Hand mounter vs assembly technician

The differences between hand mounters and assembly technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a hand mounter has an average salary of $35,119, which is higher than the $34,952 average annual salary of an assembly technician.

The top three skills for a hand mounter include surface mount components, SMT and . The most important skills for an assembly technician are customer service, hand tools, and lean manufacturing.

Hand mounter vs assembly technician overview

	Hand Mounter	Assembly Technician
Yearly salary	$35,119	$34,952
Hourly rate	$16.88	$16.80
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	4,232	52,385
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 43%	High School Diploma, 34%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

Hand mounter vs assembly technician salary

Hand mounters and assembly technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Hand Mounter	Assembly Technician
Average salary	$35,119	$34,952
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $57,000	Between $28,000 And $43,000
Highest paying City	-	Sunnyvale, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Jefferson Lab
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between hand mounter and assembly technician education

There are a few differences between a hand mounter and an assembly technician in terms of educational background:

	Hand Mounter	Assembly Technician
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 43%	High School Diploma, 34%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Business
Most common college	-	-

Hand mounter vs assembly technician demographics

Here are the differences between hand mounters' and assembly technicians' demographics:

	Hand Mounter	Assembly Technician
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 30.8% Female, 69.2%	Male, 75.7% Female, 24.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.4% Unknown, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino, 16.5% Asian, 19.4% White, 52.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 2.6% Hispanic or Latino, 15.9% Asian, 9.8% White, 60.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between hand mounter and assembly technician duties and responsibilities

Hand mounter example responsibilities.

Press-Fit connectors to PCB boards.
Monitor circuit boards at each station of SMT equipment.
Solder, touch up, color code and repair and change multiple types of electrical components such as resistors and transistors.
Inspect all surface of mount boards from the Mydata and Fuji machine.

Assembly technician example responsibilities.

Manage the flow of each pallet to ensure the group is able to produce the quality product.
Perform in microscope SMT hand soldering to IPC standards and rework BTC components.
Use proper electrical discharge PPE (personal protection equipment) in ESD zone properly to prevent unexpect incident or damage device.
Perform electro-mechanical tasks using a wide range of electronic equipment.
Install switches, gfi's.
Rework (complex wiring) to CCA's according to ECO's.

Hand mounter vs assembly technician skills

Common hand mounter skills

Surface Mount Components, 74%
SMT, 26%

Common assembly technician skills

Customer Service, 26%
Hand Tools, 12%
Lean Manufacturing, 4%
Safety Procedures, 4%
Basic Math, 3%
Sub Assemblies, 3%