Layout technician vs lead inspector

The differences between layout technicians and lead inspectors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a lead inspector has an average salary of $51,148, which is higher than the $31,648 average annual salary of a layout technician.

The top three skills for a layout technician include CMM, CAD and GD. The most important skills for a lead inspector are NDT, API, and NDE.

Layout technician vs lead inspector overview

	Layout Technician	Lead Inspector
Yearly salary	$31,648	$51,148
Hourly rate	$15.22	$24.59
Growth rate	-3%	-3%
Number of jobs	10,182	17,734
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 39%	Bachelor's Degree, 30%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	-	-

Layout technician vs lead inspector salary

Layout technicians and lead inspectors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Layout Technician	Lead Inspector
Average salary	$31,648	$51,148
Salary range	Between $18,000 And $55,000	Between $35,000 And $73,000
Highest paying City	-	West Hartford, CT
Highest paying state	-	Connecticut
Best paying company	-	Parsons
Best paying industry	-	Energy

Differences between layout technician and lead inspector education

There are a few differences between a layout technician and a lead inspector in terms of educational background:

	Layout Technician	Lead Inspector
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 39%	Bachelor's Degree, 30%
Most common major	Drafting And Design	Business
Most common college	-	-

Layout technician vs lead inspector demographics

Here are the differences between layout technicians' and lead inspectors' demographics:

	Layout Technician	Lead Inspector
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 77.7% Female, 22.3%	Male, 76.9% Female, 23.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.8% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 14.2% Asian, 7.8% White, 62.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	Black or African American, 11.6% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 19.1% Asian, 7.6% White, 56.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between layout technician and lead inspector duties and responsibilities

Layout technician example responsibilities.

Assist in ISO ans NADCAP audits.
Calibrate gauges, calipers, and micrometers.
Use CMM with PCDMIS, and other measuring equipment.
Programme investment castings and mold/dies for the aerospace industry.
Maintain records on daily and weekly SPC and customer require testing.
Trouble shoot any types of HTML tagging or GMC relate problems.

Lead inspector example responsibilities.

Manage survey crews on prelim route survey, and HDD core sample crews.
Coordinate joint surveys with SATORP inspectors and manage clearance of all issue active LBE and NCR.
Authore numerous new corporate NDT procedures, update procedures and administer all NDE corporate activities.
Comply with all AS9100 and NADCAP requirements.
Inspect articles to correct design, tooling and jigs.
Total of 7 HDD crossings and 2 major highway crossings.

Layout technician vs lead inspector skills

Common layout technician skills

CMM, 13%
CAD, 11%
GD, 9%
Calipers, 6%
Article Inspection, 6%
Inspection Equipment, 6%

Common lead inspector skills

NDT, 7%
API, 6%
NDE, 5%
Inspection Reports, 5%
III, 5%
Corrective Action, 4%