Mis director vs technical manager

The differences between mis directors and technical managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 6-8 years to become a mis director, becoming a technical manager takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a technical manager has an average salary of $116,619, which is higher than the $90,708 average annual salary of a mis director.

The top three skills for a mis director include customer service, data entry and windows server. The most important skills for a technical manager are project management, infrastructure, and architecture.

Mis director vs technical manager overview

	MIS Director	Technical Manager
Yearly salary	$90,708	$116,619
Hourly rate	$43.61	$56.07
Growth rate	16%	8%
Number of jobs	24,197	116,732
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Average age	47	40
Years of experience	8	2

Mis director vs technical manager salary

Mis directors and technical managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	MIS Director	Technical Manager
Average salary	$90,708	$116,619
Salary range	Between $64,000 And $127,000	Between $84,000 And $161,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	A.T. Kearney
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between mis director and technical manager education

There are a few differences between a mis director and a technical manager in terms of educational background:

	MIS Director	Technical Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Most common major	Computer Science	Business
Most common college	Carnegie Mellon University	Carnegie Mellon University

Mis director vs technical manager demographics

Here are the differences between mis directors' and technical managers' demographics:

	MIS Director	Technical Manager
Average age	47	40
Gender ratio	Male, 83.3% Female, 16.7%	Male, 83.7% Female, 16.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.6% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 9.9% Asian, 12.7% White, 65.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 8.0% Unknown, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 14.6% Asian, 6.4% White, 65.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	11%	14%

Differences between mis director and technical manager duties and responsibilities

Mis director example responsibilities.

Design, configure and manage installation of new Ethernet LAN for new facility.
Upgrade switches on each floor to manage Gigabit with POE for future VOIP.
Implement and manage technologies to reduce overall costs in hardware, power and licensing by consolidating into VMware virtualize servers.
Lead company from 24 stand-alone PCs to a network of 150+ PCs connect through 4 locations with share resources and e-mail.
Improve corporate communication by managing development project for Microsoft SharePoint Intranet.
Manage all aspects of information technology including database management, network information services, troubleshoot system applications, etc.

Technical manager example responsibilities.

Lead efforts to establish asset and desktop /server management best practices.
Provide project management and KPIs development to ensure service levels are achieve and improve upon.
Project manage WebEx's customer call flow (IVRU) structure to meet both business and customer needs.
Lead project to implement Salesforce.com.
Manage high level support resources and evaluate XML technology against business requirements.
Optimize chemical formulas, manage chemical supply chain, troubleshoot laboratory and plant implementation.

Mis director vs technical manager skills

Common mis director skills

Customer Service, 13%
Data Entry, 9%
Windows Server, 9%
PC, 6%
Unix, 4%
SQL Server, 4%

Common technical manager skills

Project Management, 7%
Infrastructure, 6%
Architecture, 6%
Java, 5%
Customer Service, 5%
Emerging Technologies, 4%