Material dispatcher vs warehouse technician

The differences between material dispatchers and warehouse technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a material dispatcher has an average salary of $59,758, which is higher than the $34,985 average annual salary of a warehouse technician.

The top three skills for a material dispatcher include purchase orders, and . The most important skills for a warehouse technician are customer service, pallets, and customer orders.

Material dispatcher vs warehouse technician overview

	Material Dispatcher	Warehouse Technician
Yearly salary	$59,758	$34,985
Hourly rate	$28.73	$16.82
Growth rate	-3%	1%
Number of jobs	22,864	231,431
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	High School Diploma, 39%
Average age	45	38
Years of experience	2	-

Material dispatcher vs warehouse technician salary

Material dispatchers and warehouse technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Material Dispatcher	Warehouse Technician
Average salary	$59,758	$34,985
Salary range	Between $33,000 And $108,000	Between $28,000 And $42,000
Highest paying City	-	Kent, WA
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Freeport-McMoRan
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between material dispatcher and warehouse technician education

There are a few differences between a material dispatcher and a warehouse technician in terms of educational background:

	Material Dispatcher	Warehouse Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	High School Diploma, 39%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Material dispatcher vs warehouse technician demographics

Here are the differences between material dispatchers' and warehouse technicians' demographics:

	Material Dispatcher	Warehouse Technician
Average age	45	38
Gender ratio	Male, 61.4% Female, 38.6%	Male, 86.3% Female, 13.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.4% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 17.2% Asian, 5.7% White, 61.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 9.8% Unknown, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 20.5% Asian, 6.5% White, 56.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	11%	6%

Differences between material dispatcher and warehouse technician duties and responsibilities

Material dispatcher example responsibilities.

Manage & coordinate logistics for shipments of product purchase and sell throughout the assigned region from manufacturer to country coordinator/sub.
Work with appropriate logistics and inventory coordinators to ensure timely movement and utilization of inventory with the region and globally.
Maintain knowledge of DDL automotive system.

Warehouse technician example responsibilities.

Manage all FEDEX shipments and advise solutions to shipment issues.
Prep boxes for shipping (ex.
Employ wide variety of hand and power tools including hoists and drills.
Employ wide variety of basic hand and power tools including hoists, drills, precision measuring instruments and electronic testing devices.
Consolidate and stage domestic freight onto pallets for major airlines to ship internationally.
Improve order processing and inventory logistics by adding labels to bin locations for easier identification and determination of equipment on hand.

Material dispatcher vs warehouse technician skills

Common material dispatcher skills

Purchase Orders, 100%

Common warehouse technician skills

Customer Service, 10%
Pallets, 7%
Customer Orders, 6%
Warehouse Environment, 5%
Shipping Receiving, 5%
Logistics, 4%

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