Senior network technician vs network manager

The differences between senior network technicians and network managers 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 network technician and a network manager. Additionally, a network manager has an average salary of $97,578, which is higher than the $49,896 average annual salary of a senior network technician.

The top three skills for a senior network technician include switches, troubleshoot and routers. The most important skills for a network manager are customer service, fault management, and network infrastructure.

Senior network technician vs network manager overview

	Senior Network Technician	Network Manager
Yearly salary	$49,896	$97,578
Hourly rate	$23.99	$46.91
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	39,288	36,831
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior network technician vs network manager salary

Senior network technicians and network managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Network Technician	Network Manager
Average salary	$49,896	$97,578
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $78,000	Between $71,000 And $132,000
Highest paying City	Redmond, WA	Menlo Park, CA
Highest paying state	Hawaii	California
Best paying company	Microsoft	Meta
Best paying industry	Technology	Technology

Differences between senior network technician and network manager education

There are a few differences between a senior network technician and a network manager in terms of educational background:

	Senior Network Technician	Network Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Most common major	Computer Science	Business
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Stanford University

Senior network technician vs network manager demographics

Here are the differences between senior network technicians' and network managers' demographics:

	Senior Network Technician	Network Manager
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 85.5% Female, 14.5%	Male, 83.3% Female, 16.7%
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, 9.0% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 8.7% White, 64.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior network technician and network manager duties and responsibilities

Senior network technician example responsibilities.

Manage 10 servers , 2 UNIX , 6 Win2k3 and 2 Win2k.
Set up and manage firewall and content base web filtering.
Recommend, engineer and manage office systems, including centralize productivity and communication systems such as e-mail and centralize desktop environments.
Connect and configure LAN and WLAN networks and perform security updates on network devices and routers.
Train customer s employees on network protocols such as TCP/IP EGIRP, BGP, SNA, OSPF.
Implement wide area network solution using VPN and MPLS technologies to interconnect remote offices.

Network manager example responsibilities.

Negotiate and manage customer SLA's.
Manage a remote nationwide team of database Sr.
Manage vendor for all PBX move add and changes.
Manage environment in support of define CDRL's and SLA's.
Lead the architecture design for PCI (payment card industry) compliance.
Manage iRules and VIP setup on F5's and juniper load balance.

Senior network technician vs network manager skills

Common senior network technician skills

Switches, 9%
Troubleshoot, 8%
Routers, 5%
Network Hardware, 4%
Windows Server, 4%
Network Security, 3%

Common network manager skills

Customer Service, 12%
Fault Management, 6%
Network Infrastructure, 5%
Switches, 4%
Network Hardware, 4%
Project Management, 4%

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