Budget technician vs accounts payable technician

The differences between budget technicians and accounts payable technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become a budget technician, becoming an accounts payable technician takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, an accounts payable technician has an average salary of $47,325, which is higher than the $42,506 average annual salary of a budget technician.

The top three skills for a budget technician include financial management, financial data and financial reports. The most important skills for an accounts payable technician are FAA, A/P, and powerplant.

Budget technician vs accounts payable technician overview

	Budget Technician	Accounts Payable Technician
Yearly salary	$42,506	$47,325
Hourly rate	$20.44	$22.75
Growth rate	-5%	6%
Number of jobs	7,432	23,079
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 39%
Average age	51	40
Years of experience	6	4

Budget technician vs accounts payable technician salary

Budget technicians and accounts payable technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Budget Technician	Accounts Payable Technician
Average salary	$42,506	$47,325
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $56,000	Between $33,000 And $66,000
Highest paying City	Santa Rosa, CA	Juneau, AK
Highest paying state	Alaska	Alaska
Best paying company	University of Southern California	Baptist Health Care
Best paying industry	Education	Manufacturing

Differences between budget technician and accounts payable technician education

There are a few differences between a budget technician and an accounts payable technician in terms of educational background:

	Budget Technician	Accounts Payable Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 39%
Most common major	Business	Accounting
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	SUNY Farmingdale

Budget technician vs accounts payable technician demographics

Here are the differences between budget technicians' and accounts payable technicians' demographics:

	Budget Technician	Accounts Payable Technician
Average age	51	40
Gender ratio	Male, 28.5% Female, 71.5%	Male, 55.0% Female, 45.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.7% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 14.3% Asian, 6.5% White, 67.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 9.1% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 23.2% Asian, 6.8% White, 55.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	7%	2%

Differences between budget technician and accounts payable technician duties and responsibilities

Budget technician example responsibilities.

Develop expertise in use of PeopleSoft system to manage balance accounts for quarterly investment portfolio.
Supervise unit logistics team by planning logistics functions and allocating manpower to fulfill logistics requirements of the organization.
Verify with division that FTE levels, funding sources, account codes are correct and balance to control numbers.
Utilize agency allocation letters, spending plans and FTE utilization are develop within funding resources.

Accounts payable technician example responsibilities.

Manage the FOD prevention program to reduce costly repairs and increase the participation in FOD awareness and FOD walk downs.
Utilize technical data to troubleshoot maintenance issues.
Obtain practical experience on the Garrett TPE-331 powerplant.
Maintain catalog of store A/P, A/R source documents.
Enter all invoices into a/p software, assigns g/l account numbers & appropriate cost centers.
Obtain practical experience on the TFE-731 Garrett powerplant and hot section inspection experience on the Pratt and Whitney PT6.

Budget technician vs accounts payable technician skills

Common budget technician skills

Financial Management, 12%
Financial Data, 7%
Financial Reports, 7%
Status Updates, 7%
Budget Reports, 4%
Budget Analysis, 4%

Common accounts payable technician skills

FAA, 13%
A/P, 9%
Powerplant, 9%
Airframe, 8%
Troubleshoot, 7%
Hand Tools, 5%

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