Stock Clerks 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.
Annual openings
10,195
BLS median wage
$42,350
Typical education
High school (GED)
10-year growth
+9%
Career requirements
What does this career require?
The education, credentials, and on-the-job competencies Colorado employers expect for this role.
Typical education
High school (GED)
Credential requirement
No certification is required or expected for this job.
Work experience
This is an entry-level role so no experience is required.
Is this work a fit?
What the work actually feels like
How people in this career tend to spend their time, the interests it draws on, and a look at a typical day.
Automation exposure
High exposure
Many tasks are repeatable, so technology could reshape the day-to-day over time.
A typical day
- Issue or distribute materials, products, parts, and supplies to customers or coworkers, based on information from incoming requisitions.
- Store items in an orderly and accessible manner in warehouses, tool rooms, supply rooms, or other areas.
- Recommend disposal of excess, defective, or obsolete stock.
- Provide assistance or direction to other stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard workers.
- Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or on computer.
- Mark stock items, using identification tags, stamps, electric marking tools, or other labeling equipment.