Senior data technician vs data administrator

The differences between senior data technicians and data administrators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 6-12 months to become a senior data technician, becoming a data administrator takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a senior data technician has an average salary of $89,734, which is higher than the $80,072 average annual salary of a data administrator.

The top three skills for a senior data technician include emerging technologies, data management and SQL. The most important skills for a data administrator are data management, java, and profiling.

Senior data technician vs data administrator overview

	Senior Data Technician	Data Administrator
Yearly salary	$89,734	$80,072
Hourly rate	$43.14	$38.50
Growth rate	7%	9%
Number of jobs	79,151	124,537
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Average age	38	46
Years of experience	12	4

Senior data technician vs data administrator salary

Senior data technicians and data administrators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Data Technician	Data Administrator
Average salary	$89,734	$80,072
Salary range	Between $52,000 And $153,000	Between $53,000 And $119,000
Highest paying City	-	Richmond, CA
Highest paying state	-	Louisiana
Best paying company	-	Southern California Edison
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between senior data technician and data administrator education

There are a few differences between a senior data technician and a data administrator in terms of educational background:

	Senior Data Technician	Data Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Senior data technician vs data administrator demographics

Here are the differences between senior data technicians' and data administrators' demographics:

	Senior Data Technician	Data Administrator
Average age	38	46
Gender ratio	Male, 58.3% Female, 41.7%	Male, 41.9% Female, 58.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.4% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 16.6% Asian, 10.5% White, 56.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	Black or African American, 8.0% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 9.2% Asian, 17.7% White, 59.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	8%	6%

Differences between senior data technician and data administrator duties and responsibilities

Senior data technician example responsibilities.

Manage clinical trials by gathering data, monitoring adverse events, screening patients for eligibility and scheduling patients per protocol.
Prepare data and update databases with information from QC checks, audits, data change forms, and site monitoring.
Implement action plans including performing require upgrades and installation of PC's and require peripheral equipment.
Manage clinical trials by gathering data, monitoring adverse events, screening patients for eligibility and scheduling patients per protocol.
Coordinate daily scrum meeting with project team members helping to facilitate communication, maximize productivity and resolve issues early.

Data administrator example responsibilities.

Manage the LDAP requests for user provision.
Manage replication & distribution servers, versioning dev & production servers.
Design and lead team efforts to reduce batch windows through application on new features.
Manage access to file shares, DFS shares, IIS servers and terminal services.
Integrate LDAP and setup security at multiple levels to achieve data security and object level security.
Install and set up the VMWare environment, managing the closing/building and allocation of all virtual servers.

Senior data technician vs data administrator skills

Common senior data technician skills

Emerging Technologies, 23%
Data Management, 10%
SQL, 10%
Troubleshoot, 8%
Data Collection, 7%
Data Processing, 7%

Common data administrator skills

Data Management, 12%
Java, 11%
Profiling, 10%
DB2, 7%
Unix, 7%
Sybase, 6%

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