Technical analyzer vs test technician

The differences between technical analyzers and test 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 test technician. Additionally, a technical analyzer has an average salary of $48,686, which is higher than the $43,171 average annual salary of a test technician.

The top three skills for a technical analyzer include troubleshoot, gas chromatographs and analyzer systems. The most important skills for a test technician are test procedures, test results, and hand tools.

Technical analyzer vs test technician overview

	Technical Analyzer	Test Technician
Yearly salary	$48,686	$43,171
Hourly rate	$23.41	$20.76
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	67,949	71,414
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 68%	Associate Degree, 45%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	12	12

Technical analyzer vs test technician salary

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

	Technical Analyzer	Test Technician
Average salary	$48,686	$43,171
Salary range	Between $34,000 And $67,000	Between $30,000 And $61,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Nokia
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between technical analyzer and test technician education

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

	Technical Analyzer	Test Technician
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 68%	Associate Degree, 45%
Most common major	Music	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	Northwestern University	Northeastern University

Technical analyzer vs test technician demographics

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

	Technical Analyzer	Test Technician
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 86.1% Female, 13.9%	Male, 83.6% Female, 16.4%
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 test 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.

Test technician example responsibilities.

Install and manage windows applications for the user, maintain servers and manage help desk operations.
Manage and distribute cad standards to contributing design consultants and assist with any design issues as necessary.
Perform in-circuit emulation and boundary scan testing (JTAG).
Perform extensive testing on CVD, PVD, display and solar tooling.
Configure bios to better suit the operating system, motherboard and CPU's needs and requirements.
Use of micrometers, calipers, torque wrenches, rivet and crimping tools, electrical test equipment, drill presses.

Technical analyzer vs test technician skills

Common technical analyzer skills

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

Common test technician skills

Test Procedures, 8%
Test Results, 8%
Hand Tools, 7%
Test Data, 5%
RF, 5%
Engineering Drawings, 4%