Stockers and Order Fillers
The short answer
This job is less likely to change much. Most of the work is the kind AI can't help with. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 25,104 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. Most of what it involves isn't the kind of work AI can take over.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a quarter of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
This job is in the second least exposed fifth of New York jobs for AI exposure. The tasks below show why: most of what it involves is work AI can't simply take over.
AI can help with or automate about 27% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Complete order receipts.
AI could do much of this on its own
Keep records of out-going orders.
AI could do much of this on its own
Read orders to ascertain catalog numbers, sizes, colors, and quantities of merchandise.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Take inventory or examine merchandise to identify items to be reordered or replenished.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Keep records on the use or damage of stock or stock-handling equipment.
AI could do much of this on its own
Tasks AI can't do much of
Answer customers' questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Compute prices of items or groups of items.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Issue or distribute materials, products, parts, and supplies to customers or coworkers, based on information from incoming requisitions.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with new or transferred merchandise.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Operate equipment such as forklifts.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Jobs you could switch to
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What the move takes
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Getting ready typically takes up to about a year.
Skills you already have
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Your current skills largely cover this move.
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What the move takes
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Skills you already have
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Your current skills largely cover this move.
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What the move takes
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Getting ready typically takes up to about a year.
Skills you already have
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New skills to build
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What the move takes
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Getting ready typically takes up to about a year.
Skills you already have
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New skills to build
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