Tattoo artist vs ship worker

The differences between tattoo artists and ship workers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a tattoo artist has an average salary of $51,867, which is higher than the $28,576 average annual salary of a ship worker.

The top three skills for a tattoo artist include customer service, tattooing and scheduling appointments. The most important skills for a ship worker are customer orders, safety procedures, and crisis intervention.

Tattoo artist vs ship worker overview

	Tattoo Artist	Ship Worker
Yearly salary	$51,867	$28,576
Hourly rate	$24.94	$13.74
Growth rate	-	1%
Number of jobs	3,642	29,706
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 39%	Bachelor's Degree, 35%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	-	4

Tattoo artist vs ship worker salary

Tattoo artists and ship workers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Tattoo Artist	Ship Worker
Average salary	$51,867	$28,576
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $108,000	Between $19,000 And $42,000
Highest paying City	New York, NY	Baltimore, MD
Highest paying state	Pennsylvania	Vermont
Best paying company	HairClub	Katerra
Best paying industry	Manufacturing	Transportation

Differences between tattoo artist and ship worker education

There are a few differences between a tattoo artist and a ship worker in terms of educational background:

	Tattoo Artist	Ship Worker
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 39%	Bachelor's Degree, 35%
Most common major	Graphic Design	Business
Most common college	-	-

Tattoo artist vs ship worker demographics

Here are the differences between tattoo artists' and ship workers' demographics:

	Tattoo Artist	Ship Worker
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 75.0% Female, 25.0%	Male, 54.7% Female, 45.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.3% Unknown, 6.4% Hispanic or Latino, 20.0% Asian, 5.9% White, 57.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%	Black or African American, 6.9% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.9% Asian, 3.1% White, 75.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	6%	11%

Differences between tattoo artist and ship worker duties and responsibilities

Tattoo artist example responsibilities.

Manage light grounds keeping work such as mowing and watering plants.
Work with restaurant manager in maintaining server/host POS percentages and overall performance.
Keep up with household duties while family is away, babysit child.
Feed and water the guinea pigs as well as clean their cages every week.
Have been a baby sitter for Kaleb Munday for almost 4 years and currently babysit for him.
Provide in-home pet care including; leash walks, an essential amount of exercise and playtime and clean up after pets.

Ship worker example responsibilities.

Stack ice cream bricks and tubs onto pallets in freezer by hand and move into position by electric pallet jack.
General maintenance such as but not limit to HVAC maintenance/repair, electrical maintenance/repair, minor plumbing maintenance/repair.
Work the dryers in which the linen are dried in.
Used FIFO system to see what need to be pick first.
Collect payment in cash, credit and debit using POS systems.
build carts, run the wash and robot, unload and load trucks ,

Tattoo artist vs ship worker skills

Common tattoo artist skills

Customer Service, 27%
Tattooing, 8%
Scheduling Appointments, 7%
Body Art, 7%
Sterile Environment, 7%
CPR, 5%

Common ship worker skills

Customer Orders, 15%
Safety Procedures, 14%
Crisis Intervention, 9%
Community Resources, 9%
Customer Service, 9%
CPR, 4%

Updated January 8, 2025

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