Senior engineering field technician vs administrator

The differences between senior engineering field technicians and administrators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a senior engineering field technician and an administrator. Additionally, a senior engineering field technician has an average salary of $79,876, which is higher than the $72,882 average annual salary of an administrator.

The top three skills for a senior engineering field technician include network troubleshooting, workstations and VPN. The most important skills for an administrator are customer service, data entry, and troubleshoot.

Senior engineering field technician vs administrator overview

	Senior Engineering Field Technician	Administrator
Yearly salary	$79,876	$72,882
Hourly rate	$38.40	$35.04
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	126,391	67,553
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior engineering field technician vs administrator salary

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

	Senior Engineering Field Technician	Administrator
Average salary	$79,876	$72,882
Salary range	Between $54,000 And $117,000	Between $46,000 And $113,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between senior engineering field technician and administrator education

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

	Senior Engineering Field Technician	Administrator
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Business
Most common college	Northeastern University	University of Pennsylvania

Senior engineering field technician vs administrator demographics

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

	Senior Engineering Field Technician	Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 95.9% Female, 4.1%	Male, 36.0% Female, 64.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.1% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.8% Asian, 8.7% White, 63.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior engineering field technician and administrator duties and responsibilities

Senior engineering field technician example responsibilities.

Recommend, engineer and manage office systems, including centralize productivity and communication systems such as e-mail and centralize desktop environments.
Repair phones, numbers, distributions blocks and workstations for trouble work orders.
Test and turn up T1 & T3 circuits and configure routers and access servers.
Work with RF design engineers to maximize RF propagation and eliminate sources of RF interference.
Resolve RF interference issues - locate source of interference using directional antenna and spectrum analyzer.
Used OC equipment to test with field technicians and to successfully turn-up T1 & T3 circuits.

Administrator example responsibilities.

Develop a Perl script to manage the LDAP schema.
Hire and manage all receptionists and assistant MCA's.
Used all tools of Java stack in supporting and managing it.
Manage and process product orders on windows base on-line computer network system.
Manage ADP time system for technicians and approve time-off requests, supporting management.
Manage professional staff of 9 (including 5 MDs) and support staff of 10

Senior engineering field technician vs administrator skills

Common senior engineering field technician skills

Network Troubleshooting, 34%
Workstations, 15%
VPN, 10%
Ethernet, 9%
RF, 8%
Transmitters, 6%

Common administrator skills

Customer Service, 18%
Data Entry, 7%
Troubleshoot, 6%
Payroll, 6%
Financial Reports, 4%
Oversight, 4%

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