Pusher vs truck unloader

The differences between pushers and truck unloaders 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 $32,543 average annual salary of a truck unloader.

The top three skills for a pusher include PPE, direct supervision and well control. The most important skills for a truck unloader are electric pallet jack, pallets, and sales floor.

Pusher vs truck unloader overview

	Pusher	Truck Unloader
Yearly salary	$32,749	$32,543
Hourly rate	$15.74	$15.65
Growth rate	6%	6%
Number of jobs	42	42,020
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 60%	High School Diploma, 63%
Average age	40	40
Years of experience	-	-

Pusher vs truck unloader salary

Pushers and truck unloaders have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Pusher	Truck Unloader
Average salary	$32,749	$32,543
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $42,000	Between $26,000 And $40,000
Highest paying City	-	Portland, OR
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Oriental Trading
Best paying industry	-	Transportation

Differences between pusher and truck unloader education

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

	Pusher	Truck Unloader
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 60%	High School Diploma, 63%
Most common major	General Studies	Business
Most common college	-	-

Pusher vs truck unloader demographics

Here are the differences between pushers' and truck unloaders' demographics:

	Pusher	Truck Unloader
Average age	40	40
Gender ratio	Male, 90.4% Female, 9.6%	Male, 85.1% Female, 14.9%
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, 13.3% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 18.1% Asian, 6.0% White, 56.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between pusher and truck unloader 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.

Truck unloader example responsibilities.

Used jigs, torches, jacks, wedges, tumbuckles, hoists, cranes, drift pins, pry bars.
Stock floor according to current store map, utilize RF scanner for inventory database.
Replenish stock on floor and back-stock material (using RF device to record location).
Secure newly organize pallets utilizing shrink wrap.
Prepare pallets by following prescribe stacking arrangement and properly tagging pallets.
Volunteer work for kohl's cares events.

Pusher vs truck unloader skills

Common pusher skills

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

Common truck unloader skills

Electric Pallet Jack, 24%
Pallets, 19%
Sales Floor, 16%
Customer Service, 9%
Stock Shelves, 8%
Stock Merchandise, 7%