Senior switch technician vs administrator

The differences between senior switch technicians and administrators 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 switch technician and an administrator. Additionally, a senior switch technician has an average salary of $91,510, which is higher than the $72,882 average annual salary of an administrator.

The top three skills for a senior switch technician include switches, test equipment and RF. The most important skills for an administrator are customer service, data entry, and troubleshoot.

Senior switch technician vs administrator overview

	Senior Switch Technician	Administrator
Yearly salary	$91,510	$72,882
Hourly rate	$44.00	$35.04
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	13,113	67,553
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior switch technician vs administrator salary

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

	Senior Switch Technician	Administrator
Average salary	$91,510	$72,882
Salary range	Between $66,000 And $125,000	Between $46,000 And $113,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between senior switch technician and administrator education

There are a few differences between a senior switch technician and an administrator in terms of educational background:

	Senior Switch Technician	Administrator
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	University of Pennsylvania

Senior switch technician vs administrator demographics

Here are the differences between senior switch technicians' and administrators' demographics:

	Senior Switch Technician	Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 91.8% Female, 8.2%	Male, 36.0% Female, 64.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior switch technician and administrator duties and responsibilities

Senior switch technician example responsibilities.

Assist in managing CDMA network, Voice/EVDO circuit's layouts, CDM circuit inventory and roll over's for cell sites.
Test, turn-up, and performance monitoring of transport circuits including Ethernet, OC-N, T1, and T3.
Work extensively with Tellabs and Alcatel 5500 , 1630 , 1631, CS1L , 532 and Tadiran DACS.
Install, test, provision and turn up DS1, E1, DS3, E3, OC3 and OC12 circuits.
Participate in a role on Ericsson's LTE eNODE-B integrations.
Turn up DS3 and DS1 circuits - perform hot cuts during maintenance window.

Administrator example responsibilities.

Develop a Perl script to manage the LDAP schema.
Hire and manage all receptionists and assistant MCA's.
Used all tools of Java stack in supporting and managing it.
Manage and process product orders on windows base on-line computer network system.
Manage ADP time system for technicians and approve time-off requests, supporting management.
Manage professional staff of 9 (including 5 MDs) and support staff of 10

Senior switch technician vs administrator skills

Common senior switch technician skills

Switches, 16%
Test Equipment, 9%
RF, 7%
T1, 6%
AC, 6%
DS3, 3%

Common administrator skills

Customer Service, 18%
Data Entry, 7%
Troubleshoot, 6%
Payroll, 6%
Financial Reports, 4%
Oversight, 4%

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