Assembly room supervisor vs assistant manager

The differences between assembly room supervisors and assistant managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become an assembly room supervisor, becoming an assistant manager takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, an assembly room supervisor has an average salary of $65,118, which is higher than the $39,127 average annual salary of an assistant manager.

The top three skills for an assembly room supervisor include CNC, assembly line and . The most important skills for an assistant manager are paperwork, cleanliness, and customer service.

Assembly room supervisor vs assistant manager overview

	Assembly Room Supervisor	Assistant Manager
Yearly salary	$65,118	$39,127
Hourly rate	$31.31	$18.81
Growth rate	-	6%
Number of jobs	48,814	566,132
Job satisfaction	-	4.5
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 35%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Average age	46	44
Years of experience	2	6

Assembly room supervisor vs assistant manager salary

Assembly room supervisors and assistant managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Assembly Room Supervisor	Assistant Manager
Average salary	$65,118	$39,127
Salary range	Between $41,000 And $101,000	Between $23,000 And $64,000
Highest paying City	-	New York, NY
Highest paying state	-	New Jersey
Best paying company	-	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between assembly room supervisor and assistant manager education

There are a few differences between an assembly room supervisor and an assistant manager in terms of educational background:

	Assembly Room Supervisor	Assistant Manager
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 35%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Most common major	Health Care Administration	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	University of Georgia

Assembly room supervisor vs assistant manager demographics

Here are the differences between assembly room supervisors' and assistant managers' demographics:

	Assembly Room Supervisor	Assistant Manager
Average age	46	44
Gender ratio	Male, 55.2% Female, 44.8%	Male, 42.0% Female, 58.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.1% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 15.8% Asian, 6.2% White, 62.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 6.3% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 15.5% Asian, 6.4% White, 67.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	6%	10%

Differences between assembly room supervisor and assistant manager duties and responsibilities

Assembly room supervisor example responsibilities.

Coach and mentore team leads, responsible for ensuring teams meet and exceed KPI's.
Analyze MRP system and workload data to effectively plan manpower and distribute work between the manufacturing areas and the machine shop.
Work with negotiating team and the UAW, IAM, and USW to successfully implement work teams with hourly group leaders.

Assistant manager example responsibilities.

Manage and approve all advertising and promotional activity (weekly flyers).
Manage a team in order to reach daily, monthly, and yearly monetary, KPI, and loyalty goals.
Assist with customer service, organize employee payroll and scheduling, and manage day-to-day company responsibilities.
Maintain customer base by providing excellent customer service, maintaining facilities cleanliness, preparing daily reports and managing other cashiers.
Provide exceptional customer service by serving food and bartending during the restaurant s busiest hours of operation
Assist customers and operate POS register, unload stock delivery truck, stock merchandise and build displays, make bank deposits.

Assembly room supervisor vs assistant manager skills

Common assembly room supervisor skills

CNC, 64%
Assembly Line, 36%

Common assistant manager skills

Paperwork, 10%
Cleanliness, 9%
Customer Service, 7%
Math, 7%
Basic Math, 6%
Payroll, 4%

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