Senior production associate vs production coordinator

The differences between senior production associates and production coordinators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a senior production associate and a production coordinator. Additionally, a senior production associate has an average salary of $59,051, which is higher than the $49,366 average annual salary of a production coordinator.

The top three skills for a senior production associate include quality standards, hand tools and computer system. The most important skills for a production coordinator are customer service, logistics, and video production.

Senior production associate vs production coordinator overview

	Senior Production Associate	Production Coordinator
Yearly salary	$59,051	$49,366
Hourly rate	$28.39	$23.73
Growth rate	-	-3%
Number of jobs	52,142	68,532
Job satisfaction	-	4
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 69%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	2	2

Senior production associate vs production coordinator salary

Senior production associates and production coordinators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Production Associate	Production Coordinator
Average salary	$59,051	$49,366
Salary range	Between $37,000 And $92,000	Between $35,000 And $67,000
Highest paying City	Berkeley, CA	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	Hawaii	Wyoming
Best paying company	ORIX USA	Meta
Best paying industry	Technology	Technology

Differences between senior production associate and production coordinator education

There are a few differences between a senior production associate and a production coordinator in terms of educational background:

	Senior Production Associate	Production Coordinator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 69%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Senior production associate vs production coordinator demographics

Here are the differences between senior production associates' and production coordinators' demographics:

	Senior Production Associate	Production Coordinator
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 55.4% Female, 44.6%	Male, 47.1% Female, 52.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.5% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 18.6% Asian, 4.7% White, 59.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 11.6% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 20.2% Asian, 4.5% White, 59.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between senior production associate and production coordinator duties and responsibilities

Senior production associate example responsibilities.

Lead targeted decision-making across fast-pace production operations for this growth-orient USDA food factory producing quality meat products.
Supervise and run production lines assuring quality in GMP codes and lot dates for food products.
Record data per run per BOM and FDA.
Utilize skills in molding, splicing and soldering and brazing.
Circulate packing and shipping manuals for instructions to agents and troubleshoot any issues.
Use JIRA to kick-off development tasks, track stages of production, kick off QA efforts, and document bugs.

Production coordinator example responsibilities.

Manage the deployment communications for the Mid-Atlantic upgrade of ATM hardware.
Create social media campaigns on Facebook and help manage the AKAOKA blog.
Create UNIX shell scripts to automate the processes by avoiding manual process.
Utilize EDI communications to manage customer requirements and shipment coordination.
Participate and lead Kaizen improvement activities to assure optimum productivity and costs.
Manage FedEx shipment processing which includes receiving incoming shipments and keeping records concerning these transactions.

Senior production associate vs production coordinator skills

Common senior production associate skills

Quality Standards, 22%
Hand Tools, 9%
Computer System, 6%
Lean Manufacturing, 6%
Quality Checks, 5%
Quality Procedures, 5%

Common production coordinator skills

Customer Service, 13%
Logistics, 8%
Video Production, 6%
Production Process, 6%
Purchase Orders, 6%
Production Schedules, 5%

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