Senior switch technician vs systems administrator

The differences between senior switch technicians and systems 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 systems administrator. Additionally, a senior switch technician has an average salary of $91,510, which is higher than the $77,156 average annual salary of a systems administrator.

The top three skills for a senior switch technician include switches, test equipment and RF. The most important skills for a systems administrator are linux, troubleshoot, and windows server.

Senior switch technician vs systems administrator overview

	Senior Switch Technician	Systems Administrator
Yearly salary	$91,510	$77,156
Hourly rate	$44.00	$37.09
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	13,113	134,500
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Senior switch technician vs systems administrator salary

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

	Senior Switch Technician	Systems Administrator
Average salary	$91,510	$77,156
Salary range	Between $66,000 And $125,000	Between $59,000 And $100,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Meta
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between senior switch technician and systems administrator education

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

	Senior Switch Technician	Systems Administrator
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Computer Science
Most common college	Stanford University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Senior switch technician vs systems administrator demographics

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

	Senior Switch Technician	Systems Administrator
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 91.8% Female, 8.2%	Male, 83.9% Female, 16.1%
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, 8.6% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.3% Asian, 11.5% White, 62.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between senior switch technician and systems 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.

Systems administrator example responsibilities.

Used Jenkins to automate most of the build relate tasks.
Manage windows file servers, messaging, and SQL databases.
Lead the project which integrate internal DNS into the corporate LDAP infrastructure for end user host management prior to deployment.
Lead business-critical information security initiatives involving encryption of customer data.
Authore and maintain shell and Perl scripts to automate administration tasks for infrastructure management.
Configure & manage all switches and servers responsible for providing WLAN connectivity and authentication services.

Senior switch technician vs systems administrator skills

Common senior switch technician skills

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

Common systems administrator skills

Linux, 7%
Troubleshoot, 7%
Windows Server, 6%
Database, 5%
Technical Support, 4%
PowerShell, 3%

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