Eligibility technician vs tester

The differences between eligibility technicians and testers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become an eligibility technician, becoming a tester takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a tester has an average salary of $65,202, which is higher than the $39,323 average annual salary of an eligibility technician.

The top three skills for an eligibility technician include data entry, social services and social work. The most important skills for a tester are java, test results, and web application.

Eligibility technician vs tester overview

	Eligibility Technician	Tester
Yearly salary	$39,323	$65,202
Hourly rate	$18.91	$31.35
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	24,203	52,595
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Average age	46	44
Years of experience	2	4

Eligibility technician vs tester salary

Eligibility technicians and testers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Eligibility Technician	Tester
Average salary	$39,323	$65,202
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $48,000	Between $42,000 And $99,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Maryland
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Telecommunication

Differences between eligibility technician and tester education

There are a few differences between an eligibility technician and a tester in terms of educational background:

	Eligibility Technician	Tester
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Most common major	Business	Computer Science
Most common college	Northwestern University	-

Eligibility technician vs tester demographics

Here are the differences between eligibility technicians' and testers' demographics:

	Eligibility Technician	Tester
Average age	46	44
Gender ratio	Male, 21.2% Female, 78.8%	Male, 63.0% Female, 37.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.8% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 24.7% Asian, 9.7% White, 48.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.6%	Black or African American, 6.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 12.0% White, 67.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	7%	11%

Differences between eligibility technician and tester duties and responsibilities

Eligibility technician example responsibilities.

Meet with applicants and participants to determine eligibility for the TANF program.
Determine participant initial eligibility for the TANF program.
Collaborate with community organizations to provide Medicaid specific information
Collaborate with community organizations to provide Medicaid specific information

Tester example responsibilities.

Manage requirements and maintain test repository using QC.
Manage departmental inventory and troubleshoot testing, reporting and inventory issues.
Network scanning using tools like NMap and Nessus.
Perform unit testing using Junit for class, method, & web services testing.
Perform functionality testing, UI testing, integration testing, regression testing, system testing and browser compatibility testing.
Analyze new test cases or test cases from regression test suites store in ALM to pick the automation candidates.

Eligibility technician vs tester skills

Common eligibility technician skills

Data Entry, 9%
Social Services, 7%
Social Work, 7%
Eligibility Determination, 5%
Public Assistance Programs, 5%
Computer System, 5%

Common tester skills

Java, 10%
Test Results, 5%
Web Application, 4%
Test Scripts, 4%
QA, 4%
Regression, 4%