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This question is about technical support technician demographics.
37.5% of technical support technicians are female in the United States. This is 1.6 percentage points higher than last year. Additionally, the percentage of female technical support technicians has decreased by -5.6 percentage points since 2010. That means there are a total of 177,908 female technical support technicians in the U.S. and 296,515 male technical support technicians in the United States. Note that Zippia's estimate accounts only for the 474,423 people with the specific job title of technical support technician and doesn't include grouping similar job titles, or people with potentially similar credentialing.
| Year | Female Technical Support Technicians | Male Technical Support Technicians | Percentage Female Technical Support Technicians | Percentage Male Technical Support Technicians | |
| 2019 | 1,678 | 2,792 | 37.5% | 62.5% | |
| 2018 | 1,682 | 2,998 | 35.9% | 64.1% | |
| 2017 | 1,719 | 2,949 | 36.8% | 63.2% | |
| 2016 | 1,665 | 2,869 | 36.7% | 63.3% | |
| 2015 | 1,636 | 2,799 | 36.9% | 63.1% | |
| 2014 | 1,498 | 2,338 | 39.1% | 60.9% | |
| 2013 | 1,564 | 2,392 | 39.5% | 60.5% | |
| 2012 | 1,444 | 2,151 | 40.2% | 59.8% | |
| 2011 | 1,421 | 1,970 | 41.9% | 58.1% | |
| 2010 | 1,532 | 2,021 | 43.1% | 56.9% |

Additionally, female technical support technicians tend to be older than male technical support technicians. The average age of a female technical support technician is 43.5, while the average age of a male technical support technician is 41.2.
While the majority of U.S. technical support technicians are male in 2022, there are still some occupations where females dominate. For example, 81% of informatics nurse specialist are female. On the other hand, some technical support technician jobs are dominated by males. 93% of senior windows engineer, for instance, are male.
Like most jobs, there's a gender pay gap among technical support technicians. The average male technical support technician earns an average annual salary of $36,711, while the average female technical support technician earns an average annual income of $33,637, meaning female technical support technicians make 92 cents for every dollar a man earns.
Are technical support technicians jobs male or female dominated?
Technical Support Technician jobs are male dominated. 37.5% of technical support technicians are female and 62.5% of technical support technicians are male in the United States.
How has the number of female technical support technicians changed over time?
The number of female technical support technicians has decreased by -5.6% since 2010. In 2010, there were 43.1% female technical support technicians and the latest data shows that there are 37.5% female technical support technicians in the U.S.

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