SOC 53-7065 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Stockers and Order Fillers make in Boulder, CO?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Stockers and Order Fillers in Boulder, CO is $45,010. The 10th percentile is $35,480 and the 90th percentile is $55,250. Employment is 2,230.

Median annual wage

$45,010

10th percentile
$35,480
25th percentile
$38,200
Median
$45,010
75th percentile
$47,930
90th percentile
$55,250
Mean
$44,320

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Two cooks working in a commercial kitchen in 1930
Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Stockers and Order Fillers, the published 10th percentile is $35,480 and the 90th percentile is $55,250. The difference is $19,770, which is 43.9% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $38,200 to the 75th at $47,930, covers $9,730.

The mean annual wage is $44,320, which sits below the median of $45,010. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Boulder, CO median is 20.6% higher than the national median of $37,330 for Stockers and Order Fillers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,784, which is 14.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.3% higher than the Colorado median of $42,350.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boulder, CO is 105.202, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $45,010 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Stockers and Order Fillers at $42,784 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

7 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Stockers and Order Fillers. Boulder, CO ranks 2nd of 8 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Fort Collins-Loveland, CO is 39 miles away, with a median of $40,280 and employment of 2,810. That median is 10.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,831, against $42,784 here.
  • Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is 53 miles away, with a median of $44,480 and employment of 32,610. That median is 1.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,049, against $42,784 here.
  • Greeley, CO is 62 miles away, with a median of $44,560 and employment of 1,670. That median is 1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,482, against $42,784 here.

Employment share

Stockers and Order Fillers accounts for 1.2% of wage-and-salary employment in Boulder, CO (2,230 of 192,390). Nationally the occupation is 1.8% of employment (2,833,810 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.64 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Stockers and Order Fillers make in Boulder, CO?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Stockers and Order Fillers in Boulder, CO is $45,010. The 10th percentile is $35,480 and the 90th percentile is $55,250. Employment is 2,230.

How does that compare with the national median for Stockers and Order Fillers?

The local median is 20.6% higher than the national median of $37,330.

What is Stockers and Order Fillers pay in Boulder, CO after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boulder, CO is 105.202, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $45,010 is $42,784. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Boulder, CO compare with nearby metros for Stockers and Order Fillers?

Fort Collins-Loveland, CO is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 39 miles away, at $40,280. Boulder, CO ranks 2nd of 8 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.