Layout technician vs quality inspector

The differences between layout technicians and quality inspectors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a quality inspector has an average salary of $33,197, 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 quality inspector are calipers, micrometers, and quality standards.

Layout technician vs quality inspector overview

	Layout Technician	Quality Inspector
Yearly salary	$31,648	$33,197
Hourly rate	$15.22	$15.96
Growth rate	-3%	-3%
Number of jobs	10,182	70,978
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 39%	High School Diploma, 37%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	-	-

Layout technician vs quality inspector salary

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

	Layout Technician	Quality Inspector
Average salary	$31,648	$33,197
Salary range	Between $18,000 And $55,000	Between $25,000 And $42,000
Highest paying City	-	Minneapolis, MN
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Nabors Industries
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between layout technician and quality inspector education

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

	Layout Technician	Quality Inspector
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 39%	High School Diploma, 37%
Most common major	Drafting And Design	Business
Most common college	-	-

Layout technician vs quality inspector demographics

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

	Layout Technician	Quality Inspector
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 77.7% Female, 22.3%	Male, 53.5% Female, 46.5%
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, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.2% Asian, 8.5% White, 57.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between layout technician and quality 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.

Quality inspector example responsibilities.

Task involve use of calipers, optical comparators, volt/ohm meters and curve tracer.
Utilize measuring instruments like calipers, gauges, and micrometers to assure product conformance to customers specifications.
Recycle ESD products as required.
Maintain logs of products as required per AS9100.
Document and inspect for ESD requirements and for proper handling of MSD moisture sensitive devices.
Perform surface plate set-ups, utilizing gage blocks, angle blocks, sine plates and bars.

Layout technician vs quality inspector skills

Common layout technician skills

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

Common quality inspector skills

Calipers, 9%
Micrometers, 7%
Quality Standards, 6%
Quality Inspection, 6%
Inspection Results, 4%
CMM, 4%