Warehouse Staffing Calculator

Calculate headcount for pickers, packers, and receiving staff based on daily order volume.

Daily Orders

Picks per Order

Pick Rate per Hour

/hr

Pack Rate per Hour

/hr

Shift Hours

hrs

Tab to move between fields

Pickers Needed

Packers Needed

Total Staff

Receiving Staff4

How to Use This Calculator

Enter Daily Orders — the number of orders shipped per day at your facility.
Set Picks per Order to the average number of line items in each order.
Input Pick Rate per Hour (picks/hr): 60-80 for discrete picking, 100-150 for batch or zone picking.
Set Pack Rate per Hour to how many orders your packers can box and label per hour.
Enter Shift Hours — the length of each shift (productive time is modeled at 85% efficiency).
Review Pickers Needed, Packers Needed, Receiving Staff, and Total Staff to build your labor schedule.

How the result changes with Daily Orders

Daily Orders	Pickers Needed	Packers Needed	Total Staff
5,001	46	30	110
17,501	161	103	381
32,500	299	192	708
45,000	414	265	979

Daily Orders: Number of orders shipped per day.
Picks per Order: Average line items (picks) per order.
Pick Rate per Hour: Picks per hour per picker (batch picking: 100-150, discrete: 60-80).
Pack Rate per Hour: Orders packed per hour per packer.
Shift Hours: Hours per shift (productive time is ~85% after breaks).

Identify Input Parameters
4 parameters
Daily Orders = 500, Picks per Order = 5, Pick Rate per Hour = 80, Pack Rate per Hour = 25 = 5 input(s) provided
Calculate Pickers Needed
Pickers Needed
5 = 5
Calculate Packers Needed
Packers Needed
3 = 3
Calculate Receiving Staff
Receiving Staff
4 = 4