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Inventory Control Specialists

SOC 43-5081

Track and reconcile inventory across a warehouse or distribution center.

The job
Median pay
$37k
$34k to $45k typical range
BLS figure for Stockers and Order Fillers
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+8.9% projected
BLS figure for Stockers and Order Fillers
Openings a year
431k
BLS figure for Stockers and Order Fillers
Typical education
High school
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
8/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
34th pct
More exposed than 34% of occupations · modeled estimate
Future-proof
49/100

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Key skills

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Texas322,71022.91.3×$37k
California310,87017.10.9×$43k
Florida171,38017.30.9×$36k
New York146,14015.10.8×$39k
Ohio129,76023.41.3×$37k
Pennsylvania119,84019.81.1×$37k
Illinois109,24017.91.0×$38k
North Carolina87,51017.71.0×$36k
Georgia86,66017.71.0×$36k
Michigan82,73018.81.0×$36k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Virginia69,66017.00.9×$36k
Missouri67,39023.01.3×$37k
Indiana66,42020.71.1×$36k
New Jersey64,07014.90.8×$37k
Tennessee60,13018.31.0×$36k
Arizona57,51017.81.0×$38k
Washington57,37016.20.9×$45k
Colorado55,52019.31.1×$42k
Massachusetts49,76013.70.8×$38k
Kentucky47,73023.91.3×$37k
Wisconsin47,58016.20.9×$35k
Alabama46,58022.01.2×$34k
Oregon42,69021.71.2×$43k
South Carolina41,80018.11.0×$36k
Minnesota40,27013.70.8×$37k
Connecticut35,49020.91.1×$41k
Maryland34,98012.70.7×$38k
Oklahoma32,91019.31.1×$35k
Louisiana31,71016.40.9×$34k
Nevada31,27020.21.1×$37k
Arkansas28,35021.71.2×$35k
Iowa26,77017.20.9×$37k
Kansas26,75018.61.0×$35k
Utah26,73015.40.8×$38k
Mississippi23,42020.11.1×$34k
Nebraska17,98017.61.0×$36k
New Mexico16,54019.01.0×$36k
New Hampshire14,40021.11.2×$37k
West Virginia12,52017.81.0×$35k
Idaho12,45014.50.8×$37k
Maine11,95018.71.0×$37k
South Dakota11,46025.11.4×$38k
Montana8,90017.40.9×$39k
Hawaii8,83014.10.8×$39k
Delaware7,08014.60.8×$37k
Alaska6,77020.81.1×$40k
Rhode Island6,66013.30.7×$36k
Vermont5,36017.61.0×$37k
North Dakota5,24012.20.7×$37k
Wyoming4,80017.10.9×$40k
Washington DC3,1504.50.3×$40k

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ131,080 jobs · $39k median
  2. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX111,100 jobs · $38k median
  3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA85,630 jobs · $39k median
  4. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN79,850 jobs · $38k median
  5. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA77,160 jobs · $43k median
  6. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX72,970 jobs · $37k median
  7. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA50,970 jobs · $36k median
  8. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD45,770 jobs · $37k median

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BLS does not publish this occupation on its own. Pay and outlook here are BLS's figures for Stockers and Order Fillers (SOC 53-7065), the occupation it is grouped with, so the real figures for this job could sit either side of them. Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.