Photo laboratory technician vs process line operator

The differences between photo laboratory technicians and process line operators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a process line operator has an average salary of $51,579, which is higher than the $51,486 average annual salary of a photo laboratory technician.

The top three skills for a photo laboratory technician include customer service, adobe photoshop and customer satisfaction. The most important skills for a process line operator are data entry, policy changes, and assembly line.

Photo laboratory technician vs process line operator overview

	Photo Laboratory Technician	Process Line Operator
Yearly salary	$51,486	$51,579
Hourly rate	$24.75	$24.80
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	39,098	95,522
Job satisfaction	5	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	Bachelor's Degree, 35%
Average age	42	46
Years of experience	-	2

Photo laboratory technician vs process line operator salary

Photo laboratory technicians and process line operators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Photo Laboratory Technician	Process Line Operator
Average salary	$51,486	$51,579
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $107,000	Between $24,000 And $108,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between photo laboratory technician and process line operator education

There are a few differences between a photo laboratory technician and a process line operator in terms of educational background:

	Photo Laboratory Technician	Process Line Operator
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 33%	Bachelor's Degree, 35%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Photo laboratory technician vs process line operator demographics

Here are the differences between photo laboratory technicians' and process line operators' demographics:

	Photo Laboratory Technician	Process Line Operator
Average age	42	46
Gender ratio	Male, 38.2% Female, 61.8%	Male, 44.7% Female, 55.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.2% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 15.1% Asian, 12.7% White, 58.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 12.8% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 16.4% Asian, 4.8% White, 61.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	15%	6%

Differences between photo laboratory technician and process line operator duties and responsibilities

Photo laboratory technician example responsibilities.

Manage and organize photography and video productions and key personnel.
Maintain POS, store front management, customer concerns, and floor plan stock and layout.
Apply color corrections to every order on Fuji digital mini lab, ensuring all jobs meet customer's satisfaction.
Print from all digital media using Sony and Kodak printers and scan prints, negatives and slides to CD.
Install software, troubleshoot and repair film & photo processing machinery, as well as self- service kiosks and printers.
Develop, process, & print film (teach by Kodak train technicians in an intense week long course).

Process line operator example responsibilities.

Host a daily meeting before production begin and end reviewing the numbers run on the shift and the shift prior.
Assist in the evaluation and application of inference engines acting on ASTM standards for machine tool specifications and tolerances.

Photo laboratory technician vs process line operator skills

Common photo laboratory technician skills

Customer Service, 39%
Adobe Photoshop, 26%
Customer Satisfaction, 3%
Customer Orders, 3%
Sales Floor, 3%
Troubleshoot, 2%

Common process line operator skills

Data Entry, 36%
Policy Changes, 20%
Assembly Line, 13%
Quality Checks, 10%
Quality Products, 6%
Line Processing, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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