Production expediter vs production clerk

The differences between production expediters and production clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a production expediter and a production clerk. Additionally, a production expediter has an average salary of $37,420, which is higher than the $32,281 average annual salary of a production clerk.

The top three skills for a production expediter include production schedules, production floor and quality standards. The most important skills for a production clerk are basic math, data entry, and safety procedures.

Production expediter vs production clerk overview

	Production Expediter	Production Clerk
Yearly salary	$37,420	$32,281
Hourly rate	$17.99	$15.52
Growth rate	-3%	-3%
Number of jobs	51,674	241,271
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 41%	High School Diploma, 31%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	2	2

Production expediter vs production clerk salary

Production expediters and production clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Production Expediter	Production Clerk
Average salary	$37,420	$32,281
Salary range	Between $28,000 And $48,000	Between $25,000 And $40,000
Highest paying City	-	Minneapolis, MN
Highest paying state	-	Massachusetts
Best paying company	-	Rich Products
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between production expediter and production clerk education

There are a few differences between a production expediter and a production clerk in terms of educational background:

	Production Expediter	Production Clerk
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 41%	High School Diploma, 31%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Western Carolina University	Western Carolina University

Production expediter vs production clerk demographics

Here are the differences between production expediters' and production clerks' demographics:

	Production Expediter	Production Clerk
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 70.6% Female, 29.4%	Male, 31.8% Female, 68.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.2% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.9% Asian, 6.3% White, 61.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 10.3% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.9% Asian, 7.0% White, 60.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between production expediter and production clerk duties and responsibilities

Production expediter example responsibilities.

Flight line expediter ensures maintenance accomplishment and sortie production by managing, controlling and directing allocate resources and personnel.
Company is a custom molder with medical molding in a clean room facility in an ISO certify environment.
Collaborate with internal and virtual teams on the development and ongoing maintenance of desktop procedures to ensure ISO compliance.
Maintain and develop positive business relationships with a customer's personnel and involve in or directly relevant to a logistics activity.
Evaluate engineering BOM demand and respond to issues relate to the product build network.
Resolve several recurring material ordering issues resulting in improve JIT productivity and schedule attainment.

Production clerk example responsibilities.

Flight line expediter ensures maintenance accomplishment and sortie production by managing, controlling and directing allocate resources and personnel.
Clean windows, glass partitions, and mirrors with water and other cleaners with sponges and squeegees.
Coordinate with multiple sewing facilities to expedite late customer orders.
Ship via fed ex and ups.
Observe and follow GMP guidelines ensuring product quality.
Perform cycle counting of WIP and complete inventories.

Production expediter vs production clerk skills

Common production expediter skills

Production Schedules, 11%
Production Floor, 9%
Quality Standards, 9%
WIP, 9%
Expedite, 8%
Customer Orders, 6%

Common production clerk skills

Basic Math, 16%
Data Entry, 16%
Safety Procedures, 8%
Math, 8%
Production Reports, 4%
GMP, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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