Junior engineering technician vs senior engineering technician

The differences between junior engineering technicians and senior engineering technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a junior engineering technician and a senior engineering technician. Additionally, a senior engineering technician has an average salary of $88,615, which is higher than the $55,455 average annual salary of a junior engineering technician.

The top three skills for a junior engineering technician include prototype, engineering drawings and auto cad. The most important skills for a senior engineering technician are java, SR, and emerging technologies.

Junior engineering technician vs senior engineering technician overview

	Junior Engineering Technician	Senior Engineering Technician
Yearly salary	$55,455	$88,615
Hourly rate	$26.66	$42.60
Growth rate	3%	3%
Number of jobs	94,781	94,734
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 47%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	4	4

Junior engineering technician vs senior engineering technician salary

Junior engineering technicians and senior engineering technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Junior Engineering Technician	Senior Engineering Technician
Average salary	$55,455	$88,615
Salary range	Between $40,000 And $75,000	Between $63,000 And $123,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Idaho
Best paying company	-	CrowdStrike
Best paying industry	-	Energy

Differences between junior engineering technician and senior engineering technician education

There are a few differences between a junior engineering technician and a senior engineering technician in terms of educational background:

	Junior Engineering Technician	Senior Engineering Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 47%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	Carnegie Mellon University	Purdue University

Junior engineering technician vs senior engineering technician demographics

Here are the differences between junior engineering technicians' and senior engineering technicians' demographics:

	Junior Engineering Technician	Senior Engineering Technician
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 84.2% Female, 15.8%	Male, 88.5% Female, 11.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.4% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.5% Asian, 9.0% White, 59.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 15.6% Asian, 11.3% White, 58.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between junior engineering technician and senior engineering technician duties and responsibilities

Junior engineering technician example responsibilities.

Manage and distribute cad standards to contributing design consultants and assist with any design issues as necessary.
Design software applications by creating a sequence of operations from start to finish for large HVAC applications.
Perform tests on RF and digital electronic assemblies and systems to characterize performance, uncover specification deficiencies and repair damage circuitry.
Work on non-classify and highly-classify scientific instruments using certify NASA soldering procedures.

Senior engineering technician example responsibilities.

Manage and distribute cad standards to contributing design consultants and assist with any design issues as necessary.
Determine and insure how statistical process control (SPC) are performed, collect, and update.
Test equipment utilize included DMM's, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, waveform function generators, and signal generators.
Demonstrate expertise in analog and digital electronic circuit design.
Rework and diagnose SMT PCBs.
Implement native and HTML5 UI.

Junior engineering technician vs senior engineering technician skills

Common junior engineering technician skills

Prototype, 61%
Engineering Drawings, 8%
Auto CAD, 5%
Test Equipment, 5%
SMT, 4%
NOC, 4%

Common senior engineering technician skills

Java, 8%
SR, 5%
Emerging Technologies, 5%
Troubleshoot, 4%
Technical Support, 4%
Project Management, 4%

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