Contractor-design engineer vs engineer

The differences between contractor-design 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 contractor-design engineer and an engineer. Additionally, an engineer has an average salary of $92,077, which is higher than the $74,361 average annual salary of a contractor-design engineer.

The top three skills for a contractor-design engineer include CAD, solidworks and product design. The most important skills for an engineer are python, cloud, and C++.

Contractor-design engineer vs engineer overview

	Contractor-Design Engineer	Engineer
Yearly salary	$74,361	$92,077
Hourly rate	$35.75	$44.27
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	118,528	618,207
Job satisfaction	-	4.33
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 69%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	6	6

Contractor-design engineer vs engineer salary

Contractor-design engineers and engineers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Contractor-Design Engineer	Engineer
Average salary	$74,361	$92,077
Salary range	Between $58,000 And $95,000	Between $65,000 And $130,000
Highest paying City	-	Huntsville, AL
Highest paying state	-	New Hampshire
Best paying company	-	Fort Bend County
Best paying industry	-	Automotive

Differences between contractor-design engineer and engineer education

There are a few differences between a contractor-design engineer and an engineer in terms of educational background:

	Contractor-Design Engineer	Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 69%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Most common major	Mechanical Engineering	Mechanical Engineering
Most common college	Michigan Technological University	Michigan Technological University

Contractor-design engineer vs engineer demographics

Here are the differences between contractor-design engineers' and engineers' demographics:

	Contractor-Design Engineer	Engineer
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 92.8% Female, 7.2%	Male, 86.3% Female, 13.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.5% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 9.9% Asian, 10.3% White, 71.5% 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 contractor-design engineer and engineer duties and responsibilities

Contractor-design engineer example responsibilities.

Prioritize enormous volumes RF designs base on milestones achieve by real estate and construction teams meeting extremely short deadlines.
Manage the development of the next generation products base on existing refrigerants and CO2 system including prototyping and initial manufacturing run.
Create, revise, and release engineering drawings and documentation (BOM's, work instructions) for products.
Assist in BOM creation and updates.
Design HVAC systems and general plumbing systems.
Design system logic functions of the FPGA.

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.

Contractor-design engineer vs engineer skills

Common contractor-design engineer skills

CAD, 12%
Solidworks, 10%
Product Design, 7%
R, 6%
Board Layout, 6%
Catia V5, 5%

Common engineer skills

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