Assembly line technician vs production technician

The differences between assembly line technicians and production technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a production technician has an average salary of $37,550, which is higher than the $30,227 average annual salary of an assembly line technician.

The top three skills for an assembly line technician include assembly line production, safety procedures and assembly process. The most important skills for a production technician are hand tools, preventative maintenance, and quality checks.

Assembly line technician vs production technician overview

	Assembly Line Technician	Production Technician
Yearly salary	$30,227	$37,550
Hourly rate	$14.53	$18.05
Growth rate	6%	3%
Number of jobs	95,171	135,266
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 34%
Average age	44	45
Years of experience	-	2

Assembly line technician vs production technician salary

Assembly line technicians and production technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Assembly Line Technician	Production Technician
Average salary	$30,227	$37,550
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $37,000	Between $28,000 And $49,000
Highest paying City	-	Frederick, MD
Highest paying state	-	Maryland
Best paying company	-	Cornerstone Research
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between assembly line technician and production technician education

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

	Assembly Line Technician	Production Technician
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 34%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	Stanford University

Assembly line technician vs production technician demographics

Here are the differences between assembly line technicians' and production technicians' demographics:

	Assembly Line Technician	Production Technician
Average age	44	45
Gender ratio	Male, 73.6% Female, 26.4%	Male, 71.4% Female, 28.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 14.1% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 16.3% Asian, 8.5% White, 56.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 9.5% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.8% Asian, 7.5% White, 60.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	5%	6%

Differences between assembly line technician and production technician duties and responsibilities

Assembly line technician example responsibilities.

Manage the flow of each pallet to ensure the group is able to produce the quality product.
Assist in the building process of Honda engines on the assembly line.
Supervise and educate special education students to deliver social, behavioral and academic lessons using ABA therapy.
Know and observe all quality and GMP standards at each operation within the departments.
Install hard drives, CD ROMS, memory chips, video cards, motherboards, and troubleshot PC problems during configuration.
Work for staffing agency assembling boilers and brazing copper assemblies

Production technician example responsibilities.

Relay to the oncoming shift everything accomplish and the projected workload through use of PowerPoint and excel.
Implement and develop safety standards and operations exceeding those require by OSHA.
Can demonstrate good manual dexterity.
Analyze QC test samples using multisizer machine.
Implement and oversee plant's safety program including LOTO program.
Test and repair rf system compponents of cellular test set.

Assembly line technician vs production technician skills

Common assembly line technician skills

Assembly Line Production, 24%
Safety Procedures, 22%
Assembly Process, 6%
Diesel Engines, 4%
Nissan, 3%
Troubleshoot, 3%

Common production technician skills

Hand Tools, 7%
Preventative Maintenance, 6%
Quality Checks, 5%
Production Equipment, 5%
Basic Math, 5%
Safety Procedures, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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