Harness builder vs assembly technician

The differences between harness builders and assembly technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a harness builder has an average salary of $43,483, which is higher than the $34,952 average annual salary of an assembly technician.

The top three skills for a harness builder include wire harnesses, tape measure and RAN. The most important skills for an assembly technician are customer service, hand tools, and lean manufacturing.

Harness builder vs assembly technician overview

	Harness Builder	Assembly Technician
Yearly salary	$43,483	$34,952
Hourly rate	$20.91	$16.80
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	2,963	52,385
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 31%	High School Diploma, 34%
Average age	49	49
Years of experience	-	-

Harness builder vs assembly technician salary

Harness builders and assembly technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Harness Builder	Assembly Technician
Average salary	$43,483	$34,952
Salary range	Between $29,000 And $64,000	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 harness builder and assembly technician education

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

	Harness Builder	Assembly Technician
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 31%	High School Diploma, 34%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Business
Most common college	-	-

Harness builder vs assembly technician demographics

Here are the differences between harness builders' and assembly technicians' demographics:

	Harness Builder	Assembly Technician
Average age	49	49
Gender ratio	Male, 52.1% Female, 47.9%	Male, 75.7% Female, 24.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.3% Unknown, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 9.0% White, 66.3% 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 harness builder and assembly technician duties and responsibilities

Harness builder example responsibilities.

Modify existing client websites with new HTML and CSS to achieve stakeholder requirements.
Grant ITAR clearance, and clear to handle explosive materials by the ATF.
Facilitate the final assembly of electrical transformers.
Contribute in drafting and designing technical and advertising layout using AutoCAD and Photoshop.
Contribute in drafting and designing technical and advertising layout using AutoCAD and Photoshop.

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.

Harness builder vs assembly technician skills

Common harness builder skills

Wire Harnesses, 86%
Tape Measure, 7%
RAN, 7%

Common assembly technician skills

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