Personnel technician vs self-employed

The differences between personnel technicians and self-employeds can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a personnel technician and a self-employed. Additionally, a personnel technician has an average salary of $39,836, which is higher than the $34,734 average annual salary of a self-employed.

The top three skills for a personnel technician include human resources, payroll processing and personnel actions. The most important skills for a self-employed are windows, mowing, and customer service.

Personnel technician vs self-employed overview

	Personnel Technician	Self-Employed
Yearly salary	$39,836	$34,734
Hourly rate	$19.15	$16.70
Growth rate	8%	8%
Number of jobs	15,651	6,215
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	6	6

Personnel technician vs self-employed salary

Personnel technicians and self-employeds have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Personnel Technician	Self-Employed
Average salary	$39,836	$34,734
Salary range	Between $28,000 And $55,000	Between $27,000 And $44,000
Highest paying City	Martinez, CA	-
Highest paying state	California	-
Best paying company	Rowland Unified School District	-
Best paying industry	Manufacturing	-

Differences between personnel technician and self-employed education

There are a few differences between a personnel technician and a self-employed in terms of educational background:

	Personnel Technician	Self-Employed
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Personnel technician vs self-employed demographics

Here are the differences between personnel technicians' and self-employeds' demographics:

	Personnel Technician	Self-Employed
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 30.5% Female, 69.5%	Male, 60.8% Female, 39.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.0% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 18.5% Asian, 7.5% White, 55.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 9.9% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 17.1% Asian, 7.3% White, 59.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between personnel technician and self-employed duties and responsibilities

Personnel technician example responsibilities.

Manage wage and salary administration and supervise payroll function.
Enter and process all employment, absences, FMLA and other miscellaneous transactions into PeopleSoft.
Design and facilitate training sessions for campus HRIS users.
Create training material for say policies (i.e., books, handouts and PowerPoint presentations).
Process employee s time punches by generating time and attendance reports from both the PeopleSoft and TimeTrak systems.
Audit data on the HRIS and FMCS to ensure accurate and timely download of data from HRIS into FMCS.

Self-employed example responsibilities.

Develop and manage the in-store informational PowerPoint presentations that run on multiple televisions to answer questions and provide information to customers.
Generate monthly, quarterly and yearly sales reports, correspondence, & PowerPoint presentations.
Complete jobs (lawn mowing, lawn cleaning, edging, trimmings bushes and trees) any aspect of lawn care.
Work with traditional video cameras and DSLR cameras.
Develop a website and Facebook page to increase networking.
Equip with a full-frame Nikon D600 and multiple lenses.

Personnel technician vs self-employed skills

Common personnel technician skills

Human Resources, 15%
Payroll Processing, 10%
Personnel Actions, 5%
Personnel Transactions, 4%
Workers Compensation, 4%
FMLA, 4%

Common self-employed skills

Windows, 15%
Mowing, 14%
Customer Service, 13%
Financial Statements, 13%
Payroll, 8%
Real Estate, 7%