Best Jobs For Former Warehouse Workers [2023]

It’s tough to be a warehouse worker nowadays, and more and more of them are losing confidence in their own profession.

While the amount of people majoring in courses preparing people for a job as a warehouse worker isn’t necessarily dropping, fewer and fewer people are applying to become warehouse workers in the first place and the workforce itself is looking grim.

With so many warehouse workers no longer sticking around, this begs the question:

What are they all doing now?

We were curious, so we looked through the resumes of former warehouse workers to see what kind of jobs they were moving into after leaving the field. There were thousands of answers, so we made the cutoff at the top 100 jobs.

But given that there are some very surprising and interesting items on this list, we’ve decided to highlight a few of those instead.

Best Jobs For Former WAREHOUSE WORKERS

Some of these items are admittedly more attractive than one another as far as actually working the job goes, but one way or another, you’ve got to admit they’re eye-catching.

The full list of those jobs can be found below.

Detailed Ranking of the Most Common Jobs of Former WAREHOUSE WORKERS

Rank	Job Title	%
1	Machine Operator	2.59%
2	Warehouse Associate	2.26%
3	Forklift Operator	2.13%
4	Customer Service Representative	2.08%
5	Sales Associate	1.79%
6	Material Handler	1.76%
7	Cashier	1.66%
8	Driver	1.19%
9	Security Officer	1.02%
10	Delivery Driver	0.88%
11	Production Worker	0.81%
12	Order Selector	0.75%
13	Crew Member	0.71%
14	Maintenance Technician	0.58%
15	Sales Representative	0.58%
16	Cook	0.57%
17	Technician	0.55%
18	Truck Driver	0.53%
19	Shipping And Receiving Clerk	0.5%
20	Associate	0.5%
21	Assembler	0.48%
22	Package Handler	0.46%
23	Cleaner	0.45%
24	Supervisor	0.44%
25	Ship Worker	0.44%
26	Janitor	0.44%
27	Assistant Manager	0.44%
28	Customer Service Trainer	0.43%
29	Server	0.43%
30	Security Guard	0.42%
31	Maintenance Worker	0.4%
32	Operator	0.39%
33	Sorter	0.39%
34	Manager	0.39%
35	Certified Nursing Assistant	0.38%
36	Team Leader	0.37%
37	Stocker	0.34%
38	Internship	0.34%
39	Welder	0.34%
40	Home Health Aid	0.33%
41	Helper	0.33%
42	Picker And Packer	0.33%
43	Order Picker	0.32%
44	Service Technician	0.31%
45	Custodian	0.31%
46	Assembly Line Worker	0.31%
47	Warehouse Supervisor	0.31%
48	Forklift Driver	0.3%
49	Warehouse Manager	0.29%
50	Housekeeper	0.29%
51	Volunteer	0.28%
52	Merchandiser	0.27%
53	Shipping And Receiving Coordinator	0.27%
54	Packer	0.26%
55	Dock Worker	0.26%
56	Picker	0.26%
57	Manufacturing Team Member	0.25%
58	Loader	0.25%
59	Prep Cook	0.24%
60	Administrative Assistant	0.24%
61	Installer	0.23%
62	Overnight Stocker	0.23%
63	Construction Worker	0.23%
64	Numerical Control Operator	0.23%
65	Painter	0.23%
66	Press Operator	0.22%
67	Quality Control Inspector	0.22%
68	Clerk	0.22%
69	Helper/driver	0.21%
70	Loader/unloader	0.21%
71	Sheet Metal Mechanic	0.2%
72	Mechanic	0.2%
73	Equipment Operator	0.2%
74	Shipping Clerk	0.2%
75	Customer Service Associate	0.2%
76	Owner/operator	0.19%
77	Store Manager	0.18%
78	Mail Clerk	0.18%
79	Call Center Representative	0.18%
80	Assistant	0.18%
81	Detailer	0.18%
82	Electrician	0.18%
83	Warehouse Clerk	0.18%
84	Machinist	0.17%
85	Pharmacist Technician	0.17%
86	Computer Technician	0.16%
87	Shift Manager	0.16%
88	Office Assistant	0.16%
89	Food Service Worker	0.16%
90	Floor Technician	0.15%
91	Line Cook	0.15%
92	Laboratory Technician	0.15%
93	Inventory Specialist	0.15%
94	Owner	0.15%
95	Mover	0.15%
96	Processor	0.14%
97	Production Operator	0.14%
98	Porter	0.14%
99	Heavy Equipment Operator	0.14%
100	Correction Officer	0.14%

Most Common Jobs For Former WAREHOUSE WORKERS

These are all good jobs, all of them either utilizing some skill that a warehouse worker would have or being a stepping stone to a different career.

Here’s the thing about these jobs though — they’re pretty much exactly what you’d expect a lot of former warehouse workers to do.

How We Determined the Best Jobs of Former WAREHOUSE WORKERS

Using resume information from our database of over 7 million resumes, we looked at all resumes that listed warehouse worker under their work history. Then we looked at which jobs showed up on their work histories following their stints as a warehouse worker, sorting them by their most frequent.

That’s how we made the initial ranked list.

To make our list of most interesting jobs, we looked through the ranked list to see if any positions:

Showed up in fewer than 1% of all new jobs
And, were not part of the 100 most common jobs in our database

Author

Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

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