Senior network technician vs network technician

The differences between senior network technicians and network technicians 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 technician. Additionally, a network technician has an average salary of $68,938, 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 technician are customer service, switches, and troubleshoot.

Senior network technician vs network technician overview

	Senior Network Technician	Network Technician
Yearly salary	$49,896	$68,938
Hourly rate	$23.99	$33.14
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	39,288	79,712
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior network technician vs network technician salary

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

	Senior Network Technician	Network Technician
Average salary	$49,896	$68,938
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $78,000	Between $51,000 And $92,000
Highest paying City	Redmond, WA	Urban Honolulu, HI
Highest paying state	Hawaii	Hawaii
Best paying company	Microsoft	Apple
Best paying industry	Technology	Finance

Differences between senior network technician and network technician education

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

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

Senior network technician vs network technician demographics

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

	Senior Network Technician	Network Technician
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 85.5% Female, 14.5%	Male, 87.3% Female, 12.7%
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, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 9.4% White, 63.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior network technician and network technician 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 technician example responsibilities.

Install and manage DHCP servers including setting up DHCP scopes, enabling DHCP clients, viewing and managing active leases.
Manage city wide IIS deployment.
Manage Virtualization system, using ESX server/client.
Install, configure and manage Symantec Antivirus on all network computers
Use Symantec BackupExec to manage and maintain all server backups and file restorations.
Manage company Cisco series routers, switches, and ASA firewall integrate into MPLS network.

Senior network technician vs network technician skills

Common senior network technician skills

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

Common network technician skills

Customer Service, 9%
Switches, 6%
Troubleshoot, 6%
Routers, 4%
Lan Wan, 3%
Lan, 3%

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