Surface supervisor vs transportation assistant

The differences between surface supervisors and transportation assistants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a surface supervisor and a transportation assistant. Additionally, a transportation assistant has an average salary of $44,684, which is higher than the $39,293 average annual salary of a surface supervisor.

The top three skills for a surface supervisor include surface mount, SMT and . The most important skills for a transportation assistant are patients, veterans, and rehabilitation.

Surface supervisor vs transportation assistant overview

	Surface Supervisor	Transportation Assistant
Yearly salary	$39,293	$44,684
Hourly rate	$18.89	$21.48
Growth rate	4%	9%
Number of jobs	7,136	8,245
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 33%	Bachelor's Degree, 36%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	4	4

Surface supervisor vs transportation assistant salary

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

	Surface Supervisor	Transportation Assistant
Average salary	$39,293	$44,684
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $70,000	Between $27,000 And $73,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	Delaware
Best paying company	-	New Jersey Institute of Technology
Best paying industry	-	Government

Differences between surface supervisor and transportation assistant education

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

	Surface Supervisor	Transportation Assistant
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 33%	Bachelor's Degree, 36%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Surface supervisor vs transportation assistant demographics

Here are the differences between surface supervisors' and transportation assistants' demographics:

	Surface Supervisor	Transportation Assistant
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 84.0% Female, 16.0%	Male, 43.9% Female, 56.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.3% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 18.0% Asian, 6.2% White, 58.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	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	8%	8%

Differences between surface supervisor and transportation assistant duties and responsibilities

Surface supervisor example responsibilities.

Manage and organize LTL shipments and warehouse responsibilities.
Handle oversight of packaging and logistics for merchandising, sorting and delivering merchandise to selling departments and maintaining team performance.
Prepare, maintain, and submit required reports to upper management and military personnel.

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.

Surface supervisor vs transportation assistant skills

Common surface supervisor skills

Surface Mount, 52%
SMT, 48%

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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