Freight team associate vs freight handler

The differences between freight team associates and freight handlers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a freight handler has an average salary of $35,944, 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 freight handler are basic math, pallets, and math.

Freight team associate vs freight handler overview

	Freight Team Associate	Freight Handler
Yearly salary	$32,188	$35,944
Hourly rate	$15.47	$17.28
Growth rate	6%	6%
Number of jobs	31,676	67,422
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 45%	High School Diploma, 54%
Average age	40	40
Years of experience	-	-

Freight team associate vs freight handler salary

Freight team associates and freight handlers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Freight Team Associate	Freight Handler
Average salary	$32,188	$35,944
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $39,000	Between $28,000 And $44,000
Highest paying City	-	Billerica, MA
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	R+L Carriers
Best paying industry	-	Transportation

Differences between freight team associate and freight handler education

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

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

Freight team associate vs freight handler demographics

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

	Freight Team Associate	Freight Handler
Average age	40	40
Gender ratio	Male, 81.5% Female, 18.5%	Male, 88.2% Female, 11.8%
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, 13.6% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 19.8% Asian, 5.2% White, 55.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between freight team associate and freight handler 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

Freight handler example responsibilities.

Manage temporary staff doing warehouse work and train and test them in order to receive forklift certification per OSHA.
Dock work then get CDL and then go to the road
Work on the dock loading and unloading truck and backup CDL driver.
Ship order via FedEx on a daily basis and perform an inventory and cycle count when need.
Distribute break loads, freight and merchandise on inbound and outbound side of the LTL freight terminal.
Job include handling all types of LTL freight with a forklift while unloading and loading trailers for delivery.

Freight team associate vs freight handler 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 freight handler skills

Basic Math, 28%
Pallets, 21%
Math, 12%
Hazardous Materials, 10%
Manual Equipment, 7%
Hand Trucks, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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