Professional truck driver vs caller

The differences between professional truck drivers and callers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become a professional truck driver, becoming a caller takes usually requires 6-12 months. Additionally, a professional truck driver has an average salary of $48,577, which is higher than the $47,798 average annual salary of a caller.

The top three skills for a professional truck driver include CDL, safety regulations and on-time delivery. The most important skills for a caller are outbound calls, customer service, and cold calls.

Professional truck driver vs caller overview

	Professional Truck Driver	Caller
Yearly salary	$48,577	$47,798
Hourly rate	$23.35	$22.98
Growth rate	4%	11%
Number of jobs	739,437	852
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 32%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Average age	48	39
Years of experience	2	12

Professional truck driver vs caller salary

Professional truck drivers and callers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Professional Truck Driver	Caller
Average salary	$48,577	$47,798
Salary range	Between $33,000 And $69,000	Between $19,000 And $114,000
Highest paying City	Boston, MA	-
Highest paying state	Rhode Island	-
Best paying company	Wellpath	-
Best paying industry	Transportation	-

Differences between professional truck driver and caller education

There are a few differences between a professional truck driver and a caller in terms of educational background:

	Professional Truck Driver	Caller
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 32%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Professional truck driver vs caller demographics

Here are the differences between professional truck drivers' and callers' demographics:

	Professional Truck Driver	Caller
Average age	48	39
Gender ratio	Male, 84.3% Female, 15.7%	Male, 35.9% Female, 64.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 14.4% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 17.9% Asian, 3.7% White, 58.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 13.3% Unknown, 5.8% Hispanic or Latino, 19.4% Asian, 6.2% White, 54.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	4%	8%

Differences between professional truck driver and caller duties and responsibilities

Professional truck driver example responsibilities.

Maintain current commercial driver's license (CDL).
Perform equipment inspections, load and unload liquid HazMat.
Select as OTR driver certify in tanker, double and triple.
Diversify freight transportation OTR, as well as business and home delivery.
Train students and company employees in professional truck driving leading to student acquiring CDL.
Truck driving/safety checks on all equipment and cargo/The on time pickup and delivery of cargo

Caller example responsibilities.

Maintain hours of on duty engineers and conductors and their hours of rest on excel spreadsheet per FRA requirements.
Act as SME (subject matter expert).
Maintain train schedules for engineer and conductors.
Prepare FRA paper for crews going on duty.
Collect on-boarding and HIPAA policy paperwork for all employees.
Attend ongoing classes to keep certification current for the EMT field.

Professional truck driver vs caller skills

Common professional truck driver skills

CDL, 17%
Safety Regulations, 15%
On-Time Delivery, 10%
OTR, 7%
Vehicle Service, 6%
Semi, 5%

Common caller skills

Outbound Calls, 27%
Customer Service, 23%
Cold Calls, 9%
Fundraise, 7%
Financial Support, 5%
Computer System, 4%