Senior lead operator vs senior operator

The differences between senior lead operators and senior operators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a senior operator has an average salary of $85,677, 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 senior operator are safety procedures, math, and powerpoint.

Senior lead operator vs senior operator overview

	Senior Lead Operator	Senior Operator
Yearly salary	$68,921	$85,677
Hourly rate	$33.14	$41.19
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	36,589	45,548
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 57%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Average age	44	43
Years of experience	-	4

Senior lead operator vs senior operator salary

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

	Senior Lead Operator	Senior Operator
Average salary	$68,921	$85,677
Salary range	Between $41,000 And $114,000	Between $54,000 And $135,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	Boston, MA
Highest paying state	California	Massachusetts
Best paying company	Google	Google
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between senior lead operator and senior operator education

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

	Senior Lead Operator	Senior Operator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 57%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Western Carolina University	Stanford University

Senior lead operator vs senior operator demographics

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

	Senior Lead Operator	Senior Operator
Average age	44	43
Gender ratio	Male, 61.7% Female, 38.3%	Male, 72.8% Female, 27.2%
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, 17.0% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 19.1% Asian, 2.6% White, 56.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	11%	4%

Differences between senior lead operator and senior 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.

Senior operator example responsibilities.

Measure and inspect parts with calipers, scale, MRP, leads, micrometers and taper.
Manage the master calendar and schedule resources such as communication equipment, weapons, transportation and ammunition forecast and delivery.
Operate QC testing equipment such as calipers and micrometers.
Experience with MVS and JES2 command sets, the weekly shutdown and initial power load of production systems.
Assist in migration to the LAN environment, perform quality control and JCL setup and interface with user and vendor communities.
Train with TSO, JES2, and UCC7.

Senior lead operator vs senior 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 senior operator skills

Safety Procedures, 17%
Math, 8%
PowerPoint, 7%
Windows, 5%
Logistics, 5%
CDL, 5%