Pusher vs freight team associate

The differences between pushers and freight team associates can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a pusher has an average salary of $32,749, which is higher than the $32,188 average annual salary of a freight team associate.

The top three skills for a pusher include PPE, direct supervision and well control. The most important skills for a freight team associate are sales floor, customer service, and electric pallet jack.

Pusher vs freight team associate overview

	Pusher	Freight Team Associate
Yearly salary	$32,749	$32,188
Hourly rate	$15.74	$15.47
Growth rate	6%	6%
Number of jobs	42	31,676
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 60%	High School Diploma, 45%
Average age	40	40
Years of experience	-	-

Pusher vs freight team associate salary

Pushers and freight team associates have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Pusher	Freight Team Associate
Average salary	$32,749	$32,188
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $42,000	Between $26,000 And $39,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between pusher and freight team associate education

There are a few differences between a pusher and a freight team associate in terms of educational background:

	Pusher	Freight Team Associate
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 60%	High School Diploma, 45%
Most common major	General Studies	Business
Most common college	-	-

Pusher vs freight team associate demographics

Here are the differences between pushers' and freight team associates' demographics:

	Pusher	Freight Team Associate
Average age	40	40
Gender ratio	Male, 90.4% Female, 9.6%	Male, 81.5% Female, 18.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.3% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 27.7% Asian, 5.4% White, 48.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%	Black or African American, 13.6% Unknown, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 20.4% Asian, 5.5% White, 53.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between pusher and freight team associate duties and responsibilities

Pusher example responsibilities.

Implement remediation technologies to include but not limit to: air sparging, ORC, HRC, permanganate and iron injection.
Monitor atmospheric conditions on location (LEL, H2S, CO2, O2 etc . )
Push a roustabout crew, and relief lease operator.
Dump car couple to electric car below coke guide on designate oven.
Make sure that the IADC daily drilling report is correct and accurate before 6am.
Pull doors off the coke side oven so pusher operator can push the coke through.

Freight team associate example responsibilities.

Manage customer resolutions associate with flight reservations.
Unload, POS associate (cashier), floor associate.
Summer position in a basic retail role with inventory responsibility after closing including some training with forklifts and power jacks
Assist customers with loading groceries, stage merchandise for customer purchase

Pusher vs freight team associate skills

Common pusher skills

PPE, 13%
Direct Supervision, 11%
Well Control, 9%
USDA, 6%
Flow Lines, 6%
Safety Equipment, 5%

Common freight team associate skills

Sales Floor, 21%
Customer Service, 17%
Electric Pallet Jack, 13%
Store Shelves, 11%
Store Merchandise, 10%
Forklifts, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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