Supply aide vs supply technician

The differences between supply aides and supply technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a supply technician has an average salary of $36,280, which is higher than the $34,250 average annual salary of a supply aide.

The top three skills for a supply aide include surgical instruments, patient charges and vital signs. The most important skills for a supply technician are customer service, patients, and inventory management.

Supply aide vs supply technician overview

	Supply Aide	Supply Technician
Yearly salary	$34,250	$36,280
Hourly rate	$16.47	$17.44
Growth rate	1%	1%
Number of jobs	56,158	34,106
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 27%	Bachelor's Degree, 34%
Average age	38	38
Years of experience	-	-

Supply aide vs supply technician salary

Supply aides and supply technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Supply Aide	Supply Technician
Average salary	$34,250	$36,280
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $44,000	Between $25,000 And $51,000
Highest paying City	-	Los Angeles, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Applied Materials
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between supply aide and supply technician education

There are a few differences between a supply aide and a supply technician in terms of educational background:

	Supply Aide	Supply Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 27%	Bachelor's Degree, 34%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Supply aide vs supply technician demographics

Here are the differences between supply aides' and supply technicians' demographics:

	Supply Aide	Supply Technician
Average age	38	38
Gender ratio	Male, 52.5% Female, 47.5%	Male, 61.3% Female, 38.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 16.5% Asian, 7.2% White, 58.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%	Black or African American, 11.5% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 19.4% Asian, 7.2% White, 55.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between supply aide and supply technician duties and responsibilities

Supply aide example responsibilities.

Dispatch vehicles, maintains dispatch records, trip tickets and records in logbooks, manage the GSA vehicle fleet of vehicles.
Plan activities base on assign student's IEP to encourage appropriate independence and facilitate/support student's participation in all activities.
Submit requisitions for much need OCIE items to the SSA and ensure all turn ins of DRMO is moving.
Advise other service unit administration teams of new requirements and help coordinate proper disposal and shipping to DRMO military base.
Handle, identify and examine stored ammunition and explosives to determine true conditions.

Supply technician example responsibilities.

Manage the accountability of all battalion CTA, TDA, and MTOE equipment.
Manage appropriate disposal of expire pharmaceutical products in accordance with HAZMAT regulations.
Cataloge property, maintain property records and manage inventory using PBUSE system.
Perform and record daily testing of sterility of all autoclaves and Sterrad in the hospital.
Assist with the hazardous material (HAZMAT) team with classification, segregation and documentation of hazardous materials.
Operate automatic washer/decontamination unit, all autoclaves and the Sterrad sterilizer.

Supply aide vs supply technician skills

Common supply aide skills

Surgical Instruments, 40%
Patient Charges, 35%
Vital Signs, 14%
Patient Rooms, 11%

Common supply technician skills

Customer Service, 13%
Patients, 12%
Inventory Management, 6%
Storage Management, 5%
DOD, 4%
Data Entry, 3%