At freight terminals, shipping docks, or industrial receiving operations, you weigh both inbound and outbound shipments — supporting freight billing, inventory accounting, and the cross-docking work that high-throughput operations depend on.
In the shipping-and-receiving environment, the work runs between inbound trailers and outbound loads — incoming freight weighed and documented, outbound shipments weighed before sealing, the records feeding both freight billing and inventory accounting. You're often between the receiving and shipping operations at busy facilities. Weight accuracy and dual-flow documentation anchor the visible measures.
Where it gets demanding is the coordination across inbound and outbound flows — shipping pushes outbound through the dock; receiving brings inbound the same direction, and the weigher coordinates the scale across both. Variance across employers is real: at major distribution operations shipping-and-receiving weighers work within structured operations; at smaller facilities the role combines weighing with broader dock work.
It fits people who are detail-precise, weather-tolerant, and physically up for dock-environment work. The trade-off is the standing-shift work and the weather exposure of dock-side weighing. Industry credentials anchor advancement.
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View all Admin & Office roles →At freight terminals, shipping docks, or industrial receiving operations, you weigh both inbound and outbound shipments — supporting freight billing, inventory accounting, and the cross-docking work that high-throughput operations depend on.
Median pay for a Shipping and Receiving Weigher is about $46K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $35K to $60K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Monitoring, Speaking, and Coordination.
Most people in this role hold a high school diploma.
Employment in this field is projected to decline about 4.8% through 2034, with roughly 49,720 people working in it today (BLS).
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