Stock Clerks- Stockroom, Warehouse, or Storage Yard
Industry Areas
- Grocery Stores
- Department Stores
- Other General Merchandise Stores
Day-to-Day Tasks*
- Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or using computer.
- Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in stockrooms, warehouses, or storage yards.
- Verify inventory computations by comparing them to physical counts of stock, and investigate discrepancies or adjust errors.
Overall Kind of Work*
Stock clerks receive merchandise in stores, warehouses, stockrooms and other storage facilities; unpack it; mark items with identifying codes, such as price, stock or inventory control codes; stoc...
Military
Sales and stock specialists work on land and aboard ships in retail stores, and storerooms.
Workweek Breakdown
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Business Breakdown
The different sectors people in this career currently work in.
- 92.00% (Private For-Profit)
- 3.21% (Private Not For-Profit)
- 2.08% (State and Local Govt)
- 2.07% (Federal Government)
- 0.63% (Self-Employed)
This data also pertains to Stock Clerks And Order Fillers
Military Breakdown
The number of people who currently hold this career in the Military.
38,268 Stock Clerks- Stockroom, Warehouse, or Storage Yard in the military