What Stockers and Order Fillers earn in Van Wert County, OH
The median pay for Stockers and Order Fillers in Van Wert County, OH is $37,210 per year, which works out to $17.89 per hour. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey for the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, the labor market that Van Wert County, OH belongs to. Half of the workers in this occupation earn more than the median and half earn less, which makes it a sturdier yardstick than an average that a few very high earners can pull upward.
The mean wage is $39,040, which is 4.9% above the median, a sign that a group of high earners lifts the average. The survey counts about 7,120 people working in this occupation across the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, so the estimate rests on a substantial pool of workers. Van Wert County, OH has roughly 28,826 residents, according to the population figures used by the rent data.
The salary range, from entry level to top earners
Pay for Stockers and Order Fillers in the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area is not one number. The lowest-paid tenth of workers earn up to $29,760 a year ($14.31 an hour), while the highest-paid tenth earn $47,570 or more ($22.87 an hour). That is a gap of $17,810 between the bottom and the top of the scale. The middle half of workers falls between $33,340 at the 25th percentile and $44,990 at the 75th percentile. A top-tier earner makes 1.6 times what someone at the bottom makes, so experience, certification and employer all matter.
What the hourly rate looks like
Converted to an hourly wage, the median for Stockers and Order Fillers in Van Wert County, OH is $17.89. A full-time schedule of 40 hours for 52 weeks adds up to $37,210, and the same salary is $3,101 a month before taxes or about $1,431 per biweekly pay period. After taxes the same job pays $15.28 per hour of take-home income, which is the number that actually has to cover rent and groceries.
About this occupation: Stockers and Order Fillers
The U.S. Department of Labor's O*NET database describes the work of Stockers and Order Fillers this way: "Receive, store, and issue merchandise, materials, equipment, and other items from stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard to fill shelves, racks, tables, or customers' orders. May operate power equipment to fill orders. May mark prices on merchandise and set up sales displays."
Core tasks recorded by O*NET include: "Complete order receipts"; "Obtain merchandise from bins or shelves"; "Read orders to ascertain catalog numbers, sizes, colors, and quantities of merchandise"; "Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in stockrooms, warehouses, or storage yards".
Job outlook for Stockers and Order Fillers
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects national employment in this occupation to grow from 2,804,300 jobs in 2025 to 3,055,000 in 2035, a change of +8.9%, faster than the 3.5% projected for all occupations. The projection counts 430,700 openings a year on average, including positions created by growth and positions left by workers who retire or move to another occupation; that equals 15.4% of current employment each year.
Typical entry-level education: no formal educational credential. Typical on-the-job training to reach competency: short-term on-the-job training. BLS lists a national median annual wage of $37,330 for this occupation; the Van Wert County, OH median of $37,210 is 0.3% below it.
How pay in Van Wert County, OH compares
Compared with the Ohio average
Pay for Stockers and Order Fillers in Van Wert County, OH is in line with the statewide figure: $37,210 locally against an employment-weighted Ohio average of $37,056, a difference of only $154 (0.4%). Within Ohio, the highest median we track for this job is $39,040 in Franklin County, OH.
Compared with the national average
Nationally, Stockers and Order Fillers earn an employment-weighted average of $37,561 across the contiguous United States, so $37,210 in Van Wert County, OH is essentially average. Keep in mind that a higher salary only helps if living costs do not rise faster, which is why the cost sections below matter as much as the headline number.
Where this job ranks in Van Wert County, OH
Among the 376 occupations with published wages in Van Wert County, OH, Stockers and Order Fillers ranks number 317 by median pay, ahead of about 16% of them. The best-paying occupation we track here is Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators at $48,110 a year, which is $10,900 more than the median for Stockers and Order Fillers.
From gross pay to take-home pay
A salary of $37,210 does not arrive in full. We model a single filer with wage income only, the standard deduction and tax-year 2025 rules, and we keep the three tax layers apart: federal income tax, FICA (Social Security and Medicare) and state income tax. Together they take $5,424 a year, which leaves $31,786, or $2,649 a month.
