Stock room associate vs general merchandise clerk

The differences between stock room associates and general merchandise clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a general merchandise clerk has an average salary of $34,415, which is higher than the $31,485 average annual salary of a stock room associate.

The top three skills for a stock room associate include excellent interpersonal, sales floor and loss prevention. The most important skills for a general merchandise clerk are product knowledge, product displays, and customer service.

Stock room associate vs general merchandise clerk overview

	Stock Room Associate	General Merchandise Clerk
Yearly salary	$31,485	$34,415
Hourly rate	$15.14	$16.55
Growth rate	1%	1%
Number of jobs	50,522	137,799
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 41%	High School Diploma, 36%
Average age	38	38
Years of experience	-	-

Stock room associate vs general merchandise clerk salary

Stock room associates and general merchandise clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Stock Room Associate	General Merchandise Clerk
Average salary	$31,485	$34,415
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $37,000	Between $27,000 And $42,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between stock room associate and general merchandise clerk education

There are a few differences between a stock room associate and a general merchandise clerk in terms of educational background:

	Stock Room Associate	General Merchandise Clerk
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 41%	High School Diploma, 36%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Stock room associate vs general merchandise clerk demographics

Here are the differences between stock room associates' and general merchandise clerks' demographics:

	Stock Room Associate	General Merchandise Clerk
Average age	38	38
Gender ratio	Male, 63.0% Female, 37.0%	Male, 50.2% Female, 49.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.3% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 22.1% Asian, 7.1% White, 55.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 7.5% Unknown, 5.8% Hispanic or Latino, 23.0% Asian, 5.9% White, 56.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between stock room associate and general merchandise clerk duties and responsibilities

Stock room associate example responsibilities.

Assemble pallets of package food products or load products directly into each truck safely and according to shipping standards.
Maintain cleanliness according to regulate standards throughout the facilities, both inside and outside per organizations regulations.
Experience with back stocking merchandise, pulling merchandise, truck unload and entire store inventory, RF scanner and palette jack.

General merchandise clerk example responsibilities.

Provide great customer service while effectively bagging groceries.
Collect all carts from outside help cashiers bag groceries for customers and sometimes help the customers take groceries to their car.
Execute grain futures orders for special accounts that require extraordinary attention to detail as well as personalized service.
Work in almost every department in the Kroger store.

Stock room associate vs general merchandise clerk skills

Common stock room associate skills

Excellent Interpersonal, 32%
Sales Floor, 30%
Loss Prevention, 14%
Customer Service, 9%
Merchandise Flow, 5%
Stock Checks, 1%

Common general merchandise clerk skills

Product Knowledge, 44%
Product Displays, 20%
Customer Service, 9%
Stock Shelves, 6%
Sales Floor, 3%
Math, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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