Watch technician vs junior technician

The differences between watch technicians and junior technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a watch technician, becoming a junior technician takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a watch technician has an average salary of $45,822, which is higher than the $39,417 average annual salary of a junior technician.

The top three skills for a watch technician include rig, battery and hardware configurations. The most important skills for a junior technician are customer service, HVAC, and fall protection.

Watch technician vs junior technician overview

	Watch Technician	Junior Technician
Yearly salary	$45,822	$39,417
Hourly rate	$22.03	$18.95
Growth rate	-11%	10%
Number of jobs	49,817	103,780
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 29%	Bachelor's Degree, 34%
Average age	44	42
Years of experience	4	2

Watch technician vs junior technician salary

Watch technicians and junior technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Watch Technician	Junior Technician
Average salary	$45,822	$39,417
Salary range	Between $33,000 And $63,000	Between $26,000 And $57,000
Highest paying City	-	Alexandria, VA
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Citi
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between watch technician and junior technician education

There are a few differences between a watch technician and a junior technician in terms of educational background:

	Watch Technician	Junior Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 29%	Bachelor's Degree, 34%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	Stanford University

Watch technician vs junior technician demographics

Here are the differences between watch technicians' and junior technicians' demographics:

	Watch Technician	Junior Technician
Average age	44	42
Gender ratio	Male, 72.4% Female, 27.6%	Male, 82.9% Female, 17.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.1% Unknown, 3.8% Hispanic or Latino, 21.8% Asian, 10.0% White, 50.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 11.6% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 16.0% Asian, 10.6% White, 56.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	5%	11%

Differences between watch technician and junior technician duties and responsibilities

Watch technician example responsibilities.

Manage paperwork associate with HVAC procedures.
Compose written reports of data collect from patient evaluation and present to department chief for thorough analysis of patient diagnosis.
Perform technical operations and provide leadership for PC manufacturing division.

Junior technician example responsibilities.

Manage backups, replications and disaster recovery plans of company mission critical servers and database files to ensure redundancy.
frame relay, TCP/IP configuration with NOC or on site engineer.
Set up new user workstations, updating software when need i.e.
Perform remote or in person program installation and OS setting changes to programs specifications.
Escalate tickets when need to upper level techs, system admins, or analysts.
Diagnose and fix computer issues, ranging from viruses, bloatware, and OS issues.

Watch technician vs junior technician skills

Common watch technician skills

Rig, 41%
Battery, 21%
Hardware Configurations, 19%
Data Acquisition Systems, 19%

Common junior technician skills

Customer Service, 19%
HVAC, 7%
Fall Protection, 7%
Technical Support, 7%
JR, 4%
Level II, 4%