Broadband technician vs telephone technician

The differences between broadband technicians and telephone technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a telephone technician has an average salary of $45,477, which is higher than the $41,187 average annual salary of a broadband technician.

The top three skills for a broadband technician include broadband, work ethic and TV. The most important skills for a telephone technician are fiber optic, phone system, and PBX.

Broadband technician vs telephone technician overview

	Broadband Technician	Telephone Technician
Yearly salary	$41,187	$45,477
Hourly rate	$19.80	$21.86
Growth rate	8%	8%
Number of jobs	108,109	45,522
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 34%	Associate Degree, 36%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	-	-

Broadband technician vs telephone technician salary

Broadband technicians and telephone technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Broadband Technician	Telephone Technician
Average salary	$41,187	$45,477
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $52,000	Between $34,000 And $59,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between broadband technician and telephone technician education

There are a few differences between a broadband technician and a telephone technician in terms of educational background:

	Broadband Technician	Telephone Technician
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 34%	Associate Degree, 36%
Most common major	Business	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	New York University	Inter American University of Puerto Rico Bayamon

Broadband technician vs telephone technician demographics

Here are the differences between broadband technicians' and telephone technicians' demographics:

	Broadband Technician	Telephone Technician
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 93.8% Female, 6.2%	Male, 88.2% Female, 11.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.7% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 17.0% Asian, 6.6% White, 58.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 11.5% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 19.0% Asian, 6.4% White, 57.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between broadband technician and telephone technician duties and responsibilities

Broadband technician example responsibilities.

Manage telecommunications installation and repair for hospital Nortel network.
Audit cable lines and be in accordance to OSHA standards.
Respond to repair service calls to troubleshoot and resolve installation issues.
Install and configure communications racks with assort patch panels, routers, radios, and power assemblages.
Design homes and businesses up to 700 RF connections and 200 Ethernet connections plus large scale 80211 (Wi-Fi).
Work with coax and ethernet phone lines.

Telephone technician example responsibilities.

Implement and manage UHF radio base stations, repeaters, and command network, effectively linking all regional headquarters.
Pull CAT5 cable from workstations to closets, and connect to patch panels.
Install and terminate CAT5, CAT6 and multi-pair cabling in businesses for new or retrofit data network.
Set up MDF s and IDF's to include racks and trays, terminate both copper and fiber.
Install equipment racks, ladder racks, cable management systems along with the electronic data switches and associate hardware.
Install trunks lines, T1's switches (small and large).

Broadband technician vs telephone technician skills

Common broadband technician skills

Broadband, 22%
Work Ethic, 7%
TV, 7%
Ladders, 5%
Electronic Devices, 5%
OSHA, 4%

Common telephone technician skills

Fiber Optic, 10%
Phone System, 9%
PBX, 7%
System Installation, 5%
Telephone Lines, 5%
Avaya, 4%

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