Voltage tester vs tester

The differences between voltage testers and testers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a tester has an average salary of $65,202, which is higher than the $55,136 average annual salary of a voltage tester.

The top three skills for a voltage tester include GPS, grid and stray voltage. The most important skills for a tester are java, test results, and web application.

Voltage tester vs tester overview

	Voltage Tester	Tester
Yearly salary	$55,136	$65,202
Hourly rate	$26.51	$31.35
Growth rate	-3%	-
Number of jobs	7,625	52,595
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Average age	45	44
Years of experience	-	4

Voltage tester vs tester salary

Voltage testers and testers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Voltage Tester	Tester
Average salary	$55,136	$65,202
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $109,000	Between $42,000 And $99,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Maryland
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Telecommunication

Differences between voltage tester and tester education

There are a few differences between a voltage tester and a tester in terms of educational background:

	Voltage Tester	Tester
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Computer Science
Most common college	-	-

Voltage tester vs tester demographics

Here are the differences between voltage testers' and testers' demographics:

	Voltage Tester	Tester
Average age	45	44
Gender ratio	Male, 96.6% Female, 3.4%	Male, 63.0% Female, 37.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.2% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 20.3% Asian, 8.6% White, 54.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 6.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 12.0% White, 67.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	4%	11%

Differences between voltage tester and tester duties and responsibilities

Voltage tester example responsibilities.

Test performance and troubleshot issues of electromechanical assemblies and analysis system.
Perform CRT measurements: electrical test, landing, grouping, gas radio, capacitance and frit leak.
Contract trough Adecco a staffing agency.

Tester example responsibilities.

Manage requirements and maintain test repository using QC.
Manage departmental inventory and troubleshoot testing, reporting and inventory issues.
Network scanning using tools like NMap and Nessus.
Perform unit testing using Junit for class, method, & web services testing.
Perform functionality testing, UI testing, integration testing, regression testing, system testing and browser compatibility testing.
Analyze new test cases or test cases from regression test suites store in ALM to pick the automation candidates.

Voltage tester vs tester skills

Common voltage tester skills

GPS, 39%
Grid, 25%
Stray Voltage, 21%
Quality Issues, 15%

Common tester skills

Java, 10%
Test Results, 5%
Web Application, 4%
Test Scripts, 4%
QA, 4%
Regression, 4%