Stockers and order fillers build coordination, service and judgment skills that shipping, postal and clerk roles use daily. Of the 25 careers below, Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks match best at 88%, with a BLS May 2025 median of $45,260.
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 | Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks | 88% | $45,260 | +21% | None |
| 2 | Postal Service Clerks | 87% | $62,130 | +66% | None |
| 3 | Cashiers | 83% | $32,880 | −12% | None |
| 4 | Counter and Rental Clerks | 82% | $41,300 | +11% | None |
| 5 | Order Clerks | 80% | $46,170 | +24% | None |
| 6 | Retail Salespersons | 79% | $35,410 | −5% | None |
| 7 | Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 79% | $46,380 | +24% | None |
| 8 | Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 78% | $58,470 | +57% | None |
| 9 | Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | 77% | $33,980 | −9% | None |
| 10 | Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | 77% | $35,360 | −5% | None |
Compared with Stockers and Order Fillers, median $37,330. 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 stockers and order fillers (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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Stocking work means tracking inventory, filling orders correctly and helping customers find what they need. O*NET rates coordination, service orientation and social perceptiveness at 2.75 out of 5 for this job, so inventory, postal and counter roles rank high. Inventory clerks do the same tracking with more records and less lifting. Postal roles pay more for the same accuracy and routine. The skills to build are persuasion, negotiation and problem solving.
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.
88% skill match · $45,260 · +21% pay
Persuasion · Complex Problem Solving · Instructing
87% skill match · $62,130 · +66% pay
Persuasion · Complex Problem Solving · Operations Analysis
83% skill match · $32,880 · −12% pay
Instructing · Persuasion · Negotiation
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks (88%), Postal Service Clerks (87%) and Cashiers (83%), based on O*NET 31.0. Counter and Rental Clerks (82%) and Order Clerks (80%) also use your inventory and customer skills.
12 of the 25 matches pay more than the $37,330 median for stockers and order fillers. Postal Service Clerks earn $62,130 (+66%), Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks earn $59,650 (+60%) and Postal Service Mail Sorters earn $58,470 (+57%), according to BLS May 2025 data.
No. All 25 matches usually need no more education than a stocker job, based on O*NET Job Zones. The closest match usually takes 1 to 3 months of on-the-job training, and 75% of its workers have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
In warehouse and material work, the nearest roles are Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (76% match) and Packers and Packagers, Hand (72%). Clerk and postal roles are often a better move, because they match more closely and pay more.