Layout technician vs senior inspector

The differences between layout technicians and senior inspectors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a senior inspector has an average salary of $53,511, 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 senior inspector are asphalt, traffic control, and construction inspection.

Layout technician vs senior inspector overview

	Layout Technician	Senior Inspector
Yearly salary	$31,648	$53,511
Hourly rate	$15.22	$25.73
Growth rate	-3%	-3%
Number of jobs	10,182	16,842
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 39%	Bachelor's Degree, 37%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	-	-

Layout technician vs senior inspector salary

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

	Layout Technician	Senior Inspector
Average salary	$31,648	$53,511
Salary range	Between $18,000 And $55,000	Between $35,000 And $80,000
Highest paying City	-	Newington, CT
Highest paying state	-	Connecticut
Best paying company	-	PBF Energy
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between layout technician and senior inspector education

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

	Layout Technician	Senior Inspector
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 39%	Bachelor's Degree, 37%
Most common major	Drafting And Design	Civil Engineering
Most common college	-	-

Layout technician vs senior inspector demographics

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

	Layout Technician	Senior Inspector
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 77.7% Female, 22.3%	Male, 88.6% Female, 11.4%
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, 12.2% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 19.9% Asian, 8.8% White, 54.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between layout technician and senior 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.

Senior inspector example responsibilities.

Manage contractors and consultants performing compliance relate work including MTR and document control.
Conduct QA tests on questionable motherboards/CPU's and accomplish environmental tests on new PC models.
Coordinate joint surveys with SATORP inspectors and manage clearance of all issue active LBE and NCR.
Maintain active certifications in SMAW, GTAW, FCAW, and GMAW welding processes.
Work with ASME, API, AWS, ANSI, ASTM and NACE codes and specifications.
Experience mostly in GTAW and GMAW welding procedures.

Layout technician vs senior inspector skills

Common layout technician skills

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

Common senior inspector skills

Asphalt, 10%
Traffic Control, 8%
Construction Inspection, 6%
NDT, 6%
Inspection Reports, 5%
PT, 4%