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How much do material handler inventory clerk jobs pay per hour?

As of May 31, 2026, the average hourly pay for material handler inventory clerk in the United States is $18.21, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $16.11 and $19.47 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Material Handler Inventory Clerk, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Material Handler Inventory Clerk, you need strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and basic math abilities, often supported by a high school diploma or equivalent. Familiarity with inventory management systems, warehouse equipment (like forklifts or pallet jacks), and barcoding technology is typically required. Reliability, teamwork, and effective communication are standout soft skills in this position. These competencies ensure accurate inventory tracking, efficient workflow, and smooth coordination with team members, which are critical for operational success.

What are some typical challenges Material Handler Inventory Clerks face, and how can they overcome them?

Material Handler Inventory Clerks often face challenges such as managing fluctuating inventory levels, maintaining accurate records, and meeting tight deadlines during busy periods. To overcome these, strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and effective communication with warehouse staff and supervisors are essential. Familiarity with inventory management software and proactive problem-solving can also help clerks quickly resolve discrepancies and ensure smooth operations.

What are Material Handler Inventory Clerks?

Material Handler Inventory Clerks are professionals responsible for moving, storing, and tracking materials within warehouses or manufacturing facilities. They ensure that inventory records are accurate by receiving, counting, and documenting incoming and outgoing materials. Their work is essential for keeping supply chains running smoothly, preventing stockouts or overstock situations, and supporting production or distribution operations. In addition to handling physical goods, they often use inventory management software and barcode scanners to update records and generate reports.

What is the difference between Material Handler Inventory Clerk vs Warehouse Associate?

AspectMaterial Handler Inventory ClerkWarehouse Associate
Primary RoleManaging inventory, recording stock levels, and handling materialsReceiving, storing, and shipping products
CertificationsForklift certification often requiredForklift certification often required
Work EnvironmentWarehouse, inventory areasWarehouse, shipping and receiving zones
Industry UsageLogistics, manufacturing, distributionLogistics, retail, manufacturing

Both roles are common in warehouse settings and often require similar certifications like forklift operation. The Material Handler Inventory Clerk focuses more on managing and recording inventory, while the Warehouse Associate handles physical movement and storage of goods. Understanding these differences helps job seekers find the right position based on their skills and interests.

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What are the most commonly searched types of Material Handler Inventory Clerk jobs? The most popular types of Material Handler Inventory Clerk jobs are:
Infographic showing various Material Handler Inventory Clerk job openings in the United States as of May 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 96% Full Time, and 3% Part Time. Highlights an 61% Physical, and 39% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $37,886 per year, or $18.2 per hour.
Material Handler - Inventory Control

Material Handler - Inventory Control

Avantor Inc.

West Henrietta, NY

$16 - $19.50/hr

Full-time

Posted 12 days ago


Avantor rating

8.1

Company rating: 8.1 out of 10

Based on 59 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

35th of 89 rated chemical manufacturers


Job description

The Opportunity:The Opportunity:
Avantor is looking for a Material Handler with Inventory experience to join our team.
The Material Handler works under close supervision, expedites the movement of parts and material between production areas by listing or otherwise moving raw materials and/or parts. Prepares and coordinates schedules for pulling and delivering materials to control the flow of goods and regulate production floor space. Safely operates appropriate equipment (forklifts, hoists, crane, etc.) required to move materials along production floor. Follows all safety rules and practices.

What we're looking for

  • Education: High School Diploma or GED required

  • OSHA Forklift experience required

  • HAZMAT certification a plus

  • Collaboration Tool:Basic Computer Skills

  • Experience: 0-1 year Warehouse with Inventory experience

  • Familiar with warehouse systems, WMS - SAP, RF units.

  • Able to handle stress caused in meeting deadlines with tight scheduling requirements.

  • Able to shift priorities easily.

  • Able to use hands and feet simultaneously and for repetitive movements.

  • Must have responsible work habits.

  • Available to work shift and occasional weekend.

  • Able to use proper techniques to lift up to 75 pounds.

  • The ability to follow directions with emphasis on safety is extremely important.


LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret SOP's, coverage, documents, and regulations. Ability to write reports and business correspondence. Ability to effectively establish rapport, present information and respond to questions from managers, clients, customers and the public. Skill and ability to meet people and listen.


MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance. Understanding of metric system measurements is beneficial.


REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed and uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.


OTHER:
Skill and ability to type. Skill and ability to operate a computer. Skill and ability to organize and prioritize work. Skill and ability to meet deadlines and operate office equipment. Skill and ability to use Microsoft office tools and company software.

How you will thrive and create an impact


Warehouse material handlers' essential duties are to perform various tasks in the warehouse such as but not limited to:

  • Inventory: Keep accurate records and reports. Assist in physical inventories and cycle counts. Ensure proper stock rotation. May key inventory adjustments in computer.

  • Inbound: Unload trucks, trailers, containers of freight, counting products, compare to manifest to check all shipments for damage, infestation, or production code dates. Material handlers must report shortages, damages, and mis-shipments on appropriate forms. Also be able to sign for inbound shipments when necessary. All inbound shipments are moved safely to storage locations to be efficiently stacked as store merchandise.

  • Order Picking: Ensure that the correct product number, quantity and type (lot, batch, serial number) of product are picked. Transport orders to shipping locations or delivery platforms with material handling equipment such as but not limited to fork trucks, cherry pickers, or pallet jacks. Materials handlers must be able to label, stencil, tag, mark orders, band, bundle, wrap, over-pack, and palletize as required.

  • Outbound: Compare quantity, labeling and address with order to ensure out-going shipments are complete and correct. Assign signature for outbound as necessary. Efficiently move product, cartons and or pallets into trailers, rail cars or containers.

  • Equipment: Maintain equipment in a neat, clean and orderly fashion. Operate equipment safely and efficiently. Comply with company standards and OSHA requirements.

  • Other Duties: Repack or re-box cases per customer instructions. Repair and consolidate damaged goods as required. Operate shrink-wrap machine. Charge forklift battery as needed; stack and or separate good from bad pallets when necessary; clean railcars, trailers, and truck docks, bays as requested.

  • Performs other duties as assigned.


ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL EFFORT (Under Typical Positions)
The work environment characteristics and physical effort described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the associate is exposed to an industrial warehouse environment. The associate works near moving mechanical machinery and noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The job requires working in heights, exposure to changes in temperature, driving equipment, and maybe exposed to dust, fumes, or gases.


The associate is required to stand and walk for the majority of the working day. The physical requirements of the job are for associates to talk, hear, bend/stoop, squat, crawl, climb height, reach above shoulder height, crouch, kneel, balance, and push/pull. Furthermore, the job requires associates to lift/carry/push or pull up to 75 pounds with or without assistance. Associates use both hands for repetitive actions such as grasping and manipulating as well as both feet for repetitive movement operating foots controls. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

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Disclaimer:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Why Avantor?

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.
The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.
We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply today!

Pay Transparency:

The expected pre-tax pay for this position is

$35,500.00 - $56,925.00

Actual pay may differ depending on relevant factors such as prior experience and geographic location.

EEO Statement:

We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state/province, or local law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at recruiting@avantorsciences.comand let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

For more information about equal employment opportunity protections, please view the Know Your Rights poster.

Privacy Policy:

We will use the personal information that you have submitted to us in order to consider your application for the relevant role.

Your privacy is important to us. Please click here for our Privacy Policy which explains the purposes for which we will use your personal information and the ways in which we will handle and retain your information. It also explains the rights you have in relation to your information, and how to contact us with any queries or requests.

3rd Party Non-Solicitation Policy:

By submitting candidates without having been formally assigned on and contracted for a specific job requisition by Avantor, or by failing to comply with the Avantor recruitment process, you forfeit any fee on the submitted candidates, regardless of your usual terms and conditions. Avantor works with a preferred supplier list and will take the initiative to engage with recruitment agencies based on its needs and will not be accepting any form of solicitation.


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At Avantor, our ICARE Values are our core set of principles that guide and focus the Company's strategy.: Innovation; customer centric; accountability; respect; excellence! Avantor is committed to creating a fully inclusive culture that celebrates diversity and provides equitable opportunities for all associates to grow and succeed. While setting science in motion our employees can join employee focus groups.

Industry

Chemical manufacturing

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Radnor, PA, US

Year founded

1904

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