Crusher vs production employee

The differences between crushers and production employees can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a crusher has an average salary of $36,763, which is higher than the $32,872 average annual salary of a production employee.

The top three skills for a crusher include asphalt, rollers and MSHA. The most important skills for a production employee are production floor, quality standards, and safety standards.

Crusher vs production employee overview

	Crusher	Production Employee
Yearly salary	$36,763	$32,872
Hourly rate	$17.67	$15.80
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	444	75,730
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 50%	High School Diploma, 34%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	-	-

Crusher vs production employee salary

Crushers and production employees have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Crusher	Production Employee
Average salary	$36,763	$32,872
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $58,000	Between $25,000 And $42,000
Highest paying City	-	Cleveland, OH
Highest paying state	-	Minnesota
Best paying company	-	Steel Dynamics
Best paying industry	-	Automotive

Differences between crusher and production employee education

There are a few differences between a crusher and a production employee in terms of educational background:

	Crusher	Production Employee
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 50%	High School Diploma, 34%
Most common major	Heavy/Industrial Equipment Maintenance Technologies	Business
Most common college	-	-

Crusher vs production employee demographics

Here are the differences between crushers' and production employees' demographics:

	Crusher	Production Employee
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 91.8% Female, 8.2%	Male, 69.6% Female, 30.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.8% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 18.5% Asian, 7.2% White, 60.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 10.5% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 15.9% Asian, 7.9% White, 60.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between crusher and production employee duties and responsibilities

Crusher example responsibilities.

Inspect entire crusher including cages and pulleys.
Start out with a crew safely and efficiently operating equipment such as overhead cranes, loaders, bobcats, and forklifts.
Designate as miner representitve for msha inspections.
Move controls to start and regulate movement of conveyors and to start and position drill cutters or torches.

Production employee example responsibilities.

Accomplish collating training for revisions and charts.
Handle set up and operation of CNC mills and lathes for production.
Machine (CNC) axle shafts from a raw forging state to a finish product ready for final assembly.
Execute production activities as directed by supervisor, including performing GMP cell culture of biologic products using closed-system device.
Coordinate and participate in Kaizen cost improvement activities.

Crusher vs production employee skills

Common crusher skills

Asphalt, 53%
Rollers, 18%
MSHA, 11%
Routine Maintenance, 6%
Construction Equipment, 6%
Loaders, 3%

Common production employee skills

Production Floor, 25%
Quality Standards, 16%
Safety Standards, 13%
Work Ethic, 8%
Production Process, 6%
HACCP, 4%