Technical analyzer vs technical manager

The differences between technical analyzers and technical managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 6-12 months to become a technical analyzer, becoming a technical manager takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a technical manager has an average salary of $116,619, which is higher than the $48,686 average annual salary of a technical analyzer.

The top three skills for a technical analyzer include troubleshoot, gas chromatographs and analyzer systems. The most important skills for a technical manager are project management, infrastructure, and architecture.

Technical analyzer vs technical manager overview

	Technical Analyzer	Technical Manager
Yearly salary	$48,686	$116,619
Hourly rate	$23.41	$56.07
Growth rate	-	8%
Number of jobs	67,949	116,732
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Average age	50	40
Years of experience	12	2

Technical analyzer vs technical manager salary

Technical analyzers and technical managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Technical Analyzer	Technical Manager
Average salary	$48,686	$116,619
Salary range	Between $34,000 And $67,000	Between $84,000 And $161,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	A.T. Kearney
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between technical analyzer and technical manager education

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

	Technical Analyzer	Technical Manager
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Most common major	Music	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	Carnegie Mellon University

Technical analyzer vs technical manager demographics

Here are the differences between technical analyzers' and technical managers' demographics:

	Technical Analyzer	Technical Manager
Average age	50	40
Gender ratio	Male, 86.1% Female, 13.9%	Male, 83.7% Female, 16.3%
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, 8.0% Unknown, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 14.6% Asian, 6.4% White, 65.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	8%	14%

Differences between technical analyzer and technical manager 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.

Technical manager example responsibilities.

Lead efforts to establish asset and desktop /server management best practices.
Provide project management and KPIs development to ensure service levels are achieve and improve upon.
Project manage WebEx's customer call flow (IVRU) structure to meet both business and customer needs.
Lead project to implement Salesforce.com.
Manage high level support resources and evaluate XML technology against business requirements.
Optimize chemical formulas, manage chemical supply chain, troubleshoot laboratory and plant implementation.

Technical analyzer vs technical manager skills

Common technical analyzer skills

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

Common technical manager skills

Project Management, 7%
Infrastructure, 6%
Architecture, 6%
Java, 5%
Customer Service, 5%
Emerging Technologies, 4%