Recording and logging traffic data — vehicle movements, shipment activity, broadcast spots, or other transactional records depending on industry — and producing the clean records that downstream reporting and operations rely on. The work tends to be detail-driven, system-heavy, and methodical.
Your shift tends to revolve around the steady inflow of data that needs to be logged accurately — recording the activity that's happened, verifying counts or timing, entering data into the system, and producing the reports or logs that other teams use. You'll often work with operations staff providing the source data, supervisors verifying records, and downstream teams who depend on accurate logs. Progress shows up in completeness of records, data accuracy, and on-time delivery of reports.
The harder part is often the discipline to capture data correctly even when the day is busy or chaotic — the moment to record something passes quickly, and reconstruction after the fact is harder than capture in the moment. Variance across employers is real: a broadcasting operation tracks ad spots, programming, and continuity with sharp accuracy requirements; a transportation operation tracks vehicle movements or shipments with different verification needs.
People who tend to thrive here are methodical, patient with detail, and steady under volume. The role rewards quiet accuracy and dependable record-keeping, and many traffic recorders grow into senior recorder, dispatcher, or operations coordinator paths over time depending on the industry.
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View all Admin & Office roles →Recording and logging traffic data — vehicle movements, shipment activity, broadcast spots, or other transactional records depending on industry — and producing the clean records that downstream reporting and operations rely on. The work tends to be detail-driven, system-heavy, and methodical.
Median pay for a Traffic Recorder is about $43K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $33K to $60K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Monitoring, and Time Management.
Most people in this role hold a high school diploma.
Employment in this field is projected to decline about 7.7% through 2034, with roughly 857,630 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Shipping and Receiving Clerk, Retail Receiving Associate, and Freight Clerk.
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