Freight team associate vs dock worker

The differences between freight team associates and dock workers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a dock worker has an average salary of $36,027, which is higher than the $32,188 average annual salary of a freight team associate.

The top three skills for a freight team associate include sales floor, customer service and electric pallet jack. The most important skills for a dock worker are safety rules, tractor trailer, and LTL.

Freight team associate vs dock worker overview

	Freight Team Associate	Dock Worker
Yearly salary	$32,188	$36,027
Hourly rate	$15.47	$17.32
Growth rate	6%	6%
Number of jobs	31,676	119,104
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 45%	High School Diploma, 54%
Average age	40	40
Years of experience	-	-

Freight team associate vs dock worker salary

Freight team associates and dock workers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Freight Team Associate	Dock Worker
Average salary	$32,188	$36,027
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $39,000	Between $29,000 And $43,000
Highest paying City	-	Coon Rapids, MN
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Dairy Farmers of America
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between freight team associate and dock worker education

There are a few differences between a freight team associate and a dock worker in terms of educational background:

	Freight Team Associate	Dock Worker
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 45%	High School Diploma, 54%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Freight team associate vs dock worker demographics

Here are the differences between freight team associates' and dock workers' demographics:

	Freight Team Associate	Dock Worker
Average age	40	40
Gender ratio	Male, 81.5% Female, 18.5%	Male, 92.9% Female, 7.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.6% Unknown, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 20.4% Asian, 5.5% White, 53.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%	Black or African American, 13.2% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% Asian, 5.1% White, 57.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between freight team associate and dock worker duties and responsibilities

Freight team associate example responsibilities.

Manage customer resolutions associate with flight reservations.
Unload, POS associate (cashier), floor associate.
Summer position in a basic retail role with inventory responsibility after closing including some training with forklifts and power jacks
Assist customers with loading groceries, stage merchandise for customer purchase

Dock worker example responsibilities.

Operate yard truck to manage dock needs, maintain safety and cleanliness of dock as well as yard.
Work with AS400 WMS to coordinate the movement of freight in and out of the terminal.
Use of the AS400 to process outbound shipments, including but not limit to data entry, and BOL imaging.
Print BOL for daily deliveries.
Use RF scanning system to select orders.
Process and palletize all damage, penny, and RTV merchandise.

Freight team associate vs dock worker skills

Common freight team associate skills

Sales Floor, 21%
Customer Service, 17%
Electric Pallet Jack, 13%
Store Shelves, 11%
Store Merchandise, 10%
Forklifts, 5%

Common dock worker skills

Safety Rules, 12%
Tractor Trailer, 8%
LTL, 8%
Unload Trailers, 6%
Basic Math, 5%
Dock Equipment, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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