Field contractor vs lead field technician

The differences between field contractors and lead 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 lead field technician takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a field contractor has an average salary of $45,671, which is higher than the $40,838 average annual salary of a lead field technician.

The top three skills for a field contractor include roofing, equipment installation and POS. The most important skills for a lead field technician are customer service, data collection, and GPS.

Field contractor vs lead field technician overview

	Field Contractor	Lead Field Technician
Yearly salary	$45,671	$40,838
Hourly rate	$21.96	$19.63
Growth rate	9%	9%
Number of jobs	57,085	88,080
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 45%
Average age	46	38
Years of experience	-	2

Field contractor vs lead field technician salary

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

	Field Contractor	Lead Field Technician
Average salary	$45,671	$40,838
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $75,000	Between $24,000 And $67,000
Highest paying City	-	Oakland, CA
Highest paying state	-	Nevada
Best paying company	-	Schneider Electric Industrial Services
Best paying industry	-	Utilities

Differences between field contractor and lead field technician education

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

	Field Contractor	Lead Field Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Bachelor's Degree, 45%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	Stanford University

Field contractor vs lead field technician demographics

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

	Field Contractor	Lead Field Technician
Average age	46	38
Gender ratio	Male, 79.5% Female, 20.5%	Male, 87.2% Female, 12.8%
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, 9.7% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 17.0% Asian, 10.4% White, 56.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	2%	8%

Differences between field contractor and lead 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.

Lead field technician example responsibilities.

Lead training, operations, user hardware and software support, and logbook oversight.
Work directly with Crestron representatives to insure proper deployment and operations of all control devices and A/V systems.
Navigate in remote forest habitat with compass, aerial map, and GPS unit.
Call in on a very complex issue involving some RF interference at a local TV station.
Determine the best course of action to resolve loss of connectivity, virus attack or RF issues.
Provide training, schedule projects and ensure all new PC's are imaged and ready for delivery.

Field contractor vs lead field technician skills

Common field contractor skills

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

Common lead field technician skills

Customer Service, 34%
Data Collection, 13%
GPS, 7%
Technical Support, 6%
Preventative Maintenance, 4%
Fiber Optic, 3%

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