Data migration technician vs set up technician

The differences between data migration technicians and set up 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 data migration technician and a set up technician. Additionally, a data migration technician has an average salary of $47,134, which is higher than the $36,486 average annual salary of a set up technician.

The top three skills for a data migration technician include desktop support, laptop computers and windows xp. The most important skills for a set up technician are hand tools, CNC, and safety procedures.

Data migration technician vs set up technician overview

	Data Migration Technician	Set Up Technician
Yearly salary	$47,134	$36,486
Hourly rate	$22.66	$17.54
Growth rate	10%	10%
Number of jobs	136,881	53,072
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 42%	High School Diploma, 39%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	2	2

Data migration technician vs set up technician salary

Data migration technicians and set up technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Data Migration Technician	Set Up Technician
Average salary	$47,134	$36,486
Salary range	Between $33,000 And $66,000	Between $28,000 And $46,000
Highest paying City	New York, NY	Manchester, NH
Highest paying state	New York	New York
Best paying company	IBM	Zoetis
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between data migration technician and set up technician education

There are a few differences between a data migration technician and a set up technician in terms of educational background:

	Data Migration Technician	Set Up Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 42%	High School Diploma, 39%
Most common major	Computer Networking	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	-

Data migration technician vs set up technician demographics

Here are the differences between data migration technicians' and set up technicians' demographics:

	Data Migration Technician	Set Up Technician
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 86.9% Female, 13.1%	Male, 90.1% Female, 9.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.0% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 15.1% Asian, 11.8% White, 54.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 10.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 15.3% Asian, 8.9% White, 59.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between data migration technician and set up technician duties and responsibilities

Data migration technician example responsibilities.

Manage the virtualization of physical servers in initial efforts to reduce data center footprint.
Maintain, troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair client workstations for hardware and software problems and failures.
Used Altiris to deploy OS and software over-the-wire.
Create printer queues on designate servers for IP printing.
Work with SCCM department to update systems and distribute applications.
Deploy and configure Cisco IP phone systems at a large financial services firm.

Set up technician example responsibilities.

Manage daily scheduling of production workload to be setup and run on machinery.
Follow OSHA, ISO, and FDA requirement and standards
Core team member in SPC and QSI introductions.
Set up machine and facilities for UV screen coating.
Maintain running UV press, flip paper, unload orders.
Set up and maintain extrusion equipment to run at maximum efficiency.

Data migration technician vs set up technician skills

Common data migration technician skills

Desktop Support, 11%
Laptop Computers, 8%
Windows XP, 8%
SCCM, 6%
New PC, 6%
Network Printers, 5%

Common set up technician skills

Hand Tools, 8%
CNC, 6%
Safety Procedures, 5%
Quality Standards, 5%
Preventative Maintenance, 5%
Math, 4%

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