Electrical design technician vs electrical designer

The differences between electrical design technicians and electrical designers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, an electrical designer has an average salary of $64,930, which is higher than the $51,226 average annual salary of an electrical design technician.

The top three skills for an electrical design technician include revit, electrical drawings and electrical design. The most important skills for an electrical designer are revit, electrical design, and autocad electrical.

Electrical design technician vs electrical designer overview

	Electrical Design Technician	Electrical Designer
Yearly salary	$51,226	$64,930
Hourly rate	$24.63	$31.22
Growth rate	-	3%
Number of jobs	70,773	82,332
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 62%	Associate Degree, 47%
Average age	50	45
Years of experience	-	2

Electrical design technician vs electrical designer salary

Electrical design technicians and electrical designers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Electrical Design Technician	Electrical Designer
Average salary	$51,226	$64,930
Salary range	Between $28,000 And $92,000	Between $47,000 And $89,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Amd
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between electrical design technician and electrical designer education

There are a few differences between an electrical design technician and an electrical designer in terms of educational background:

	Electrical Design Technician	Electrical Designer
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 62%	Associate Degree, 47%
Most common major	Drafting And Design	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	California State University - Long Beach	Michigan Technological University

Electrical design technician vs electrical designer demographics

Here are the differences between electrical design technicians' and electrical designers' demographics:

	Electrical Design Technician	Electrical Designer
Average age	50	45
Gender ratio	Male, 84.9% Female, 15.1%	Male, 82.9% Female, 17.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.3% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% Asian, 8.0% White, 70.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 4.8% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 11.2% Asian, 14.4% White, 64.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	8%	6%

Differences between electrical design technician and electrical designer duties and responsibilities

Electrical design technician example responsibilities.

Lead technicians and engineers to accomplish a cross-functional CNC fixture design to improve production capabilities.
Develop RF products base on low to high level implementation specifications base on customer or requests or company design modification requirements.
Design experience include power applications using gas turbines, diesel generators, substation, and switchgear design.
Test operational elements include normal and emergency operation of PLCs, validation of Rsview32 HMI operation and SCADA system interface.
Design emergency switchgear and emergency generator conduit routing through congest boiler room area.
Furnish substation battery & charger size calculation utilizing IEEE format.

Electrical designer example responsibilities.

Manage database for PDF drawings and other electronic files.
Design control systems to NFPA, UL, and CE specifications to comply with country-specific standards.
Work conduct using PDMS, NavisWorks and AutoCAD.
Used INTOOLS to input instrument tags into index, customize reports & import data from PDMS into INTOOLS.
Integrate electrical & electronic designs into custom automation equipment using 2D & 3D design software (AutoCAD & SolidWorks).
Convert various units to DCS for ExxonMobil.

Electrical design technician vs electrical designer skills

Common electrical design technician skills

Revit, 14%
Electrical Drawings, 11%
Electrical Design, 10%
BIM, 7%
Design Changes, 6%
Aided Design, 5%

Common electrical designer skills

Revit, 14%
Electrical Design, 11%
Autocad Electrical, 5%
UL, 5%
Electrical Systems, 5%
Electrical Schematics, 4%

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