Crew boss vs team leader

The differences between crew bosses and team leaders can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a team leader has an average salary of $68,817, which is higher than the $36,286 average annual salary of a crew boss.

The top three skills for a crew boss include CDL, RAN and water pumps. The most important skills for a team leader are customer service, ladders, and patients.

Crew boss vs team leader overview

	Crew Boss	Team Leader
Yearly salary	$36,286	$68,817
Hourly rate	$17.45	$33.09
Growth rate	4%	8%
Number of jobs	63,527	197,336
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 37%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Average age	39	43
Years of experience	-	6

Crew boss vs team leader salary

Crew bosses and team leaders have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Crew Boss	Team Leader
Average salary	$36,286	$68,817
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $52,000	Between $37,000 And $126,000
Highest paying City	-	New York, NY
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Ropes & Gray
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between crew boss and team leader education

There are a few differences between a crew boss and a team leader in terms of educational background:

	Crew Boss	Team Leader
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 37%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	SUNY College of Technology at Delhi

Crew boss vs team leader demographics

Here are the differences between crew bosses' and team leaders' demographics:

	Crew Boss	Team Leader
Average age	39	43
Gender ratio	Male, 82.7% Female, 17.3%	Male, 55.0% Female, 45.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.2% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 15.5% Asian, 1.8% White, 68.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 17.0% Asian, 7.2% White, 61.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	3%	9%

Differences between crew boss and team leader duties and responsibilities

Crew boss example responsibilities.

Manage daily deck operations on multiple commercial fishing vessels to ensure all operations run smoothly and efficiently.
Perform CPR on heart attack victim until arrival of medical transport helicopter.
Conduct engine and pump operations, in coordination with patrol and mop up operations.
Run D8 bulldozer, shovels, set chocker s under the yarder, drag guidelines and pull heavy cable.
Provide end-user direct support for domain's workstations, notebooks, ERP S/W, POS registers, and remote nodes.
Remodel bathrooms, caulking, mowing, pool chemicals, painting, landscape, plumbing, lighting, steam cleaning etc.

Team leader example responsibilities.

Manage ACD metrics and methodology, including reporting to Sr. Management.
Set the highest standards for achieving company s KPIs, and holding staff individually accountable thereof.
Lead and conduct daily port operations for all DOD cargo transiting through the state of Florida.
Manage inventory and stock groceries, clothes and office supplies, handle supplies requests, revise logbook.
Implement multiple tools and utilities (KaiZen ideas) to optimize and automate various processes across the projects.
Manage online tasks, delegate and oversee responsibilities and projects, work with HTML coding, and update site content.

Crew boss vs team leader skills

Common crew boss skills

CDL, 16%
RAN, 9%
Water Pumps, 9%
Fire Behavior, 9%
S-130, 8%
Fire Line, 8%

Common team leader skills

Customer Service, 26%
Ladders, 9%
Patients, 6%
Sales Floor, 6%
PET, 5%
Safety Procedures, 4%

Updated January 8, 2025

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