Lidar analyst vs functional analyst

The differences between lidar analysts and functional analysts can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a lidar analyst and a functional analyst. Additionally, a functional analyst has an average salary of $96,841, which is higher than the $52,042 average annual salary of a lidar analyst.

The top three skills for a lidar analyst include data processing, GIS and google earth. The most important skills for a functional analyst are business process, lifecycle management, and HR.

Lidar analyst vs functional analyst overview

	Lidar Analyst	Functional Analyst
Yearly salary	$52,042	$96,841
Hourly rate	$25.02	$46.56
Growth rate	9%	9%
Number of jobs	38,634	52,085
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	6	6

Lidar analyst vs functional analyst salary

Lidar analysts and functional analysts have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Lidar Analyst	Functional Analyst
Average salary	$52,042	$96,841
Salary range	Between $38,000 And $70,000	Between $71,000 And $131,000
Highest paying City	-	Mountain View, CA
Highest paying state	-	New Mexico
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Retail

Differences between lidar analyst and functional analyst education

There are a few differences between a lidar analyst and a functional analyst in terms of educational background:

	Lidar Analyst	Functional Analyst
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Most common major	Geography	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Stanford University

Lidar analyst vs functional analyst demographics

Here are the differences between lidar analysts' and functional analysts' demographics:

	Lidar Analyst	Functional Analyst
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 82.5% Female, 17.5%	Male, 55.9% Female, 44.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.3% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.0% Asian, 12.6% White, 60.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 10.0% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 10.8% Asian, 19.5% White, 54.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between lidar analyst and functional analyst duties and responsibilities

Lidar analyst example responsibilities.

Manage administration and supervise development of logistics policies and programs to ensure they meet the changing conditions in program requirements.
Perform feature detection and feature extraction using LiDAR data.
Construct and monitor GPS and weather stations for field survey.
Process and validate GPS using POSPAC, TerraPOS and TerraMatch.
Supervise a LIDAR shop of two RFI managers, two data processors, and twelve LIDAR analysts.
Plan flights (an average of two a day) to collect LIDAR data in support of formal RFI's.

Functional analyst example responsibilities.

Manage offshore production support resources while defining SLA's and processes in coordination with contract teams.
Manage a team of 6 technical resources and their tasks, including EDI, interfaces, conversions, and reporting.
Lead functional staff in planning stage of system migration from client-server architecture to web base environment via ResQSoft conversion tool.
Manage customer information and create reports using Microsoft dynamics CRM.
Assist in business process mapping and prototyping, gap analysis, solution design, setup and testing.
Contract as MDM product structure subject matter expert (SME) on an IBM global large-scale ERP initiative.

Lidar analyst vs functional analyst skills

Common lidar analyst skills

Data Processing, 19%
GIS, 18%
Google Earth, 14%
Extraction, 13%
Remote Sensing, 9%
Intelligence Products, 8%

Common functional analyst skills

Business Process, 7%
Lifecycle Management, 5%
HR, 4%
ERP, 4%
Technical Support, 4%
Functional Specifications, 3%