Irrigation engineer vs site engineer

The differences between irrigation engineers and site engineers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both an irrigation engineer and a site engineer. Additionally, a site engineer has an average salary of $75,719, which is higher than the $67,406 average annual salary of an irrigation engineer.

The top three skills for an irrigation engineer include drip irrigation, and . The most important skills for a site engineer are project management, infrastructure, and site safety.

Irrigation engineer vs site engineer overview

	Irrigation Engineer	Site Engineer
Yearly salary	$67,406	$75,719
Hourly rate	$32.41	$36.40
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	10,606	42,333
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 85%	Bachelor's Degree, 77%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	6	6

Irrigation engineer vs site engineer salary

Irrigation engineers and site engineers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Irrigation Engineer	Site Engineer
Average salary	$67,406	$75,719
Salary range	Between $50,000 And $89,000	Between $53,000 And $106,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Fitbit
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between irrigation engineer and site engineer education

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

	Irrigation Engineer	Site Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 85%	Bachelor's Degree, 77%
Most common major	Agricultural Engineering	Civil Engineering
Most common college	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Irrigation engineer vs site engineer demographics

Here are the differences between irrigation engineers' and site engineers' demographics:

	Irrigation Engineer	Site Engineer
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 97.3% Female, 2.7%	Male, 93.0% Female, 7.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 2.9% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 8.7% Asian, 12.1% White, 71.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 3.5% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 10.3% Asian, 17.4% White, 63.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between irrigation engineer and site engineer duties and responsibilities

Irrigation engineer example responsibilities.

Manage Jenkins security by providing specific access to authorize developers/testers using project base matrix authorization strategy.
Expedite and simplify the quotation process for solar water heating systems by accurately representing solar water heating system performance through MATLAB models
Supervise a highly train team of engineers to conduct surveys of corrode guardrail systems for renewal.
Check designs and ensure that they are technically sound and can be produce by the delivery team.

Site engineer example responsibilities.

Manage standard sub contract RFP package.
Manage production of full sets of contract documents (grading, drainage, water, sewer, paving and SWPPP).
Create a standardize ISO accept template for requisition and purchase order that are used across the organization.
Construct a SQL database to analyze all legacy network connections in order to access which ones need upgrading.
Assist in and conduct daily operations and maintenance of plumbing, electrical, HVAC and general maintenance requirements of buildings.
Direct broadband engineering team for implementation of hardware.

Irrigation engineer vs site engineer skills

Common irrigation engineer skills

Drip Irrigation, 100%

Common site engineer skills

Project Management, 17%
Infrastructure, 15%
Site Safety, 7%
RF, 6%
CAD, 4%
Ericsson, 4%