Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks build time management, coordination and judgment and decision making skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Order Clerks (84%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Order Clerks | 84% | $46,170 | +2% | None |
| 2 | Stockers and Order Fillers | 83% | $37,330 | −18% | None |
| 3 | Procurement Clerks | 79% | $50,580 | +12% | None |
| 4 | Office Clerks, General | 76% | $45,010 | −1% | None |
| 5 | Log Graders and Scalers | 75% | $46,330 | +2% | None |
| 6 | Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators | 74% | $43,370 | −4% | None |
| 7 | Billing and Posting Clerks | 74% | $48,500 | +7% | None |
| 8 | File Clerks | 73% | $43,600 | −4% | None |
| 9 | Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 73% | $40,240 | −11% | None |
| 10 | Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors | 73% | $58,170 | +29% | None |
Compared with Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks, median $45,260. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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A concrete first step, the skills to add, and the hard parts of each job, from O*NET 31.0 education, training and work context data.
84% skill match · $46,170 · +2% pay
Service Orientation · Negotiation · Persuasion
83% skill match · $37,330 · −18% pay
79% skill match · $50,580 · +12% pay
Social Perceptiveness · Management of Personnel Resources · Complex Problem Solving
No work-context factor stands out as unusually hard in O*NET data.
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Order Clerks (84% skill match, median $46,170), Stockers and Order Fillers (83% skill match, median $37,330) and Procurement Clerks (79% skill match, median $50,580), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 15 pay more than shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks at the median. The biggest increases: Postmasters and Mail Superintendents (+114%, $96,660), Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters (+72%, $78,000) and First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers (+41%, $63,820).
25 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.