Telephone technician vs phone technician

The differences between telephone technicians and phone technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a telephone technician has an average salary of $45,477, which is higher than the $42,690 average annual salary of a phone technician.

The top three skills for a telephone technician include fiber optic, phone system and PBX. The most important skills for a phone technician are customer service, cell phones, and phone system.

Telephone technician vs phone technician overview

	Telephone Technician	Phone Technician
Yearly salary	$45,477	$42,690
Hourly rate	$21.86	$20.52
Growth rate	8%	8%
Number of jobs	45,522	41,324
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 36%	High School Diploma, 35%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	-	-

Telephone technician vs phone technician salary

Telephone technicians and phone technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Telephone Technician	Phone Technician
Average salary	$45,477	$42,690
Salary range	Between $34,000 And $59,000	Between $31,000 And $58,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between telephone technician and phone technician education

There are a few differences between a telephone technician and a phone technician in terms of educational background:

	Telephone Technician	Phone Technician
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 36%	High School Diploma, 35%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Business
Most common college	Inter American University of Puerto Rico Bayamon	New York University

Telephone technician vs phone technician demographics

Here are the differences between telephone technicians' and phone technicians' demographics:

	Telephone Technician	Phone Technician
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 88.2% Female, 11.8%	Male, 77.3% Female, 22.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.5% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 19.0% Asian, 6.4% White, 57.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 11.7% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 18.7% Asian, 6.3% White, 57.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between telephone technician and phone technician duties and responsibilities

Telephone technician example responsibilities.

Implement and manage UHF radio base stations, repeaters, and command network, effectively linking all regional headquarters.
Pull CAT5 cable from workstations to closets, and connect to patch panels.
Install and terminate CAT5, CAT6 and multi-pair cabling in businesses for new or retrofit data network.
Set up MDF s and IDF's to include racks and trays, terminate both copper and fiber.
Install equipment racks, ladder racks, cable management systems along with the electronic data switches and associate hardware.
Install trunks lines, T1's switches (small and large).

Phone technician example responsibilities.

Manage telecommunications installation and repair for hospital Nortel network.
Repair LCD and programming on various computers
Used POS system to determine which repair needs to be start.
Coordinate the maintenance and repair of T1's and associate electronic equipment.
Resolve DXU hardware problems and BS fault alarms with Ericsson OMT software.
Activate phones, run tests on the phones, and reprogram the phones.

Telephone technician vs phone technician skills

Common telephone technician skills

Fiber Optic, 10%
Phone System, 9%
PBX, 7%
System Installation, 5%
Telephone Lines, 5%
Avaya, 4%

Common phone technician skills

Customer Service, 22%
Cell Phones, 7%
Phone System, 7%
VoIP, 5%
Windows, 4%
Cellular Devices, 4%

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