Put another way, of every $100 earned, about $15 goes to taxes and $85 reaches the paycheck. The overall effective tax rate is 14.6%.
Federal income tax
After the $15,750 standard deduction, taxable income is $21,460. Federal brackets are marginal, so only the slice of income above each threshold is taxed at the higher rate; the last dollars of this salary fall in the 12% bracket. The resulting federal income tax is $2,337, an effective 6.3% of gross pay, well below the 12% marginal rate because the lower brackets are cheaper.
Social Security and Medicare (FICA)
Payroll taxes are a flat percentage of wages. Social Security takes 6.2% up to a wage base of $176,100, which costs $2,307 on this salary. Medicare takes 1.45%, or $540. FICA totals $2,847, which is 7.6% of gross pay.
State income tax in Ohio
Ohio income tax on this salary is $241 a year, or 0.6% of gross pay, after the state's own deductions and exemptions are applied. That is 10% of the federal income tax bill, and it comes out to $20 a month. Local taxes such as county or city income taxes are not included, so a few jurisdictions may withhold slightly more.
A cross-check with IRS data for Van Wert County, OH
IRS Statistics of Income data for Van Wert County, OH show an average adjusted gross income of $65,700 per return and an average effective federal income tax rate of 10.2% across all filers. Filers in the $25,000 to under $50,000 bracket, where this salary falls, paid an average of 5.0%, compared with the 6.3% estimated here for a single filer taking the standard deduction. Gaps between the two reflect filing status, dependents, credits and other income, none of which a single-person wage estimate includes.
Cost of living in Van Wert County, OH
Take-home pay only means something next to what life costs. We price four basics for one adult in Van Wert County, OH: a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline. All of them are converted to annual figures first, then compared with the $31,786 of take-home pay.
Rent
The HUD Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Van Wert County, OH is $795 a month, or $9,540 a year. A two-bedroom costs $1,003 a month. For Stockers and Order Fillers, a one-bedroom absorbs 30.0% of take-home pay and 25.6% of gross pay.
Food
The USDA Thrifty Food Plan (August 2026) puts the cost of a nutritious home-cooked diet for an adult at about $3,436 a year, which is $286 a month or $66.07 a week. That equals 9.2% of gross pay for Stockers and Order Fillers in Van Wert County, OH. It is a thrifty budget with no restaurant meals, so treat it as a floor.
Energy and gasoline
Using Ohio residential prices from the Energy Information Administration and national household averages for consumption, electricity costs about $1,689 a year and other home energy such as natural gas about $525, for $2,214 in total. Gasoline in Ohio averages $3.25 per gallon; at about 463 gallons a year (11,106 miles at 24 miles per gallon) fuel adds $1,504.
What is left over
Add the four basics together and living costs come to $16,694 a year, 53% of take-home pay. That leaves $15,092 a year, or $1,258 a month, for savings, transportation beyond fuel, health care, debt and everything else. That margin equals 40.6% of gross pay, a comfortable cushion by common budgeting rules.
Local housing and commute data for Van Wert County, OH
The budget above covers rent, food, energy and gasoline. Three more local facts shape what a paycheck buys in Van Wert County, OH: property taxes, housing prices and the daily commute. The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Van Wert County, OH, set beside the Ohio and national medians.
Property taxes in Van Wert County, OH
Homeowners in Van Wert County, OH pay a median of $1,387 a year in real estate taxes, 51% below the Ohio median of $2,822 and 56% below the U.S. median of $3,119. Against a median home value of $152,000, the median tax bill is 0.91% of that value (the ratio of the two county medians). For a worker paid the local Stockers and Order Fillers median of $37,210, a tax bill of that size would equal 3.7% of gross pay, which matters for anyone planning to buy rather than rent.
