Tool keeper vs warehouse technician

The differences between tool keepers and warehouse technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a tool keeper has an average salary of $38,836, which is higher than the $34,985 average annual salary of a warehouse technician.

The top three skills for a tool keeper include customer service, and . The most important skills for a warehouse technician are customer service, pallets, and customer orders.

Tool keeper vs warehouse technician overview

	Tool Keeper	Warehouse Technician
Yearly salary	$38,836	$34,985
Hourly rate	$18.67	$16.82
Growth rate	1%	1%
Number of jobs	11,073	231,431
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 50%	High School Diploma, 39%
Average age	38	38
Years of experience	-	-

Tool keeper vs warehouse technician salary

Tool keepers and warehouse technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Tool Keeper	Warehouse Technician
Average salary	$38,836	$34,985
Salary range	Between $23,000 And $63,000	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 tool keeper and warehouse technician education

There are a few differences between a tool keeper and a warehouse technician in terms of educational background:

	Tool Keeper	Warehouse Technician
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 50%	High School Diploma, 39%
Most common major	Computer Networking	Business
Most common college	-	-

Tool keeper vs warehouse technician demographics

Here are the differences between tool keepers' and warehouse technicians' demographics:

	Tool Keeper	Warehouse Technician
Average age	38	38
Gender ratio	Male, 85.7% Female, 14.3%	Male, 86.3% Female, 13.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.8% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 18.4% Asian, 4.6% White, 58.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	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 tool keeper and warehouse technician duties and responsibilities

Tool keeper example responsibilities.

Interface with customers to expedite deliveries.
Drive weekly route presenting and selling Matco products using``tote and promote"philosophy.

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.

Tool keeper vs warehouse technician skills

Common tool keeper skills

Customer Service, 100%

Common warehouse technician skills

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