Headend technician vs telephone technician

The differences between headend technicians and telephone technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a telephone technician has an average salary of $45,477, which is higher than the $41,700 average annual salary of a headend technician.

The top three skills for a headend technician include RF, troubleshoot and IP. The most important skills for a telephone technician are fiber optic, phone system, and PBX.

Headend technician vs telephone technician overview

	Headend Technician	Telephone Technician
Yearly salary	$41,700	$45,477
Hourly rate	$20.05	$21.86
Growth rate	8%	8%
Number of jobs	40,731	45,522
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 46%	Associate Degree, 36%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	-	-

Headend technician vs telephone technician salary

Headend technicians and telephone technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Headend Technician	Telephone Technician
Average salary	$41,700	$45,477
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $53,000	Between $34,000 And $59,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
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Differences between headend technician and telephone technician education

There are a few differences between a headend technician and a telephone technician in terms of educational background:

	Headend Technician	Telephone Technician
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 46%	Associate Degree, 36%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Inter American University of Puerto Rico Bayamon

Headend technician vs telephone technician demographics

Here are the differences between headend technicians' and telephone technicians' demographics:

	Headend Technician	Telephone Technician
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 94.4% Female, 5.6%	Male, 88.2% Female, 11.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.7% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 17.9% Asian, 6.2% White, 58.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 11.5% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 19.0% Asian, 6.4% White, 57.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between headend technician and telephone technician duties and responsibilities

Headend technician example responsibilities.

Project complete while simultaneously managing VoIP project.
Assist the NOC and other technical support departments in isolating and repairing video and data services.
Home and apartment CATV installation.
Experience with various vendor telephony i.e.
Perform security audits on each CMTS.
Add new service groups and transmitters.

Telephone technician example responsibilities.

Implement and manage UHF radio base stations, repeaters, and command network, effectively linking all regional headquarters.
Pull CAT5 cable from workstations to closets, and connect to patch panels.
Install and terminate CAT5, CAT6 and multi-pair cabling in businesses for new or retrofit data network.
Set up MDF s and IDF's to include racks and trays, terminate both copper and fiber.
Install equipment racks, ladder racks, cable management systems along with the electronic data switches and associate hardware.
Install trunks lines, T1's switches (small and large).

Headend technician vs telephone technician skills

Common headend technician skills

RF, 20%
Troubleshoot, 11%
IP, 7%
Digital Video, 6%
FCC, 5%
Fiber Optic, 5%

Common telephone technician skills

Fiber Optic, 10%
Phone System, 9%
PBX, 7%
System Installation, 5%
Telephone Lines, 5%
Avaya, 4%

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