Powder coater vs clear coat sprayer

The differences between powder coaters and clear coat sprayers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a powder coater and a clear coat sprayer. Additionally, a clear coat sprayer has an average salary of $34,167, which is higher than the $34,122 average annual salary of a powder coater.

The top three skills for a powder coater include safety procedures, aluminum and assembly line. The most important skills for a clear coat sprayer are powder coat, base coat, and equipment operation.

Powder coater vs clear coat sprayer overview

	Powder Coater	Clear Coat Sprayer
Yearly salary	$34,122	$34,167
Hourly rate	$16.40	$16.43
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	480	310
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 60%	High School Diploma, 52%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	4	4

Powder coater vs clear coat sprayer salary

Powder coaters and clear coat sprayers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Powder Coater	Clear Coat Sprayer
Average salary	$34,122	$34,167
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $41,000	Between $21,000 And $54,000
Highest paying City	Everett, WA	-
Highest paying state	Alaska	-
Best paying company	Applied Materials	-
Best paying industry	Automotive	-

Differences between powder coater and clear coat sprayer education

There are a few differences between a powder coater and a clear coat sprayer in terms of educational background:

	Powder Coater	Clear Coat Sprayer
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 60%	High School Diploma, 52%
Most common major	Business	Sociology
Most common college	-	-

Powder coater vs clear coat sprayer demographics

Here are the differences between powder coaters' and clear coat sprayers' demographics:

	Powder Coater	Clear Coat Sprayer
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 89.7% Female, 10.3%	Male, 76.7% Female, 23.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.2% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 18.9% Asian, 3.7% White, 63.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 13.5% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 19.4% Asian, 3.0% White, 59.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between powder coater and clear coat sprayer duties and responsibilities

Powder coater example responsibilities.

Operate diamond turning lathe machines making IR optical lenses.
Load seed into dryers for coating, arrange and coat seed.
Perform quality tests to assure products meet the specifications regulate by ISO.
Select the correct powder and coats to industry, company and customer standards.
Programme and setup IR optical jobs carefully following blueprint guidelines to engineer's standards.
Follow all GMP regulations and standard operating procedures need to clean and operate equipment.

Clear coat sprayer example responsibilities.

Take pieces of shelves off the line connect them together to box up and put on pallets to ship out.
Determine paint flow, viscosity, and coating quality by performing visual inspections, or by using viscometers.

Powder coater vs clear coat sprayer skills

Common powder coater skills

Safety Procedures, 17%
Aluminum, 13%
Assembly Line, 10%
Visual Inspections, 6%
Coats, 5%
Detect Defects, 4%

Common clear coat sprayer skills

Powder Coat, 53%
Base Coat, 20%
Equipment Operation, 18%
Spray Guns, 3%
Assembly Line, 3%
Coats, 3%