Automatic data processing customer liaison vs computer technician

The differences between automatic data processing customer liaisons and computer technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both an automatic data processing customer liaison and a computer technician. Additionally, an automatic data processing customer liaison has an average salary of $52,024, which is higher than the $39,767 average annual salary of a computer technician.

The top three skills for an automatic data processing customer liaison include data processing, outbound calls and data entry. The most important skills for a computer technician are customer service, desk support, and network printers.

Automatic data processing customer liaison vs computer technician overview

	Automatic Data Processing Customer Liaison	Computer Technician
Yearly salary	$52,024	$39,767
Hourly rate	$25.01	$19.12
Growth rate	10%	10%
Number of jobs	84,990	95,688
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 32%	Bachelor's Degree, 40%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	2	2

Automatic data processing customer liaison vs computer technician salary

Automatic data processing customer liaisons and computer technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Automatic Data Processing Customer Liaison	Computer Technician
Average salary	$52,024	$39,767
Salary range	Between $30,000 And $89,000	Between $28,000 And $55,000
Highest paying City	-	Alexandria, VA
Highest paying state	-	Virginia
Best paying company	-	The Citadel
Best paying industry	-	Government

Differences between automatic data processing customer liaison and computer technician education

There are a few differences between an automatic data processing customer liaison and a computer technician in terms of educational background:

	Automatic Data Processing Customer Liaison	Computer Technician
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 32%	Bachelor's Degree, 40%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Automatic data processing customer liaison vs computer technician demographics

Here are the differences between automatic data processing customer liaisons' and computer technicians' demographics:

	Automatic Data Processing Customer Liaison	Computer Technician
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 23.7% Female, 76.3%	Male, 87.0% Female, 13.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.9% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 15.5% Asian, 9.3% White, 57.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 11.2% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 16.1% Asian, 11.1% White, 55.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between automatic data processing customer liaison and computer technician duties and responsibilities

Automatic data processing customer liaison example responsibilities.

Manage daily operations of ACH payments and research errors in different internal and external databases that prevent payments from transferring.
Provide psychiatric consultation and medications management to geriatric patients in a variety of rehabilitation and long-term-care facilities in the area.
Generate additional sales with existing customers by upselling veterinarians on special promotions or additional vaccines or pharmaceuticals.

Computer technician example responsibilities.

Recreate and manage company website, maintain regular updates, manage DNS servers, administrate e-mail and outlook exchange server.
Manage and maintain desktop security updates company-wide with no downtime of systems due to OS vulnerability exploitation.
Manage backups, replications and disaster recovery plans of company mission critical servers and database files to ensure redundancy.
Add and configure networked printers for TCP/IP printing and other peripheral equipment including video conferencing equipment.
Diagnose and troubleshot computer hardware and software.
Fix computers, do inventory of computers, run cables.

Automatic data processing customer liaison vs computer technician skills

Common automatic data processing customer liaison skills

Data Processing, 46%
Outbound Calls, 24%
Data Entry, 17%
Inbound Calls, 12%

Common computer technician skills

Customer Service, 13%
Desk Support, 8%
Network Printers, 6%
Computer System, 6%
Technical Support, 6%
Laptop Computers, 5%

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