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Stockers and Order Fillers

Transportation and Material Moving · SOC 53-7065

0.0% AI Exposure — Low
$37,330
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
Proj. Annual Openings
2,833,810
Employment (OEWS 2025)
+4.8%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
100/100
AI Resiliency Score

AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.

Decision card

Career Evidence Passport

SOC 53-7065 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.

Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
SOC exposure
0.0%
Low · Anthropic AEI
Automation friction
45/100
Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
Wages
$37,330
No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
Projected openings
BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +8.5%.
Observed/proxy demand
0
FY2025 certified LCAs; 56,170 postings in 2025.

Skill evidence

Active ListeningReading ComprehensionSpeakingMonitoringSocial Perceptiveness

Transition context

  • H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
  • Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
  • Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
  • This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.

AI Exposure Analysis

AI Exposure0.0%
AI Resiliency100/100
Exposure BandLow
Sector Avg. Exposure0.2%

Across AI measures

Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.

21%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic0%
AI capability · OpenAI18.2%
AI ability · AIOE44.8%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne64%

AI could do ~18.2% of this role but only ~0% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.

Top Skills

1.Active Listening
2.Reading Comprehension
3.Speaking
4.Monitoring
5.Social Perceptiveness

H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand

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Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.

18
Decade Total (Certified LCAs)
0
FY2025 Volume
0% of all H-1B filings in FY2025
$0
Median Offered Wage (Latest Year)
#433 of 776
Rank by Total Volume
H-1B filing volume, FY2016–FY2025

O*NET occupation profile

What this work involves

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.

Common titles: Checker Stocker, Inventory Specialist, Inventory Technician (Inventory Tech), Label Maker, Marking Clerk, Order Filler

Representative Tasks

  • 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.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Prepare documentation for contracts, transactions, or regulatory compliance.
  • Discuss goods or services information with customers or patrons.
  • Calculate costs of goods or services.
  • Distribute materials to employees or customers.
  • Record shipping information.

Tools & Technologies

Apple Safari · hotGoogle Docs · hotMicrosoft Edge · hotMicrosoft Outlook · hotMicrosoft Word · hotMozilla Firefox · hotSAP software · hotEmail softwareInventory management systemsInventory tracking software

Employment Projections & AI Exposure

15
Occupations Shown
0.8%
Avg AI Exposure
6
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.

Employment & Wage Trend

BLS OEWS, 2019–2025


Occupation Employment & Wage TrendMulti-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 53-7065: 2019 — employment: 2,135,850, median wage: $27,380; 2020 — employment: 2,210,960, median wage: $29,190; 2021 — employment: 2,451,430, median wage: $30,110; 2022 — employment: 2,842,060, median wage: $34,220; 2023 — employment: 2,872,680, median wage: $36,390; 2025 — employment: 2,833,810, median wage: $37,330.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.

Sector Comparison

MetricThis CareerSector Average
AI Exposure0.0%0.2%
OutlookAverage20% Bright
Median Salary$37,330N/A
AI Resiliency100/100N/A