Body engineer vs engineer

The differences between body engineers and 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 body engineer and an engineer. Additionally, a body engineer has an average salary of $96,465, which is higher than the $92,077 average annual salary of an engineer.

The top three skills for a body engineer include CATIA, GD and DFMEA. The most important skills for an engineer are python, cloud, and C++.

Body engineer vs engineer overview

	Body Engineer	Engineer
Yearly salary	$96,465	$92,077
Hourly rate	$46.38	$44.27
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	89,488	618,207
Job satisfaction	-	4.33
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 66%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	6	6

Body engineer vs engineer salary

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

	Body Engineer	Engineer
Average salary	$96,465	$92,077
Salary range	Between $60,000 And $153,000	Between $65,000 And $130,000
Highest paying City	Menlo Park, CA	Huntsville, AL
Highest paying state	California	New Hampshire
Best paying company	Tesla	Fort Bend County
Best paying industry	Automotive	Automotive

Differences between body engineer and engineer education

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

	Body Engineer	Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 66%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Most common major	Mechanical Engineering	Mechanical Engineering
Most common college	Michigan Technological University	Michigan Technological University

Body engineer vs engineer demographics

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

	Body Engineer	Engineer
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 89.2% Female, 10.8%	Male, 86.3% Female, 13.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.1% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 7.8% Asian, 16.8% White, 67.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	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	5%	5%

Differences between body engineer and engineer duties and responsibilities

Body engineer example responsibilities.

Manage the manufacturing of defense and aerospace electro-mechanical print circuit boards from prototype to production level.
Validate parts requirements through FEA simulations.
Mentore a team of four engineers on standard FEA of exterior subsystems of a vehicle.
Work on vehicle body NVH testing and analysis; work with program engineer to provide NVH design recommendations.
Expedite and simplify the quotation process for solar water heating systems by accurately representing solar water heating system performance through MATLAB models
Create and present technical PowerPoint presentations to customers which are instrumental in wining new business.

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.

Body engineer vs engineer skills

Common body engineer skills

CATIA, 18%
GD, 17%
DFMEA, 14%
NVH, 12%
Vehicle Programs, 6%
FEA, 5%

Common engineer skills

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