Team supervisor vs team leader

The differences between team supervisors and team leaders can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a team supervisor and a team leader. Additionally, a team leader has an average salary of $68,817, which is higher than the $58,718 average annual salary of a team supervisor.

The top three skills for a team supervisor include direct supervision, safety procedures and sales associates. The most important skills for a team leader are customer service, ladders, and patients.

Team supervisor vs team leader overview

	Team Supervisor	Team Leader
Yearly salary	$58,718	$68,817
Hourly rate	$28.23	$33.09
Growth rate	-	8%
Number of jobs	102,766	197,336
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Average age	47	43
Years of experience	6	6

What does a team supervisor do?

The responsibilities of a team supervisor depend on one's place or industry of employment. Most of the time, it is their role to oversee operations and work performance within the team, delegate tasks, set the budget and sales target, train new members of the workforce, and ensure to meet all goals while maintaining efficiency in all aspects. Furthermore, as a team supervisor, it is essential to lead and encourage the staff to their fullest potential and implement the workplace's policies.

What does a team leader do?

Team leaders are responsible for managing a team for a specific project or work component. They primarily guide the team members and ensure that they are still working towards the set goals. Team leaders create strategies to reach goals, cascade the goals and strategies to team members, assign tasks, conduct periodic check-ups on the roadmap towards the goals, foster an engaging work environment, motivate and coach team members, monitor team performance, evaluate the strategies and come up with mitigating plans as needed. They are also responsible for reporting the team's progress to higher management.

Team supervisor vs team leader salary

Team supervisors and team leaders have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Team Supervisor	Team Leader
Average salary	$58,718	$68,817
Salary range	Between $37,000 And $92,000	Between $37,000 And $126,000
Highest paying City	Newark, NJ	New York, NY
Highest paying state	New Jersey	Alaska
Best paying company	State Street	Ropes & Gray
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between team supervisor and team leader education

There are a few differences between a team supervisor and a team leader in terms of educational background:

	Team Supervisor	Team Leader
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	California State University - Bakersfield	SUNY College of Technology at Delhi

Team supervisor vs team leader demographics

Here are the differences between team supervisors' and team leaders' demographics:

	Team Supervisor	Team Leader
Average age	47	43
Gender ratio	Male, 58.6% Female, 41.4%	Male, 55.0% Female, 45.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.8% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 18.4% Asian, 5.7% White, 60.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 17.0% Asian, 7.2% White, 61.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	8%	9%

Differences between team supervisor and team leader duties and responsibilities

Team supervisor example responsibilities.

Manage a small group of people while effectively serving large amounts of food in small windows of time.
Accomplish requirements, allocating resources, scheduling and coordinating staff and assure accuracy of payroll.
Manage an embed Facebook executive protection team that provide security and logistical support for a corporate executive and his family.
Represent the payer side of WA Medicaid in medical necessity reviews against plan benefits.
Vacuum, mop, buffer floors, clean windows, take out trash, clean computer room.
Prepare PowerPoint presentations to present team metrics.

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Team leader example responsibilities.

Manage ACD metrics and methodology, including reporting to Sr. Management.
Set the highest standards for achieving company s KPIs, and holding staff individually accountable thereof.
Lead and conduct daily port operations for all DOD cargo transiting through the state of Florida.
Manage inventory and stock groceries, clothes and office supplies, handle supplies requests, revise logbook.
Implement multiple tools and utilities (KaiZen ideas) to optimize and automate various processes across the projects.
Manage online tasks, delegate and oversee responsibilities and projects, work with HTML coding, and update site content.

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Team supervisor vs team leader skills

Common team supervisor skills

Direct Supervision, 9%
Safety Procedures, 7%
Sales Associates, 6%
Lead Generation, 6%
Store Operations, 6%
Excellent Interpersonal, 5%

Common team leader skills

Customer Service, 26%
Ladders, 9%
Patients, 6%
Sales Floor, 6%
PET, 5%
Safety Procedures, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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