Assembly cleaner vs assembly technician

The differences between assembly cleaners and assembly technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, an assembly technician has an average salary of $34,952, which is higher than the $27,003 average annual salary of an assembly cleaner.

The top three skills for an assembly cleaner include hand tools, basic math and clean room environment. The most important skills for an assembly technician are customer service, hand tools, and lean manufacturing.

Assembly cleaner vs assembly technician overview

	Assembly Cleaner	Assembly Technician
Yearly salary	$27,003	$34,952
Hourly rate	$12.98	$16.80
Growth rate	6%	2%
Number of jobs	41,022	52,385
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 55%	High School Diploma, 34%
Average age	38	49
Years of experience	-	-

Assembly cleaner vs assembly technician salary

Assembly cleaners and assembly technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Assembly Cleaner	Assembly Technician
Average salary	$27,003	$34,952
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $32,000	Between $28,000 And $43,000
Highest paying City	Beverly, MA	Sunnyvale, CA
Highest paying state	Washington	Washington
Best paying company	Graco	Jefferson Lab
Best paying industry	Professional	Finance

Differences between assembly cleaner and assembly technician education

There are a few differences between an assembly cleaner and an assembly technician in terms of educational background:

	Assembly Cleaner	Assembly Technician
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 55%	High School Diploma, 34%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Assembly cleaner vs assembly technician demographics

Here are the differences between assembly cleaners' and assembly technicians' demographics:

	Assembly Cleaner	Assembly Technician
Average age	38	49
Gender ratio	Male, 41.5% Female, 58.5%	Male, 75.7% Female, 24.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.6% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 17.4% Asian, 5.2% White, 57.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 2.6% Hispanic or Latino, 15.9% Asian, 9.8% White, 60.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	5%	6%

Differences between assembly cleaner and assembly technician duties and responsibilities

Assembly cleaner example responsibilities.

Manage the flow of each pallet to ensure the group is able to produce the quality product.
Follow assembly instructions for FDA quality approvals.
Clean room essembly of medical catheter components, production, vacuum seal packaging and quality control/testing
Package catheters, livewires, needles, etc ..
Work on various vehicle production lines assembling components for Chrysler automobiles.

Assembly technician example responsibilities.

Manage the flow of each pallet to ensure the group is able to produce the quality product.
Perform in microscope SMT hand soldering to IPC standards and rework BTC components.
Use proper electrical discharge PPE (personal protection equipment) in ESD zone properly to prevent unexpect incident or damage device.
Perform electro-mechanical tasks using a wide range of electronic equipment.
Install switches, gfi's.
Rework (complex wiring) to CCA's according to ECO's.

Assembly cleaner vs assembly technician skills

Common assembly cleaner skills

Hand Tools, 19%
Basic Math, 12%
Clean Room Environment, 11%
Dexterity, 8%
Medical Devices, 7%
Medical Products, 6%

Common assembly technician skills

Customer Service, 26%
Hand Tools, 12%
Lean Manufacturing, 4%
Safety Procedures, 4%
Basic Math, 3%
Sub Assemblies, 3%

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