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Stockers and Order Fillers

Arecibo, PR metropolitan area. Estimated employment 810.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 53-7065
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

Where you sit in the distribution

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$24,690 · 50th
$21,84010th
$21,95025th
$24,69050th
$28,46075th
$31,26090th

That is the medianhalf of people in this occupation in Arecibo earn more.

Table 1 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Puerto Rico

Median annual pay for Stockers and Order Fillers across Puerto Rico metro areas, from the same federal release.

Metro areaMedianvs. Arecibo
Ponce$27,030+9.5%
Guayama$25,580+3.6%
San Juan$25,420+3.0%
Arecibo This page$24,690
Mayaguez$22,720−8.0%
Aguadilla$22,340−9.5%
Fig. 2 — Five-year trend

Nominal against real

The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.

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Nominal, as published Real, in 2025 dollars US$ thousands

Published pay rose 28.9% over the five years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it still rose 8.5% — pay has outrun prices since 2021. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.

Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Inflation
Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
Employment
810 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 53-7065, Stockers and Order Fillers. Mapped to our taxonomy as stockers-and-order-fillers.

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