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Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks vs Stockers and Order Fillers

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks and Stockers and Order Fillers on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Stockers and Order Fillers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$57,770
$37,090
Employment · BLS OEWS
385,000
2,779,530
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
83rd pct
33rd pct

At a glance

Dimension Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Stockers and Order Fillers
Median pay $57,770 $37,090
Employment 385,000 2,779,530
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-1.8%) Growing fast (+8.5%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 34,100 472,300
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies High · 83rd pct Low · 33rd pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 81st pct · 44% of tasks —
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Automation-leaning (31.8%) —
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No —

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Oral Comprehension, Information Ordering, Customer and Personal Service, Oral Expression, Problem Sensitivity, English Language, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Written Comprehension, Near Vision, Active Listening, Time Management, Deductive Reasoning, Critical Thinking, Speech Recognition, Selective Attention, Monitoring, Category Flexibility, Coordination, Inductive Reasoning, Perceptual Speed, Speech Clarity, Social Perceptiveness, Judgment and Decision Making, Far Vision.

Specific to Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

  • Production and Processing
  • Administrative
  • Administration and Management
  • Written Expression
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Writing
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Systems Analysis

Specific to Stockers and Order Fillers

  • Trunk Strength
  • Manual Dexterity
  • Extent Flexibility
  • Arm-Hand Steadiness
  • Multilimb Coordination
  • Static Strength
  • Service Orientation
  • Public Safety and Security

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Word processing software , Data base user interface and query software , Enterprise resource planning ERP software , Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software , Inventory management software .

Specific to Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks

Specific to Stockers and Order Fillers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks or Stockers and Order Fillers — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks vs Stockers and Order Fillers." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/production-planning-and-expediting-clerks-vs-stockers-and-order-fillers

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Singulariki. (2026). Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks vs Stockers and Order Fillers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/production-planning-and-expediting-clerks-vs-stockers-and-order-fillers

BibTeX 
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  title  = {Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks vs Stockers and Order Fillers},
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