Senior switch technician vs information technology administrator

The differences between senior switch technicians and information technology 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 information technology administrator. Additionally, a senior switch technician has an average salary of $91,510, which is higher than the $73,195 average annual salary of an information technology administrator.

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

Senior switch technician vs information technology administrator overview

	Senior Switch Technician	Information Technology Administrator
Yearly salary	$91,510	$73,195
Hourly rate	$44.00	$35.19
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	13,113	159,499
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 information technology administrator salary

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

	Senior Switch Technician	Information Technology Administrator
Average salary	$91,510	$73,195
Salary range	Between $66,000 And $125,000	Between $50,000 And $105,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Databricks
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between senior switch technician and information technology administrator education

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

	Senior Switch Technician	Information Technology Administrator
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 56%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Computer Science
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Senior switch technician vs information technology administrator demographics

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

	Senior Switch Technician	Information Technology Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 91.8% Female, 8.2%	Male, 81.6% Female, 18.4%
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, 9.1% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 9.8% White, 63.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior switch technician and information technology 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.

Information technology administrator example responsibilities.

Define, document and project manage the implementation and configuration changes to HRIS applications.
Manage the migration from ADP to Lawson software; adapt HRIS to fit organizational needs.
Manage PC trainers and develop high quality internal instructor-le courses.
Manage host peripheral hardware including disk files and space utilization.
Manage and maintain corporate telecommunications and LAN; recommend repairs as needed.
Manage administration for SharePoint websites including account creation or modifying existing user accounts and site settings.

Senior switch technician vs information technology administrator skills

Common senior switch technician skills

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

Common information technology administrator skills

Customer Service, 10%
Troubleshoot, 6%
Linux, 5%
Database, 4%
VMware, 4%
Windows Server, 4%

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