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Retail Salespersons vs Stockers and Order Fillers

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Retail Salespersons 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.”

Retail Salespersons Stockers and Order Fillers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$34,580
$37,090
Employment · BLS OEWS
3,800,250
2,779,530
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
89th pct
33rd pct

At a glance

Dimension Retail Salespersons Stockers and Order Fillers
Median pay $34,580 $37,090
Employment 3,800,250 2,779,530
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-0.5%) Growing fast (+8.5%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 555,800 472,300
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 · 89th pct Low · 33rd pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 74th pct · 38% of tasks —
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (31.4%) —
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: Customer and Personal Service, Oral Expression, Oral Comprehension, Active Listening, Speaking, Service Orientation, English Language, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, Social Perceptiveness, Critical Thinking, Problem Sensitivity, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Coordination, Time Management, Written Comprehension, Information Ordering, Near Vision, Judgment and Decision Making, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, Category Flexibility, Selective Attention.

Specific to Retail Salespersons

  • Sales and Marketing
  • Persuasion
  • Negotiation
  • Administration and Management
  • Mathematics
  • Administrative
  • Writing
  • Active Learning

Specific to Stockers and Order Fillers

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

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: Operating system software , Internet browser software , Word processing software , Data base user interface and query software , Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Enterprise resource planning ERP software .

Specific to Retail Salespersons

Specific to Stockers and Order Fillers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Retail Salespersons 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. "Retail Salespersons 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/retail-salespersons-vs-stockers-and-order-fillers

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Singulariki. (2026). Retail Salespersons vs Stockers and Order Fillers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/retail-salespersons-vs-stockers-and-order-fillers

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