Network infrastructure manager vs network technician

The differences between network infrastructure managers and network technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a network infrastructure manager and a network technician. Additionally, a network infrastructure manager has an average salary of $100,635, which is higher than the $68,938 average annual salary of a network technician.

The top three skills for a network infrastructure manager include network infrastructure, switches and lan wan. The most important skills for a network technician are customer service, switches, and troubleshoot.

Network infrastructure manager vs network technician overview

	Network Infrastructure Manager	Network Technician
Yearly salary	$100,635	$68,938
Hourly rate	$48.38	$33.14
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	37,462	79,712
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Network infrastructure manager vs network technician salary

Network infrastructure managers and network technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Network Infrastructure Manager	Network Technician
Average salary	$100,635	$68,938
Salary range	Between $75,000 And $134,000	Between $51,000 And $92,000
Highest paying City	-	Urban Honolulu, HI
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between network infrastructure manager and network technician education

There are a few differences between a network infrastructure manager and a network technician in terms of educational background:

	Network Infrastructure Manager	Network Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	Stanford University	University of Pennsylvania

Network infrastructure manager vs network technician demographics

Here are the differences between network infrastructure managers' and network technicians' demographics:

	Network Infrastructure Manager	Network Technician
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 93.0% Female, 7.0%	Male, 87.3% Female, 12.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 9.4% White, 63.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between network infrastructure manager and network technician duties and responsibilities

Network infrastructure manager example responsibilities.

Lead program redesigning customer VoIP with ATT.
Manage day to day Microsoft, Cisco and Linux environments for billion dollar commercial real estate firm.
Manage venture partners and acquisitions circuit provisioning to integrate business functions onto a single global domain.
Reduce projected labor and capital costs by $500K through LAN redesign and virtualization initiatives.
Implement TACACS+ AAA for all Cisco routers, switches, and firewalls connecting to a centralize Cisco ACS device.
Install, maintain and troubleshoot switches and routers in order to keep up with the growth of the company.

Network technician example responsibilities.

Install and manage DHCP servers including setting up DHCP scopes, enabling DHCP clients, viewing and managing active leases.
Manage city wide IIS deployment.
Manage Virtualization system, using ESX server/client.
Install, configure and manage Symantec Antivirus on all network computers
Use Symantec BackupExec to manage and maintain all server backups and file restorations.
Manage company Cisco series routers, switches, and ASA firewall integrate into MPLS network.

Network infrastructure manager vs network technician skills

Common network infrastructure manager skills

Network Infrastructure, 10%
Switches, 7%
Lan Wan, 6%
Routers, 5%
ITIL, 4%
Lan, 4%

Common network technician skills

Customer Service, 9%
Switches, 6%
Troubleshoot, 6%
Routers, 4%
Lan Wan, 3%
Lan, 3%

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