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Stockers and Order Fillers

Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metropolitan area. Estimated employment 8,770.

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

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$36,750 · 50th
$29,46010th
$32,09025th
$36,75050th
$46,25075th
$60,76090th

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

Table 1 — Adjusted

$36,750 in Dayton buys what $39,600 buys across the country as a whole.

Dayton's regional price parity is 92.7 — well below the national average — the nominal figure understates local buying power considerably. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Ohio

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Dayton
Columbus$39,040$40,90095.5+3.1%
Cincinnati$37,810$39,60095.4−0.0%
Akron$37,600$40,30093.4+1.6%
Toledo$37,000$40,50091.5+2.0%
Springfield$36,950$40,80090.5+3.0%
Dayton This page$36,750$39,60092.7
Cleveland$36,290$38,60093.9−2.5%
Lima$35,920$40,10089.7+1.0%

Price parity and difference against Dayton are in the full table on wider screens.

Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Price parity
Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Employment
8,770 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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