Senior switch technician vs service administrator

The differences between senior switch technicians and service 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 a service administrator. Additionally, a senior switch technician has an average salary of $91,510, which is higher than the $54,573 average annual salary of a service administrator.

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

Senior switch technician vs service administrator overview

	Senior Switch Technician	Service Administrator
Yearly salary	$91,510	$54,573
Hourly rate	$44.00	$26.24
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	13,113	57,561
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior switch technician vs service administrator salary

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

	Senior Switch Technician	Service Administrator
Average salary	$91,510	$54,573
Salary range	Between $66,000 And $125,000	Between $33,000 And $88,000
Highest paying City	-	Sunnyvale, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	VMware
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between senior switch technician and service administrator education

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

	Senior Switch Technician	Service Administrator
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Senior switch technician vs service administrator demographics

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

	Senior Switch Technician	Service Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 91.8% Female, 8.2%	Male, 32.4% Female, 67.6%
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, 8.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 64.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior switch technician and service 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.

Service administrator example responsibilities.

Manage Sr. Director's calendar and key staff members to include meetings, events and travel.
Convert complex business logic into SQL store procedures and user-define functions to achieve functionality require by the UI team.
Manage facilities maintenance/upgrades, and systems such as electronic medical records (EMR), billing, transcription and phones.
Manage multi-million dollar DOD contract, establish team goals and manage team deliverables to ensure objectives are consistently meet or exceed.
Manage all accounting functions utilizing QuickBooks of revenues
Assist users with configuring and managing SharePoint servers.

Senior switch technician vs service administrator skills

Common senior switch technician skills

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

Common service administrator skills

Customer Service, 22%
Patients, 7%
Data Entry, 5%
CMS, 5%
Repair Orders, 4%
PowerPoint, 4%

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