Stockers and Order Fillers in California
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$35,776
after federal, FICA and California tax
Tax takes
$7,094
16.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,778
California costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in California — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$42,870
Kept after tax
$35,776
Worth in national money
$31,778
State rank
3
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. California pays stockers and order fillers a middle wage of $42,870, ranking 3 of 51 states and sitting about 14.84% above the national middle.
- Against 492 occupations California publishes, stockers and order fillers lands at 447. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- California is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $42,870 the take-home is $35,776; in national-average money that behaves like $31,778. The average comes to $43,440, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- California's median for stockers and order fillers is $42,870, about 14.84% above the national figure and 3 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within California, this work ranks 447 of 492 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Take-home for stockers and order fillers in California, on $42,870, is $35,776; deflated by the state's price level, $31,778. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $43,440 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Stockers and Order Fillers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $42,870 |
| Top tenth earn over | $54,820 |
| This salary | $42,870 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in California | $35,776 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $36,626 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,913 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $41,812 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,151 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 113 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of stockers and order fillers in California earn under $42,870 and half over. The published range runs $35,910 at the tenth percentile to $54,820 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In California the take-home figure of $35,776, from $42,870, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 447 of 492 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $31,778, the adjusted value of that $42,870 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of California. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 447 of 492 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for stockers and order fillers in California, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,910 to $54,820; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for California is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $35,776 from $42,870. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 447 of 492 locally.
- This $31,778 adjusted figure, worked from $42,870, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 447 of 492 in the state. The occupation ranks 447 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,910 at the tenth percentile, $54,820 at the ninetieth.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $31,778 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and California adds its own income tax on top — which is why $35,776 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,910 to $54,820) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to California rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
California's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $31,778 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $35,776 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and California income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.