on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 70% of occupations compared | 28% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a week or more but not every day” |
| Consequence of error | Very low | Lower on consequence of error than 85% of occupations compared | 38% of surveyed respondents chose “Not serious at all” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: low
- Conflict situations: moderate
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: high
- Consequence of error: very low
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0.54%
- Occasional contact with others: 7.42%
- Contact with others about half the time: 12.76%
- Contact with others most of the time: 11.74%
- Constant contact with others: 67.54%
n = 31, Incumbent 08/2026
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 9.61%
- Fairly important: 7.42%
- Important: 10.61%
- Very important: 14.85%
- Extremely important: 57.51%
n = 31, Incumbent 08/2026
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 0%
- Fairly important: 8.05%
- Important: 20.51%
- Very important: 24.17%
- Extremely important: 47.27%
n = 31, Incumbent 08/2026
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 20%
- Very little freedom: 15.33%
- Limited freedom: 12.75%
- Some freedom: 31.7%
- A lot of freedom: 20.22%
n = 31, Incumbent 08/2026
Time pressure
- Never: 7.46%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 6.64%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 42.25%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 16.47%
- Every day: 27.18%
n = 31, Incumbent 08/2026
Conflict situations
- Never: 23.08%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 27.25%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 4.38%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 26.04%
- Every day: 19.25%
n = 31, Incumbent 08/2026
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 15.44%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 18.14%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 18.7%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 28.4%
- Every day: 19.32%
n = 30, Incumbent 08/2026
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 37.66%
- Fairly serious: 26.89%
- Serious: 22.02%
- Very serious: 0.54%
- Extremely serious: 12.89%
n = 30, Incumbent 08/2026
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