Base engineer vs professional engineer

The differences between base engineers and professional engineers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a base engineer and a professional engineer. Additionally, a base engineer has an average salary of $93,962, which is higher than the $86,348 average annual salary of a professional engineer.

The top three skills for a base engineer include java, ISO and CAD. The most important skills for a professional engineer are civil engineering, project management, and PE.

Base engineer vs professional engineer overview

	Base Engineer	Professional Engineer
Yearly salary	$93,962	$86,348
Hourly rate	$45.17	$41.51
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	30,237	74,009
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 77%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	6	6

Base engineer vs professional engineer salary

Base engineers and professional engineers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Base Engineer	Professional Engineer
Average salary	$93,962	$86,348
Salary range	Between $60,000 And $146,000	Between $63,000 And $118,000
Highest paying City	Mountain View, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	California	Alaska
Best paying company	Apple	Bayer
Best paying industry	Technology	Health Care

Differences between base engineer and professional engineer education

There are a few differences between a base engineer and a professional engineer in terms of educational background:

	Base Engineer	Professional Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 77%
Most common major	Mechanical Engineering	Civil Engineering
Most common college	Stanford University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Base engineer vs professional engineer demographics

Here are the differences between base engineers' and professional engineers' demographics:

	Base Engineer	Professional Engineer
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 80.6% Female, 19.4%	Male, 87.5% Female, 12.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.5% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 10.3% Asian, 17.2% White, 64.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 4.0% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 11.7% Asian, 12.6% White, 66.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between base engineer and professional engineer duties and responsibilities

Base engineer example responsibilities.

Manage custom product design & generate all require documentation for both customer and manufacturing groups using AutoCAD rel.
Implement SPC for chemical lines to reduce variation in oxide baths.
Assist in the successful accreditation of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification 2.
Lead engineer for moving/qualifying PCB fabrication off shore on NPI and volume product.
Construct Java scripts to apply provisioning rules to parameter dictionary for each GSM release.
Maintain QC of components and logging items into an inventory database, optimizing product inventory.

Professional engineer example responsibilities.

Manage custom product design & generate all require documentation for both customer and manufacturing groups using AutoCAD rel.
Create transmittals & submittals in Prolog.
Perform fit checks design using SolidWorks.
Review site plans for compliance with NCDOT policy.
Maintain the BOM data base and process engineering changes.
Create customer manuals, BOM s, and schematics.

Base engineer vs professional engineer skills

Common base engineer skills

Java, 42%
ISO, 12%
CAD, 10%
SQL Server, 8%
DFM, 7%
DOE, 5%

Common professional engineer skills

Civil Engineering, 11%
Project Management, 9%
PE, 8%
Revit, 5%
Civil 3D, 4%
Engineering Design, 3%