Senior network technician vs senior service technician

The differences between senior network technicians and senior service technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become a senior network technician, becoming a senior service technician takes usually requires 6-12 months. Additionally, a senior service technician has an average salary of $74,893, 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 senior service technician are customer service, preventative maintenance, and java.

Senior network technician vs senior service technician overview

	Senior Network Technician	Senior Service Technician
Yearly salary	$49,896	$74,893
Hourly rate	$23.99	$36.01
Growth rate	5%	8%
Number of jobs	39,288	134,284
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Associate Degree, 39%
Average age	43	44
Years of experience	2	12

Senior network technician vs senior service technician salary

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

	Senior Network Technician	Senior Service Technician
Average salary	$49,896	$74,893
Salary range	Between $31,000 And $78,000	Between $51,000 And $108,000
Highest paying City	Redmond, WA	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	Hawaii	Washington
Best paying company	Microsoft	UBS
Best paying industry	Technology	Energy

Differences between senior network technician and senior service technician education

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

	Senior Network Technician	Senior Service Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 50%	Associate Degree, 39%
Most common major	Computer Science	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	-

Senior network technician vs senior service technician demographics

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

	Senior Network Technician	Senior Service Technician
Average age	43	44
Gender ratio	Male, 85.5% Female, 14.5%	Male, 88.2% Female, 11.8%
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, 5.3% Unknown, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 15.8% Asian, 1.7% White, 72.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	9%	1%

Differences between senior network technician and senior service 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.

Senior service technician example responsibilities.

Create and manage a VOIP lab environment used for product staging and development testing.
Manage a deployment of the new in house Cisco VOIP phone system and expand to multiple offices.
Lead reporting team in defining application architecture for high-volume reporting system.
Perform firmware and Bios upgrade for hard drives and system boards.
Design, surface mount solder, build, and troubleshoot PCB boards.
Assign to repair field return communication PCB's using logic analyzer and schematics.

Senior network technician vs senior service technician skills

Common senior network technician skills

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

Common senior service technician skills

Customer Service, 14%
Preventative Maintenance, 7%
Java, 6%
CAD, 6%
Hand Tools, 6%
HVAC, 6%

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