Senior lan technician vs administrator

The differences between senior lan 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 lan technician and an administrator. Additionally, an administrator has an average salary of $72,882, which is higher than the $54,116 average annual salary of a senior lan technician.

The top three skills for a senior lan technician include switches, lan wan and IP. The most important skills for an administrator are customer service, data entry, and troubleshoot.

Senior lan technician vs administrator overview

	Senior LAN Technician	Administrator
Yearly salary	$54,116	$72,882
Hourly rate	$26.02	$35.04
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	16,901	67,553
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior lan technician vs administrator salary

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

	Senior LAN Technician	Administrator
Average salary	$54,116	$72,882
Salary range	Between $38,000 And $76,000	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 lan technician and administrator education

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

	Senior LAN Technician	Administrator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	University of Pennsylvania

Senior lan technician vs administrator demographics

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

	Senior LAN Technician	Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 86.0% Female, 14.0%	Male, 36.0% Female, 64.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.5% 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 lan technician and administrator duties and responsibilities

Senior lan technician example responsibilities.

Manage SCCM for all server and workstation updates.
Install and deploy PC's, printers, peripherals, and applications/software.
Research and create software loads for user PC's to insure compatibility.
Perform backups, system monitoring, troubleshooting, upgrades and repairs to LAN hardware and software.
Perform day-to-day LAN administration duties setting up user profiles and security access for a network or internal Intranet application access.
Install and implementation various types of servers/computers, printers, and networking equipment effectively provide quality service and installation for customers.

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 lan technician vs administrator skills

Common senior lan technician skills

Switches, 20%
Lan Wan, 10%
IP, 8%
DNS, 8%
Network Devices, 7%
IIS, 6%

Common administrator skills

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