Technical analyzer vs bench technician

The differences between technical analyzers and bench technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-12 months to become both a technical analyzer and a bench technician. Additionally, a technical analyzer has an average salary of $48,686, which is higher than the $41,317 average annual salary of a bench technician.

The top three skills for a technical analyzer include troubleshoot, gas chromatographs and analyzer systems. The most important skills for a bench technician are troubleshoot, PC, and windows.

Technical analyzer vs bench technician overview

	Technical Analyzer	Bench Technician
Yearly salary	$48,686	$41,317
Hourly rate	$23.41	$19.86
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	67,949	79,375
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 68%	Associate Degree, 55%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	12	12

Technical analyzer vs bench technician salary

Technical analyzers and bench technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Technical Analyzer	Bench Technician
Average salary	$48,686	$41,317
Salary range	Between $34,000 And $67,000	Between $29,000 And $57,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between technical analyzer and bench technician education

There are a few differences between a technical analyzer and a bench technician in terms of educational background:

	Technical Analyzer	Bench Technician
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 68%	Associate Degree, 55%
Most common major	Music	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	Northwestern University	Northeastern University

Technical analyzer vs bench technician demographics

Here are the differences between technical analyzers' and bench technicians' demographics:

	Technical Analyzer	Bench Technician
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 86.1% Female, 13.9%	Male, 89.4% Female, 10.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.3% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% Asian, 8.0% White, 70.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 6.3% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% Asian, 8.0% White, 70.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between technical analyzer and bench technician duties and responsibilities

Technical analyzer example responsibilities.

Manage, support, and analyze efforts relate to international and domestic climate change-relate issues.
Work as a team to troubleshoot and maintain a wide variety of analyzers and relate sample systems.
Inspect, calibrate, and perform routine maintenance on transmitters in chemical manufacturing units
Work on plc esd (emergency shutdown) systems and instrumentation.
Shop construction of new analyzer houses containing GCs, CEMS packages, O2 analyzers, etc.
Experience working with: Ametek, ABB, Seimens, Servomex, HACH, Teledyne and other brands of analyzers.

Bench technician example responsibilities.

Lead small teams in the development and installation of residential and commercial electrical and HVAC systems to include smart home systems.
Trouble-shoot and repair all boards to component level using oscilloscopes DMM's and spectrum analyzers.
Place fine pitch IC's and other parts as needed.
Repair pads and trace connectors on modems.
Repair and replace components within all iPhone models.
Experience reworking fine pitch devices and BGA components.

Technical analyzer vs bench technician skills

Common technical analyzer skills

Troubleshoot, 27%
Gas Chromatographs, 18%
Analyzer Systems, 14%
O2, 10%
PLC, 6%
RF, 6%

Common bench technician skills

Troubleshoot, 13%
PC, 8%
Windows, 6%
Circuit Boards, 6%
Test Equipment, 5%
Component Level Repair, 4%