Cell site technician vs telephone technician

The differences between cell site technicians and telephone technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a cell site technician has an average salary of $67,609, which is higher than the $45,477 average annual salary of a telephone technician.

The top three skills for a cell site technician include RF, antenna systems and T1. The most important skills for a telephone technician are fiber optic, phone system, and PBX.

Cell site technician vs telephone technician overview

	Cell Site Technician	Telephone Technician
Yearly salary	$67,609	$45,477
Hourly rate	$32.50	$21.86
Growth rate	8%	8%
Number of jobs	32,099	45,522
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 49%	Associate Degree, 36%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	-	-

Cell site technician vs telephone technician salary

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

	Cell Site Technician	Telephone Technician
Average salary	$67,609	$45,477
Salary range	Between $45,000 And $100,000	Between $34,000 And $59,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between cell site technician and telephone technician education

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

	Cell Site Technician	Telephone Technician
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 49%	Associate Degree, 36%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	Inter American University of Puerto Rico Bayamon	Inter American University of Puerto Rico Bayamon

Cell site technician vs telephone technician demographics

Here are the differences between cell site technicians' and telephone technicians' demographics:

	Cell Site Technician	Telephone Technician
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 93.9% Female, 6.1%	Male, 88.2% Female, 11.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.4% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 18.3% Asian, 6.3% White, 57.6% 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 cell site technician and telephone technician duties and responsibilities

Cell site technician example responsibilities.

Manage LAN as an administrator for NATO HQ network.
Commission and troubleshot LTE, GSM, UMTS cellular systems.
Receive several weeks of Ericsson vendor training in Richardson, TX.
Coordinate with LEC's and wireless partners to build translations and turn up trunks.
Work closely with FCC and FAA guidelines to insure proper installation and amplification output limits.
Provide support to Nokia's development team for design and manufacturing faults on their handsets.

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).

Cell site technician vs telephone technician skills

Common cell site technician skills

RF, 11%
Antenna Systems, 7%
T1, 6%
Fiber Optic, 6%
Test Equipment, 5%
Battery, 3%

Common telephone technician skills

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

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