Senior lead operator vs head operator

The differences between senior lead operators and head operators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a head operator has an average salary of $138,787, which is higher than the $68,921 average annual salary of a senior lead operator.

The top three skills for a senior lead operator include continuous improvement, SR and operational procedures. The most important skills for a head operator are analytics, customer service, and project management.

Senior lead operator vs head operator overview

	Senior Lead Operator	Head Operator
Yearly salary	$68,921	$138,787
Hourly rate	$33.14	$66.72
Growth rate	7%	6%
Number of jobs	36,589	101,974
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 57%	Bachelor's Degree, 59%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	-	6

Senior lead operator vs head operator salary

Senior lead operators and head operators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Lead Operator	Head Operator
Average salary	$68,921	$138,787
Salary range	Between $41,000 And $114,000	Between $79,000 And $243,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	Providence, RI
Highest paying state	California	Rhode Island
Best paying company	Google	McKinsey & Company Inc
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between senior lead operator and head operator education

There are a few differences between a senior lead operator and a head operator in terms of educational background:

	Senior Lead Operator	Head Operator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 57%	Bachelor's Degree, 59%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Western Carolina University	University of Pennsylvania

Senior lead operator vs head operator demographics

Here are the differences between senior lead operators' and head operators' demographics:

	Senior Lead Operator	Head Operator
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 61.7% Female, 38.3%	Male, 78.6% Female, 21.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.4% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 9.4% Asian, 8.8% White, 70.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 6.2% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 15.1% Asian, 6.3% White, 67.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	11%	10%

Differences between senior lead operator and head operator duties and responsibilities

Senior lead operator example responsibilities.

Help the department achieve and maintain safety standards set by OSHA.
Manage the development and implementation of a PMO infrastructure including responsibility for recruiting, hiring, training and performance management.
Work with engineers and mechanics to troubleshoot equipment.
Team with training liaison to coordinate training across multiple sites without negatively impacting SLA.
Analyze and troubleshoot technical problems within machinery that are utilize in the production area.
Complete all opening activities to ensure all require documentation are ordered for evaluation with in SLA.

Head operator example responsibilities.

Manage all social media outlets (Facebook.
Lead the road-map to SaaS offering and implement DevOps.
Manage technology build out of new office space and data center facilities for Americas.
Manage all purchase orders, inventory, A/P, A/R, payroll, and all credit card forms.
Manage all security and compliance relate items including SOX, HIPAA, internal controls, and FDA validation requirements.
Design and implement disaster recovery in the cloud and manage routine maintenance of the cloud environment and business relationship.

Senior lead operator vs head operator skills

Common senior lead operator skills

Continuous Improvement, 26%
SR, 12%
Operational Procedures, 11%
Lean Six Sigma, 6%
SME, 4%
Process Improvement, 4%

Common head operator skills

Analytics, 8%
Customer Service, 7%
Project Management, 7%
Oversight, 7%
Continuous Improvement, 6%
KPIs, 6%