Preflight technician vs technician

The differences between preflight technicians and technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a preflight technician, becoming a technician takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a preflight technician has an average salary of $50,553, which is higher than the $38,045 average annual salary of a technician.

The top three skills for a preflight technician include troubleshoot, customer service and adobe photoshop. The most important skills for a technician are patients, customer service, and patient care.

Preflight technician vs technician overview

	Preflight Technician	Technician
Yearly salary	$50,553	$38,045
Hourly rate	$24.30	$18.29
Growth rate	3%	1%
Number of jobs	5,361	596,842
Job satisfaction	-	2
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 59%	Bachelor's Degree, 32%
Average age	48	40
Years of experience	4	2

Preflight technician vs technician salary

Preflight technicians and technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Preflight Technician	Technician
Average salary	$50,553	$38,045
Salary range	Between $35,000 And $71,000	Between $24,000 And $58,000
Highest paying City	-	San Jose, CA
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Microsoft
Best paying industry	-	Telecommunication

Differences between preflight technician and technician education

There are a few differences between a preflight technician and a technician in terms of educational background:

	Preflight Technician	Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 59%	Bachelor's Degree, 32%
Most common major	Graphic Design	Business
Most common college	University of Texas at Austin	-

Preflight technician vs technician demographics

Here are the differences between preflight technicians' and technicians' demographics:

	Preflight Technician	Technician
Average age	48	40
Gender ratio	Male, 75.0% Female, 25.0%	Male, 75.2% Female, 24.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.0% Unknown, 3.4% Hispanic or Latino, 18.4% Asian, 6.8% White, 61.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 9.4% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 19.4% Asian, 4.9% White, 61.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	13%	2%

Differences between preflight technician and technician duties and responsibilities

Preflight technician example responsibilities.

Supervise modernization of prepress department from letterpress to fully electronic and train incoming staff in typesetting and electronic prepress.
Implement pre-flight procedures that eliminate costly re-prints and increase production speed and accuracy.

Technician example responsibilities.

Achieve multiple ASE certifications within first year of employment.
Implement and manage UHF radio base stations, repeaters, and command network, effectively linking all regional headquarters.
Manage telecommunications installation and repair for hospital Nortel network.
Maintain numerous automate scripts to assist in managing Linux systems.
Manage, troubleshot and repair multiple wireless technologies including fiber optic transmission switches.
Install peripherals including printers, fax machines, scanners, and smartphones.

Preflight technician vs technician skills

Common preflight technician skills

Troubleshoot, 21%
Customer Service, 19%
Adobe Photoshop, 17%
Mac, 13%
FTP, 11%
Adobe Creative Suite, 10%

Common technician skills

Patients, 16%
Customer Service, 14%
Patient Care, 8%
Hand Tools, 6%
Diagnosis, 5%
Preventative Maintenance, 4%