Field contractor vs field technician

The differences between field contractors and field technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes More than 10 years to become a field contractor, becoming a field technician takes usually requires 6-12 months. Additionally, a field contractor has an average salary of $45,671, which is higher than the $37,520 average annual salary of a field technician.

The top three skills for a field contractor include roofing, equipment installation and POS. The most important skills for a field technician are customer service, ladders, and test equipment.

Field contractor vs field technician overview

	Field Contractor	Field Technician
Yearly salary	$45,671	$37,520
Hourly rate	$21.96	$18.04
Growth rate	9%	8%
Number of jobs	57,085	123,149
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 40%
Average age	46	44
Years of experience	-	12

Field contractor vs field technician salary

Field contractors and field technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Field Contractor	Field Technician
Average salary	$45,671	$37,520
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $75,000	Between $28,000 And $48,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	Connecticut
Best paying company	-	DCP Midstream
Best paying industry	-	Energy

Differences between field contractor and field technician education

There are a few differences between a field contractor and a field technician in terms of educational background:

	Field Contractor	Field Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 40%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Field contractor vs field technician demographics

Here are the differences between field contractors' and field technicians' demographics:

	Field Contractor	Field Technician
Average age	46	44
Gender ratio	Male, 79.5% Female, 20.5%	Male, 88.5% Female, 11.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 5.1% Unknown, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 23.7% Asian, 1.4% White, 64.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	Black or African American, 4.5% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 17.8% Asian, 1.7% White, 71.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	2%	1%

Differences between field contractor and field technician duties and responsibilities

Field contractor example responsibilities.

Manage and run personal contracting business cleaning and maintaining oil sites
Calibrate instruments such as pressure/temperature/flow transmitters.
Maintain and operate proprietary air and grind defense electronic warfare simulation and analysis subsystems including broadband signal processing equipment.

Field technician example responsibilities.

Lead training, operations, user hardware and software support, and logbook oversight.
Manage network reliability, capacity and performance in conjunction with RF engineering establish guidelines.
Install cable to data network, pulling cat5, cat6 to racks, patch panel patch cords.
Provide desktop support and troubleshoot network communications issue at customer homes.
Install AWS and LTE Equiptment.
Work with NOC's for trouble issues.

Field contractor vs field technician skills

Common field contractor skills

Roofing, 68%
Equipment Installation, 12%
POS, 7%
Onsite, 4%
RF, 2%
RAN, 2%

Common field technician skills

Customer Service, 11%
Ladders, 9%
Test Equipment, 7%
Hand Tools, 6%
Smartphones, 4%
Preventative Maintenance, 4%