Rents, home prices and household income in Van Wert County, OH
Renters in Van Wert County, OH pay a median gross rent of $782 a month in the Census survey, 24% below the Ohio median of $1,034. HUD's Fair Market Rent for a one-bedroom apartment, which this site uses in the budget, is $795 a month; the two measures differ because the Census figure covers units of every size that renters already occupy, while the HUD figure is a one-bedroom benchmark. The median value of an owner-occupied home is $152,000, 29% below the Ohio median of $214,800. Median household income is $67,917, 5% below the Ohio median of $71,389, so a year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent equals 14.0% of that income.
Commuting in Van Wert County, OH
Workers in Van Wert County, OH who travel to a workplace spend an average of 19.7 minutes each way, 16% below the Ohio average of 23.4. For someone who commutes five days a week, that is 3.3 hours of round-trip travel every week, a cost the budget does not price. 4.5% of workers in Van Wert County, OH work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally, which removes the commute for them.
Can Stockers and Order Fillers afford to live in Van Wert County, OH?
The 30% rent guideline
A common rule of thumb says rent should stay under 30% of gross income. For a gross salary of $37,210 that ceiling is $930 a month. The one-bedroom Fair Market Rent of $795 is $135 under it, so rent fits the guideline. Put as a wage, covering a one-bedroom at the 30% guideline takes $15.29 an hour; the median for Stockers and Order Fillers is $17.89, which is 17% above that mark. Another way to see it: at $15.28 of take-home pay an hour, a one-bedroom takes about 12.0 working hours every week.
Splitting a two-bedroom
Sharing a two-bedroom at $1,003 a month means $502 each. Compared with renting a one-bedroom alone, that saves $3,522 a year. With a roommate, the yearly margin after the basics becomes $18,614.
How fast you can save
At $1,258 a month of margin, building a $10,000 emergency fund would take about 8 months. Setting aside half of the margin stretches the same goal to about 16 months. These figures ignore interest, raises and any spending beyond the four basics.
Frequently asked questions about Stockers and Order Fillers pay in Van Wert County, OH
What is the hourly wage for Stockers and Order Fillers in Van Wert County, OH?
The median is $17.89 per hour, based on $37,210 a year over 2,080 hours. Hourly pay runs from about $14.31 at the 10th percentile to $22.87 at the 90th percentile.
What is the take-home pay for Stockers and Order Fillers in Van Wert County, OH?
After federal income tax, FICA and state income tax, the median salary of $37,210 becomes $31,786 a year. That is $2,649 a month, $1,223 every two weeks or $611 a week.
What percentage of pay goes to taxes for Stockers and Order Fillers in Van Wert County, OH?
Total taxes are $5,424 a year, an effective rate of 14.6%: $2,337 federal income tax, $2,847 FICA and $241 Ohio income tax.
Is pay for Stockers and Order Fillers in Van Wert County, OH above the Ohio average?
It is about the same. The local median of $37,210 is within 0.4% of the Ohio average of $37,056.
Is a one-bedroom rent affordable on the median Stockers and Order Fillers salary in Van Wert County, OH?
A one-bedroom costs $795 a month against take-home pay of $2,649, which is 30.0% of take-home pay. That meets the 30%-of-gross guideline, which allows up to $930 a month.
How much is left after rent, food and energy for Stockers and Order Fillers in Van Wert County, OH?
About $1,258 a month ($15,092 a year) remains after a one-bedroom apartment, food, home energy and gasoline, which together cost $16,694 a year.
What hourly wage covers a one-bedroom in Van Wert County, OH at the 30% guideline?
$15.29 an hour for a full-time schedule, calculated as the $9,540 annual rent divided by 0.30 and by 2,080 hours. The median for Stockers and Order Fillers is $17.89.
How we calculated these numbers
Wages are May 2025 medians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey for the West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area; hourly-only values are annualized at 2,080 hours. Rents are HUD Fair Market Rents, food costs come from the USDA Thrifty Food Plan, and energy prices come from the Energy Information Administration. County-level tax statistics come from the IRS Statistics of Income.
Taxes use tax-year 2025 federal brackets, FICA rates and the Ohio rules for a single filer with wage income only. Figures are estimates for planning and comparison, not tax or financial advice, and they exclude local income taxes, benefits, retirement contributions and individual circumstances.