Advisory engineer vs engineer

The differences between advisory engineers and engineers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become an advisory engineer, becoming an engineer takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, an advisory engineer has an average salary of $94,314, which is higher than the $92,077 average annual salary of an engineer.

The top three skills for an advisory engineer include API, javascript and technical support. The most important skills for an engineer are python, cloud, and C++.

Advisory engineer vs engineer overview

	Advisory Engineer	Engineer
Yearly salary	$94,314	$92,077
Hourly rate	$45.34	$44.27
Growth rate	10%	2%
Number of jobs	41,456	618,207
Job satisfaction	-	4.33
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Average age	42	41
Years of experience	4	6

Advisory engineer vs engineer salary

Advisory engineers and engineers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Advisory Engineer	Engineer
Average salary	$94,314	$92,077
Salary range	Between $73,000 And $120,000	Between $65,000 And $130,000
Highest paying City	Oakland, CA	Huntsville, AL
Highest paying state	Louisiana	New Hampshire
Best paying company	Goldman Sachs	Fort Bend County
Best paying industry	Technology	Automotive

Differences between advisory engineer and engineer education

There are a few differences between an advisory engineer and an engineer in terms of educational background:

	Advisory Engineer	Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Mechanical Engineering
Most common college	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	Michigan Technological University

Advisory engineer vs engineer demographics

Here are the differences between advisory engineers' and engineers' demographics:

	Advisory Engineer	Engineer
Average age	42	41
Gender ratio	Male, 92.3% Female, 7.7%	Male, 86.3% Female, 13.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.2% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% Asian, 15.1% White, 66.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 3.3% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 9.1% Asian, 15.0% White, 67.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	4%	5%

Differences between advisory engineer and engineer duties and responsibilities

Advisory engineer example responsibilities.

Lead development of lithographic techniques for sub-micron technologies and develop processes to support manufacturing transition from bipolar to cmos.
Develop processes producing features and leverage IBM technology into RF and MEMS devices.
Develop system design budgets for RF gain, noise figure and phase noise.
Design custom ASIC base IR transceiver option cards for PCMCIA, ISA and MCA computing platforms.
Prepare designs for pack columns dealing with distillation, absorption, stripping, and direct contact heat transfer.
Translate customer objectives into PCB requirements.

Engineer example responsibilities.

Manage startup, trouble shooting and testing of PLC control equipment.
Lead project team to design and FDA validate 10-up extreme accuracy vial dosing system and CIP/SIP automate cleaning equipment.
Automate the creation of a WebLogic Admin and manage server deployment scheme within an installer for secure application deployment.
Install and test PLC in client own equipment on site - solve some logical and hardware issues to accomplish goal
Implement and manage continuous delivery systems and methodologies on AWS.
Manage Terraform and refactore from monolithic to application specific components.

Advisory engineer vs engineer skills

Common advisory engineer skills

API, 23%
JavaScript, 17%
Technical Support, 7%
Technical Leadership, 6%
Development Environment, 6%
Java, 5%

Common engineer skills

Python, 8%
Cloud, 6%
C++, 5%
C #, 5%
AWS, 5%
Java, 4%