Stock controller vs warehouse technician

The differences between stock controllers and warehouse technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a stock controller has an average salary of $37,424, which is higher than the $34,985 average annual salary of a warehouse technician.

The top three skills for a stock controller include customer service, inventory management and stock control. The most important skills for a warehouse technician are customer service, pallets, and customer orders.

Stock controller vs warehouse technician overview

	Stock Controller	Warehouse Technician
Yearly salary	$37,424	$34,985
Hourly rate	$17.99	$16.82
Growth rate	1%	1%
Number of jobs	35,928	231,431
Job satisfaction	3	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 32%	High School Diploma, 39%
Average age	38	38
Years of experience	-	-

Stock controller vs warehouse technician salary

Stock controllers and warehouse technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Stock Controller	Warehouse Technician
Average salary	$37,424	$34,985
Salary range	Between $30,000 And $45,000	Between $28,000 And $42,000
Highest paying City	-	Kent, WA
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Freeport-McMoRan
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between stock controller and warehouse technician education

There are a few differences between a stock controller and a warehouse technician in terms of educational background:

	Stock Controller	Warehouse Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 32%	High School Diploma, 39%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Stock controller vs warehouse technician demographics

Here are the differences between stock controllers' and warehouse technicians' demographics:

	Stock Controller	Warehouse Technician
Average age	38	38
Gender ratio	Male, 76.6% Female, 23.4%	Male, 86.3% Female, 13.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.7% Unknown, 5.9% Hispanic or Latino, 24.6% Asian, 5.9% White, 51.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	Black or African American, 9.8% Unknown, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 20.5% Asian, 6.5% White, 56.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between stock controller and warehouse technician duties and responsibilities

Stock controller example responsibilities.

Manage all lifting of goods efficiently and maintain store floor at all times and ensure cleanliness in same
Enforce FIFO rotation of products.
Assist with unloading biweekly truck deliveries and the restocking of groceries.
Pick order from warehouse, QC the product and stage it for production.
Demonstrate computer navigation skills on the logistics database.
Provide leadership over logistics processes including, transportation, planning, safety and communication.

Warehouse technician example responsibilities.

Manage all FEDEX shipments and advise solutions to shipment issues.
Prep boxes for shipping (ex.
Employ wide variety of hand and power tools including hoists and drills.
Employ wide variety of basic hand and power tools including hoists, drills, precision measuring instruments and electronic testing devices.
Consolidate and stage domestic freight onto pallets for major airlines to ship internationally.
Improve order processing and inventory logistics by adding labels to bin locations for easier identification and determination of equipment on hand.

Stock controller vs warehouse technician skills

Common stock controller skills

Customer Service, 26%
Inventory Management, 12%
Stock Control, 12%
Sales Floor, 7%
Purchase Orders, 6%
Inventory Control, 6%

Common warehouse technician skills

Customer Service, 10%
Pallets, 7%
Customer Orders, 6%
Warehouse Environment, 5%
Shipping Receiving, 5%
Logistics, 4%

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