Holder vs production employee

The differences between holders and production employees can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a production employee has an average salary of $32,872, which is higher than the $30,784 average annual salary of a holder.

The top three skills for a holder include customer service, surgical procedures and direct traffic. The most important skills for a production employee are production floor, quality standards, and safety standards.

Holder vs production employee overview

	Holder	Production Employee
Yearly salary	$30,784	$32,872
Hourly rate	$14.80	$15.80
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	7,501	75,730
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 48%	High School Diploma, 34%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	-	-

Holder vs production employee salary

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

	Holder	Production Employee
Average salary	$30,784	$32,872
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $42,000	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 holder and production employee education

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

	Holder	Production Employee
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 48%	High School Diploma, 34%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	-

Holder vs production employee demographics

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

	Holder	Production Employee
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 63.0% Female, 37.0%	Male, 69.6% Female, 30.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.2% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 19.7% Asian, 7.5% White, 56.3% 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 holder and production employee duties and responsibilities

Holder example responsibilities.

Manage monetary transactions and POS operations.
Apply clips to candle wicks.
Perform melted liquid test IAW company policies and procedures.
Operate multiple textile machines using cotton and various materials.
Train new sign spinners and develop new tricks and techniques.
Place wicks into jars and package candles to prepare for distribution.

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.

Holder vs production employee skills

Common holder skills

Customer Service, 35%
Surgical Procedures, 26%
Direct Traffic, 8%
Property Accountability, 6%
Tax Season, 4%
Retractors, 4%

Common production employee skills

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