Lead production associate vs production team member

The differences between lead production associates and production team members can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a lead production associate has an average salary of $37,537, which is higher than the $28,768 average annual salary of a production team member.

The top three skills for a lead production associate include safety regulations, computer system and data entry. The most important skills for a production team member are work ethic, customer service, and cleanliness.

Lead production associate vs production team member overview

	Lead Production Associate	Production Team Member
Yearly salary	$37,537	$28,768
Hourly rate	$18.05	$13.83
Growth rate	-	7%
Number of jobs	57,439	228,024
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 34%	Bachelor's Degree, 39%
Average age	46	44
Years of experience	2	-

Lead production associate vs production team member salary

Lead production associates and production team members have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Lead Production Associate	Production Team Member
Average salary	$37,537	$28,768
Salary range	Between $29,000 And $48,000	Between $22,000 And $37,000
Highest paying City	-	Boston, MA
Highest paying state	-	Vermont
Best paying company	-	General Electric
Best paying industry	-	Transportation

Differences between lead production associate and production team member education

There are a few differences between a lead production associate and a production team member in terms of educational background:

	Lead Production Associate	Production Team Member
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 34%	Bachelor's Degree, 39%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	-

Lead production associate vs production team member demographics

Here are the differences between lead production associates' and production team members' demographics:

	Lead Production Associate	Production Team Member
Average age	46	44
Gender ratio	Male, 60.1% Female, 39.9%	Male, 63.8% Female, 36.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.4% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 18.7% Asian, 4.6% White, 59.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 13.2% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.0% Asian, 8.7% White, 57.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	6%	5%

Differences between lead production associate and production team member duties and responsibilities

Lead production associate example responsibilities.

Lead targeted decision-making across fast-pace production operations for this growth-orient USDA food factory producing quality meat products.
Lead targeted decision-making across fast-pace production operations for this growth-orient USDA food factory producing quality meat products.
Perform process validation with QA for all job startups.
Oversee scheduling, receiving, shipping, ordering, quality and preventive maintenance of machinery and equipment (TPM).
Maintain a successful working relationship with USDA inspectors to facilitate timely resolutions to regulatory and procedural issues.

Production team member example responsibilities.

Accomplish collating training for revisions and charts.
Learned to troubleshoot line stoppages.
Team lead that evaluate how to reduce waste (TPM) and increase production.
Create VB.net templates for use with CMS, including writing EKML and XSLT scripts to customize displays.
Clean contaminate equipment and areas for re-use; using detergents, steam cleaners all while implementing OSHA standards.
Used a content management system (CMS) for the maintenance and production cycles of their web sites.

Lead production associate vs production team member skills

Common lead production associate skills

Safety Regulations, 10%
Computer System, 9%
Data Entry, 9%
Safety Procedures, 9%
GMP, 9%
Production Numbers, 7%

Common production team member skills

Work Ethic, 19%
Customer Service, 12%
Cleanliness, 7%
Safety Standards, 7%
Quality Standards, 6%
Basic Math, 5%

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