Shipping inspector vs group home worker

The differences between shipping inspectors and group home workers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a group home worker has an average salary of $40,224, which is higher than the $28,962 average annual salary of a shipping inspector.

The top three skills for a shipping inspector include calipers, computer system and FAA. The most important skills for a group home worker are social work, crisis intervention, and data entry.

Shipping inspector vs group home worker overview

	Shipping Inspector	Group Home Worker
Yearly salary	$28,962	$40,224
Hourly rate	$13.92	$19.34
Growth rate	-3%	36%
Number of jobs	23,151	88,906
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	Bachelor's Degree, 35%
Average age	45	50
Years of experience	-	-

Shipping inspector vs group home worker salary

Shipping inspectors and group home workers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Shipping Inspector	Group Home Worker
Average salary	$28,962	$40,224
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $36,000	Between $29,000 And $54,000
Highest paying City	-	Fairbanks, AK
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Texas
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between shipping inspector and group home worker education

There are a few differences between a shipping inspector and a group home worker in terms of educational background:

	Shipping Inspector	Group Home Worker
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	Bachelor's Degree, 35%
Most common major	Business	Psychology
Most common college	-	-

Shipping inspector vs group home worker demographics

Here are the differences between shipping inspectors' and group home workers' demographics:

	Shipping Inspector	Group Home Worker
Average age	45	50
Gender ratio	Male, 55.7% Female, 44.3%	Male, 26.8% Female, 73.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.4% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 15.7% Asian, 9.0% White, 59.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	Black or African American, 24.0% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 23.4% Asian, 10.5% White, 35.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	4%	5%

Differences between shipping inspector and group home worker duties and responsibilities

Shipping inspector example responsibilities.

Attend seminars require to obtain and maintain FAA ODAR certification.
Supervise all supply-chain management operations, including forecasting, sourcing, procurement, pricing, conversion, distribution and logistics.
Correspond with Honda on issues.
Supervise all supply-chain management operations, including forecasting, sourcing, procurement, pricing, conversion, distribution and logistics.

Group home worker example responsibilities.

Provide companionship, socialization and emotional support.
Provide transportation to medical appointments and transfer patients in and out of wheelchairs
Experience working with the elderly, Alzheimer's or dementia patients.
Maintain the living areas by cleaning, doing laundry, and shopping for groceries.
Plan meals, shopping for groceries, preparing and serving food/meals, feeding, and clean-up.
Assist and redirect clients with ADL skills, transport clients to daily activities, and focuse on documentation.

Shipping inspector vs group home worker skills

Common shipping inspector skills

Calipers, 32%
Computer System, 27%
FAA, 18%
Package Processing Equipment, 8%
Load Trucks, 5%
Customer Orders, 5%

Common group home worker skills

Social Work, 31%
Crisis Intervention, 20%
Data Entry, 12%
Meal Prep, 7%
CPR, 5%
Independent Living, 5%