Stock clerks & order fillers

Detailed Occupation

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2017 Workforce
1.63M
Average Age
36.7
Average Salary
$22,580
Average Male Salary
$23,175
Average Female Salary
$21,465

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Stock clerks & order fillers are most often employed by the Department stores & discount stores industry. The average yearly wage for Stock clerks & order fillers was $22,580 in 2017.

The locations that employ the most Stock clerks & order fillers are St. Lucie County (South) PUMA, FL, Benton County PUMA, AR, and Moreno Valley City PUMA, CA. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Stock clerks & order fillers are Memphis City (Southwest) PUMA, TN, Highlands (Northwest), DeSoto & Hardee Counties PUMA, FL, and Fontana City (East) PUMA, CA.

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Employment and salary information for the Stock clerks & order fillers workforce. Stock clerks & order fillers workforce in 2017 was 1,630,201 people, of which 34.8% were women and 65.2% were men. Stock clerks & order fillers are paid most in Hempstead Town (Southwest) & Long Beach City PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Memphis City (Southwest) PUMA, TN.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
1,062,977
Male Workforce
± 25.2k
567,224
Female Workforce
± 18.5k

The Stock clerks & order fillers workforce in 2017 was 1,630,201 people (34.8% women and 65.2% men). This implies an average annual growth of 6.79% between 2014 (1,526,525) and 2017 (1,630,201).

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Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Stock clerks & order fillers.

During 2017, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($27,690), Washington ($26,424), and Hawaii ($26,094).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$22,580
AVERAGE WAGE
#441 in the ranking (2017)
$59,596
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2017, Stock clerks & order fillers earned an average of $22,580, $37,016 less than the average national salary of $59,596

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.41
WAGE GINI

In 2017, Stock clerks & order fillers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.41, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Stock clerks & order fillers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Information on the industries that employ Stock clerks & order fillers and on wages for those in the field. Department stores & discount stores is the industry that employs the most Stock clerks & order fillers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Stock clerks & order fillers, by average wage, is Electric & gas, and other combinations ($115,657).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
1.63M
2017 Workforce
± 31,168
1.66%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 2.67%

This graphic shows the share of Stock clerks & order fillers employed by various industries. Department stores & discount stores employs the largest share of Stock clerks & order fillers at 47.1%, followed by Grocery Stores with 44.2% and Miscellaneous general merchandise stores with 8.76%.

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Demographic information on Stock clerks & order fillers in the US. The workforce of Stock clerks & order fillers in 2017 was 1,630,201 people, with 34.8% woman, and 65.2% men. The average age of male Stock clerks & order fillers in the workforce is 34.9 and of female Stock clerks & order fillers is 40, and the most common race/ethnicity for Stock clerks & order fillers is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Stock clerks & order fillers in 2017 was 1,630,201 people, with 34.8% woman, and 65.2% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 20 to 24 years (344,814 people), 25 to 29 years (223,335  people), and 30 to 34 years (155,519 people). Among them they concentrated 44.4% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2017, 19.3% of Stock clerks & order fillers workers were Hispanic and 80.7% non-Hispanic.

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Races

In 2017, 68.5% of the Stock clerks & order fillers workforce were White, of which 35.4% were women and 64.6% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (17.7%) and Other (5.88%).

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learningEducation & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Stock clerks & order fillers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Stock clerks & order fillers is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2017 were Mechanical Technologies.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
Type of Majors
Degree

The most common majors achieved by Stock clerks & order fillers in 2017 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (38,270 people), Education (11,477 people), and Social Sciences (10,847 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Stock clerks & order fillers workers were High School or Equivalent (682,250 people), Some college (472,765 people), and Secondary Education (183,577 people).

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