Paint laboratory technician vs formulator

The differences between paint laboratory technicians and formulators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a paint laboratory technician and a formulator. Additionally, a formulator has an average salary of $64,882, which is higher than the $41,813 average annual salary of a paint laboratory technician.

Paint laboratory technician vs formulator overview

	Paint Laboratory Technician	Formulator
Yearly salary	$41,813	$64,882
Hourly rate	$20.10	$31.19
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	40,217	412
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	2	2

Paint laboratory technician vs formulator salary

Paint laboratory technicians and formulators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Paint Laboratory Technician	Formulator
Average salary	$41,813	$64,882
Salary range	Between $28,000 And $60,000	Between $36,000 And $116,000
Highest paying City	-	Morgantown, WV
Highest paying state	-	West Virginia
Best paying company	-	Qorvo
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between paint laboratory technician and formulator education

There are a few differences between a paint laboratory technician and a formulator in terms of educational background:

	Paint Laboratory Technician	Formulator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Most common major	Management	Chemistry
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Stanford University

Paint laboratory technician vs formulator demographics

Here are the differences between paint laboratory technicians' and formulators' demographics:

	Paint Laboratory Technician	Formulator
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 82.1% Female, 17.9%	Male, 81.9% Female, 18.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 13.0% Asian, 6.0% White, 68.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 6.9% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 16.8% Asian, 8.6% White, 63.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between paint laboratory technician and formulator duties and responsibilities

Paint laboratory technician example responsibilities.

Lead aerobic, anaerobic and UV light testing, chemical residue testing and centrifuge to separate chemicals from water.
Maintain and operate laboratory equipment and commendably troubleshoot and resolve an assortment of laboratory testing analyzers and perform diverse chemical tests.
Monitor temperature and pressure of production distillation towers

Formulator example responsibilities.

Manage daily production schedule, monitor machine operation, addressed any etching machinery problems.
wear proper PPE for the jobs need to be done.
Follow all PPE rules and requirements.
Construct spectrophotometer database for all lacquer and UV base inks.
Warehouse, packing and stacking pallets, fill jugs with product, and cleaning
Operate blend tanks, agitators, and various pump as directed by batch record.

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