Pusher vs unloader

The differences between pushers and unloaders can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, an unloader has an average salary of $32,885, which is higher than the $32,749 average annual salary of a pusher.

The top three skills for a pusher include PPE, direct supervision and well control. The most important skills for an unloader are pallets, work ethic, and customer service.

Pusher vs unloader overview

	Pusher	Unloader
Yearly salary	$32,749	$32,885
Hourly rate	$15.74	$15.81
Growth rate	6%	6%
Number of jobs	42	63,202
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 60%	High School Diploma, 59%
Average age	40	40
Years of experience	-	-

Pusher vs unloader salary

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

	Pusher	Unloader
Average salary	$32,749	$32,885
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $42,000	Between $26,000 And $40,000
Highest paying City	-	Meridian, ID
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Land O'Lakes
Best paying industry	-	Transportation

Differences between pusher and unloader education

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

	Pusher	Unloader
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 60%	High School Diploma, 59%
Most common major	General Studies	Business
Most common college	-	-

Pusher vs unloader demographics

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

	Pusher	Unloader
Average age	40	40
Gender ratio	Male, 90.4% Female, 9.6%	Male, 87.3% Female, 12.7%
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, 14.1% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 18.8% Asian, 5.3% White, 55.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between pusher and 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.

Unloader example responsibilities.

Prepare pallets by following prescribe stacking arrangement and properly tagging pallets.
Volunteer work for kohl's cares events.

Pusher vs unloader skills

Common pusher skills

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

Common unloader skills

Pallets, 24%
Work Ethic, 18%
Customer Service, 10%
Electric Pallet Jack, 9%
Tractor Trailer, 6%
Safety Procedures, 4%