Router vs transportation assistant

The differences between routers and transportation assistants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become a router, becoming a transportation assistant takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a router has an average salary of $50,811, which is higher than the $44,684 average annual salary of a transportation assistant.

The top three skills for a router include customer service, customer orders and roadnet. The most important skills for a transportation assistant are patients, veterans, and rehabilitation.

Router vs transportation assistant overview

	Router	Transportation Assistant
Yearly salary	$50,811	$44,684
Hourly rate	$24.43	$21.48
Growth rate	10%	9%
Number of jobs	2,393	8,245
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 32%	Bachelor's Degree, 36%
Average age	42	44
Years of experience	2	4

Router vs transportation assistant salary

Routers and transportation assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Router	Transportation Assistant
Average salary	$50,811	$44,684
Salary range	Between $34,000 And $75,000	Between $27,000 And $73,000
Highest paying City	Cleveland, OH	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	Maryland	Delaware
Best paying company	Havertys Furniture	New Jersey Institute of Technology
Best paying industry	Automotive	Government

Differences between router and transportation assistant education

There are a few differences between a router and a transportation assistant in terms of educational background:

	Router	Transportation Assistant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 32%	Bachelor's Degree, 36%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Router vs transportation assistant demographics

Here are the differences between routers' and transportation assistants' demographics:

	Router	Transportation Assistant
Average age	42	44
Gender ratio	Male, 59.3% Female, 40.7%	Male, 43.9% Female, 56.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 16.2% Asian, 10.6% White, 56.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 12.0% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 19.7% Asian, 6.8% White, 55.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	11%	8%

Differences between router and transportation assistant duties and responsibilities

Router example responsibilities.

Perform pre-trip & post-trip inspections.
Work closely with DHS and NYPD.
Foster improved business relationships with multiple 3rd party logistics providers, enhancing delivery and quality performance and overall customer satisfaction.
Input routes and dispatch from AS400, ACSG program.
Set up, change and operate CMS machine (CNC).
Assist a survey crew with GPS coordinates.

Transportation assistant example responsibilities.

Charge with managing contracts for non-emergency and emergency transportation of Medicaid and Medicare members.
Administer first aid care and cardiopulmonary resuscitation to students, as required.
Transport patients in wheelchair or gurneys.
Schedule all small package and LTL shipments.
Cross train in LTL and CDS shipment building.
Track drivers by using all equipment, global positioning systems (GPS) i.e.

Router vs transportation assistant skills

Common router skills

Customer Service, 33%
Customer Orders, 11%
Roadnet, 10%
Logistics, 8%
Data Entry, 8%
Pallets, 8%

Common transportation assistant skills

Patients, 32%
Veterans, 14%
Rehabilitation, 7%
Logistics, 6%
CPR, 5%
Stretchers, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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