Also called: Sales Order Coordinator, Order Entry Specialist
Takes and processes customer orders by phone, email or computer, and tracks them until they ship.
You enter 60 orders from restaurants for food supplies, check stock, fix a wrong shipping address and call a customer whose order is delayed.
BLS May 2025: median $46,170.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma; trained on the job.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Business.
Shrinking (about -17% over 10 years). BLS projects a 17% decline (2024-34) as ordering moves online.
High risk for 10 years. Online ordering systems and AI now take and track most orders automatically, so clerk jobs are disappearing.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to distributors or manufacturers for order entry clerk jobs
Classes: Computer applications, Business elective.
Official data: O*NET occupation 43-4151.
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