Body designer vs designer

The differences between body designers and designers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a body designer, becoming a designer takes usually requires 6-12 months. Additionally, a designer has an average salary of $66,347, which is higher than the $59,610 average annual salary of a body designer.

The top three skills for a body designer include solidworks, NX and unigraphics. The most important skills for a designer are sketch, customer service, and graphic design.

Body designer vs designer overview

	Body Designer	Designer
Yearly salary	$59,610	$66,347
Hourly rate	$28.66	$31.90
Growth rate	-3%	3%
Number of jobs	48,028	52,433
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Average age	45	38
Years of experience	4	12

Body designer vs designer salary

Body designers and designers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Body Designer	Designer
Average salary	$59,610	$66,347
Salary range	Between $35,000 And $98,000	Between $45,000 And $97,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Meta
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between body designer and designer education

There are a few differences between a body designer and a designer in terms of educational background:

	Body Designer	Designer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Most common major	Mechanical Engineering	Graphic Design
Most common college	Carnegie Mellon University	University of Pennsylvania

Body designer vs designer demographics

Here are the differences between body designers' and designers' demographics:

	Body Designer	Designer
Average age	45	38
Gender ratio	Male, 89.1% Female, 10.9%	Male, 56.9% Female, 43.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.0% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 13.1% Asian, 5.7% White, 73.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 3.4% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 10.6% Asian, 10.4% White, 70.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	6%	13%

Differences between body designer and designer duties and responsibilities

Body designer example responsibilities.

Project managing special orders from corporate customers including custom zipper pulls, and embroidery embellishments.
Develop customized user interaction models using object-orient prototyping.
Make sure ECO's are complete and update correctly per redlines and then send though approval process.
Develop customized user interaction models using object-orient prototyping.

Designer example responsibilities.

Lead & design all creative content stemming from apparel design to web identity.
Manage various PCB designs utilizing state of the art DFM techniques and comply with company standards.
Utilize CSS, DHTML, HTML, and JavaScript for cross browser, cross platform compatibility and consistency.
Develop different kinds of functions globally, locally for the development of forms using JavaScript, CSS.
Transform customer specifications into usable SolidWorks 3D models and assemblies from which all manufacturing are derived.
Process ECR's and ECO's using Windchill.

Body designer vs designer skills

Common body designer skills

Solidworks, 42%
NX, 26%
Unigraphics, 21%
Interior Trim, 12%

Common designer skills

Sketch, 10%
Customer Service, 7%
Graphic Design, 6%
CSS, 5%
HTML, 4%
PowerPoint, 4%