Senior laboratory analyst vs senior laboratory technician

The differences between senior laboratory analysts and senior laboratory technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become a senior laboratory analyst, becoming a senior laboratory technician takes usually requires 6-12 months. Additionally, a senior laboratory analyst has an average salary of $61,006, which is higher than the $48,530 average annual salary of a senior laboratory technician.

The top three skills for a senior laboratory analyst include lims, epic and LIS. The most important skills for a senior laboratory technician are lab equipment, patients, and research projects.

Senior laboratory analyst vs senior laboratory technician overview

	Senior Laboratory Analyst	Senior Laboratory Technician
Yearly salary	$61,006	$48,530
Hourly rate	$29.33	$23.33
Growth rate	9%	9%
Number of jobs	48,897	63,876
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 69%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	38	44
Years of experience	2	12

Senior laboratory analyst vs senior laboratory technician salary

Senior laboratory analysts and senior laboratory technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Laboratory Analyst	Senior Laboratory Technician
Average salary	$61,006	$48,530
Salary range	Between $41,000 And $88,000	Between $34,000 And $67,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Genentech
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between senior laboratory analyst and senior laboratory technician education

There are a few differences between a senior laboratory analyst and a senior laboratory technician in terms of educational background:

	Senior Laboratory Analyst	Senior Laboratory Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 69%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Chemistry	Biology
Most common college	Stanford University	New York University

Senior laboratory analyst vs senior laboratory technician demographics

Here are the differences between senior laboratory analysts' and senior laboratory technicians' demographics:

	Senior Laboratory Analyst	Senior Laboratory Technician
Average age	38	44
Gender ratio	Male, 62.2% Female, 37.8%	Male, 58.6% Female, 41.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.4% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 16.7% Asian, 10.5% White, 56.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	Black or African American, 10.5% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 17.0% Asian, 12.0% White, 54.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between senior laboratory analyst and senior laboratory technician duties and responsibilities

Senior laboratory analyst example responsibilities.

Work and manage implementation of regulatory requirements for lab, including: EPA, ASTM, and NELAC.
Organize, direct, document, and staff operations' QC inspection training program.
Prepare and rout investigation and deviation reports to ensure FDA compliance and determine root cause.
Master lab techniques in ELISA, DNA/RNA isolation, qRT-PCR, gene expression and genotyping.
Identify active dosage units and degradation components of solid and oral drug products in various stages of production by HPLC analysis.
Collaborate with automation engineers and software programmers to troubleshoot and resolve equipment and systems issues.

Senior laboratory technician example responsibilities.

Lead aerobic, anaerobic and UV light testing, chemical residue testing and centrifuge to separate chemicals from water.
Operate a binary distillation column using LabView to separate a mixture of methanol and water.
Provide and sign certificate of analyses for wet chemistry and microbiology.
Perform CFU-blast, CFU-C, CFU-D, CFU-S assays.
Create raw material library on FTIR.
Perform manual titration, including testing bacteria and other water tests.

Senior laboratory analyst vs senior laboratory technician skills

Common senior laboratory analyst skills

Lims, 9%
Epic, 9%
LIS, 7%
GMP, 7%
Lab Equipment, 6%
Troubleshoot, 5%

Common senior laboratory technician skills

Lab Equipment, 9%
Patients, 8%
Research Projects, 5%
Cell Culture, 4%
Safety Procedures, 4%
Molecular Biology, 4%

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