Furnace helper vs production assistant

The differences between furnace helpers and production assistants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a furnace helper has an average salary of $33,880, which is higher than the $33,405 average annual salary of a production assistant.

The top three skills for a furnace helper include electric arc, quality standards and RAN. The most important skills for a production assistant are video production, teleprompter, and audio board.

Furnace helper vs production assistant overview

	Furnace Helper	Production Assistant
Yearly salary	$33,880	$33,405
Hourly rate	$16.29	$16.06
Growth rate	-	-5%
Number of jobs	13,640	51,905
Job satisfaction	-	4
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 58%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Average age	38	38
Years of experience	-	-

Furnace helper vs production assistant salary

Furnace helpers and production assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Furnace Helper	Production Assistant
Average salary	$33,880	$33,405
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $55,000	Between $25,000 And $44,000
Highest paying City	-	Bristol, CT
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	National Football League
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between furnace helper and production assistant education

There are a few differences between a furnace helper and a production assistant in terms of educational background:

	Furnace Helper	Production Assistant
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 58%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Most common major	General Studies	Communication
Most common college	-	-

Furnace helper vs production assistant demographics

Here are the differences between furnace helpers' and production assistants' demographics:

	Furnace Helper	Production Assistant
Average age	38	38
Gender ratio	Male, 97.7% Female, 2.3%	Male, 53.4% Female, 46.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.9% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.1% Asian, 4.9% White, 64.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 20.5% Asian, 6.5% White, 56.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between furnace helper and production assistant duties and responsibilities

Furnace helper example responsibilities.

Restructure and improve organization, attitude, and cleanliness through encouragement and a positive, energetic attitude.
Confirm proper implant of geophones.

Production assistant example responsibilities.

Manage customer accounts using Quickbooks.
Manage cross-departmental communication and collaboration to increase ESPN viewers.
Manage QA process including test/debug cycles and platform compliance/compatibility testing.
Manage all office aspects including general administrative duties and assisting with staff payroll.
Manage client photography house accounts and submissions, including calculating usage rights and licensing royalty-free and rights-manage images.
Manage and refine the metadata system for a photography database -communicate with customers over e-mail with regards to advertisement proofs

Furnace helper vs production assistant skills

Common furnace helper skills

Electric Arc, 58%
Quality Standards, 16%
RAN, 14%
End Loaders, 13%

Common production assistant skills

Video Production, 18%
Teleprompter, 7%
Audio Board, 7%
Purchase Orders, 4%
Production Equipment, 4%
Photography, 4%