Yard spotter vs freight team associate

The differences between yard spotters and freight team associates can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a yard spotter has an average salary of $41,542, which is higher than the $32,188 average annual salary of a freight team associate.

The top three skills for a yard spotter include CDL, dock doors and loaders. The most important skills for a freight team associate are sales floor, customer service, and electric pallet jack.

Yard spotter vs freight team associate overview

	Yard Spotter	Freight Team Associate
Yearly salary	$41,542	$32,188
Hourly rate	$19.97	$15.47
Growth rate	6%	6%
Number of jobs	3,943	31,676
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 50%	High School Diploma, 45%
Average age	40	40
Years of experience	-	-

Yard spotter vs freight team associate salary

Yard spotters and freight team associates have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Yard Spotter	Freight Team Associate
Average salary	$41,542	$32,188
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $54,000	Between $26,000 And $39,000
Highest paying City	Fremont, NE	-
Highest paying state	Alaska	-
Best paying company	Ryder System	-
Best paying industry	Transportation	-

Differences between yard spotter and freight team associate education

There are a few differences between a yard spotter and a freight team associate in terms of educational background:

	Yard Spotter	Freight Team Associate
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 50%	High School Diploma, 45%
Most common major	General Studies	Business
Most common college	-	-

Yard spotter vs freight team associate demographics

Here are the differences between yard spotters' and freight team associates' demographics:

	Yard Spotter	Freight Team Associate
Average age	40	40
Gender ratio	Male, 94.0% Female, 6.0%	Male, 81.5% Female, 18.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 17.3% Asian, 5.9% White, 57.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%	Black or African American, 13.6% Unknown, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 20.4% Asian, 5.5% White, 53.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between yard spotter and freight team associate duties and responsibilities

Yard spotter example responsibilities.

Manage mulching, fertilizing, watering and mowing activities.
Maintain a clean floor so production run smoothly.
Set forums to pour concrete, fish concrete, run few gas lines temp.
Prepare pallets by following prescribe stacking arrangement and properly tagging pallets.
Log statistics of athletes for ESPN's television production crew
Communicate important information about Olympic athletes to ESPN

Freight team associate example responsibilities.

Manage customer resolutions associate with flight reservations.
Unload, POS associate (cashier), floor associate.
Summer position in a basic retail role with inventory responsibility after closing including some training with forklifts and power jacks
Assist customers with loading groceries, stage merchandise for customer purchase

Yard spotter vs freight team associate skills

Common yard spotter skills

CDL, 34%
Dock Doors, 18%
Loaders, 11%
Asphalt, 7%
Yard Truck, 6%
DOT, 4%

Common freight team associate skills

Sales Floor, 21%
Customer Service, 17%
Electric Pallet Jack, 13%
Store Shelves, 11%
Store Merchandise, 10%
Forklifts, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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