Computer trainer vs lead technician

The differences between computer trainers and lead technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a computer trainer and a lead technician. Additionally, a lead technician has an average salary of $90,615, which is higher than the $63,907 average annual salary of a computer trainer.

The top three skills for a computer trainer include training materials, office products and training programs. The most important skills for a lead technician are java, architecture, and digital transformation.

Computer trainer vs lead technician overview

	Computer Trainer	Lead Technician
Yearly salary	$63,907	$90,615
Hourly rate	$30.72	$43.56
Growth rate	10%	10%
Number of jobs	34,411	250,590
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	2	2

Computer trainer vs lead technician salary

Computer trainers and lead technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Computer Trainer	Lead Technician
Average salary	$63,907	$90,615
Salary range	Between $47,000 And $85,000	Between $67,000 And $121,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Meta
Best paying industry	-	Retail

Differences between computer trainer and lead technician education

There are a few differences between a computer trainer and a lead technician in terms of educational background:

	Computer Trainer	Lead Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	Stanford University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Computer trainer vs lead technician demographics

Here are the differences between computer trainers' and lead technicians' demographics:

	Computer Trainer	Lead Technician
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 48.7% Female, 51.3%	Male, 83.4% Female, 16.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.3% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 15.1% Asian, 11.0% White, 56.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 10.4% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 15.1% Asian, 15.1% White, 53.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between computer trainer and lead technician duties and responsibilities

Computer trainer example responsibilities.

Manage departmental computer labs, update departmental website and troubleshot relate PC/Mac applications.
Create the training for a variety of PC application software packages.
Coach small business owner on general PC operations and QuickBooks.
Provide positive high energy willing to embrace new theories and practical applications with eLearning.
Develop initial departmental eLearning standards and guidelines for development processes.
Analyze and troubleshoot equipment and software reliability to identify and define problem areas to establish computer and telecommunication performance levels.

Lead technician example responsibilities.

Manage and support the Cisco base corporate remote access VPN solution.
Manage the third party IP provider relationship and implement all the bridges between AXI4 and internal buses.
Used JIRA to manage the product backlog, tasks assignments, project burn-down rate and for velocity tracking purposes.
Manage product test support of new designs used for testing, write technical documentation in HTML improving department processes and procedures.
Manage customer functional areas of desktop support, field service, office services and network support to coordinate timely issue resolution.
Configure and manage JGroup multicasting communication for apache tomcat web servers.

Computer trainer vs lead technician skills

Common computer trainer skills

Training Materials, 12%
Office Products, 7%
Training Programs, 7%
Training Courses, 6%
Various Training, 6%
Microsoft Windows, 5%

Common lead technician skills

Java, 10%
Architecture, 7%
Digital Transformation, 6%
Customer Service, 6%
Database, 4%
HTML, 3%