Senior switch technician vs network technician

The differences between senior switch 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 switch technician and a network technician. Additionally, a senior switch technician has an average salary of $91,510, which is higher than the $68,938 average annual salary of a network technician.

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

Senior switch technician vs network technician overview

	Senior Switch Technician	Network Technician
Yearly salary	$91,510	$68,938
Hourly rate	$44.00	$33.14
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	13,113	79,712
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior switch technician vs network technician salary

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

	Senior Switch Technician	Network Technician
Average salary	$91,510	$68,938
Salary range	Between $66,000 And $125,000	Between $51,000 And $92,000
Highest paying City	-	Urban Honolulu, HI
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between senior switch technician and network technician education

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

	Senior Switch Technician	Network Technician
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Computer Science
Most common college	Stanford University	University of Pennsylvania

Senior switch technician vs network technician demographics

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

	Senior Switch Technician	Network Technician
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 91.8% Female, 8.2%	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, 64.6% 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 switch technician and network technician 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.

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 switch technician vs network technician skills

Common senior switch technician skills

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

Common network technician skills

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

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