Pusher vs stacker

The differences between pushers and stackers 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 $29,046 average annual salary of a stacker.

The top three skills for a pusher include PPE, direct supervision and well control. The most important skills for a stacker are pallets, electric pallet jack, and safety procedures.

Pusher vs stacker overview

	Pusher	Stacker
Yearly salary	$32,749	$29,046
Hourly rate	$15.74	$13.96
Growth rate	6%	6%
Number of jobs	42	27,528
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 60%	High School Diploma, 61%
Average age	40	40
Years of experience	-	-

Pusher vs stacker salary

Pushers and stackers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Pusher	Stacker
Average salary	$32,749	$29,046
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $42,000	Between $22,000 And $38,000
Highest paying City	-	Woodburn, OR
Highest paying state	-	Oregon
Best paying company	-	Cognizant
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between pusher and stacker education

There are a few differences between a pusher and a stacker in terms of educational background:

	Pusher	Stacker
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 60%	High School Diploma, 61%
Most common major	General Studies	Business
Most common college	-	-

Pusher vs stacker demographics

Here are the differences between pushers' and stackers' demographics:

	Pusher	Stacker
Average age	40	40
Gender ratio	Male, 90.4% Female, 9.6%	Male, 85.9% Female, 14.1%
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, 12.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 21.2% Asian, 5.8% White, 53.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between pusher and stacker 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.

Stacker example responsibilities.

Prep shipping boxes and pallets according to customer specifications.
Stack trays on dollies for cleaning.
Monitor personal being around hazardous materials (lead) with PPE.
Stack loaves of bread onto racks on separate dollies for loading on delivery trucks.
Move materials as required or direct using hand equipment, power fork trucks or hoists.
Operate bundling machine to provide the bindery department neat stack mat er ials to be bound.

Pusher vs stacker skills

Common pusher skills

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

Common stacker skills

Pallets, 37%
Electric Pallet Jack, 28%
Safety Procedures, 5%
Stack Boxes, 5%
Stackers, 4%
Assembly Line, 3%