Locomotive engineer vs engineer

The differences between locomotive engineers and engineers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become a locomotive engineer, becoming an engineer takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, an engineer has an average salary of $92,077, which is higher than the $55,268 average annual salary of a locomotive engineer.

The top three skills for a locomotive engineer include safety procedures, locomotives and FRA. The most important skills for an engineer are python, cloud, and C++.

Locomotive engineer vs engineer overview

	Locomotive Engineer	Engineer
Yearly salary	$55,268	$92,077
Hourly rate	$26.57	$44.27
Growth rate	4%	2%
Number of jobs	1,005	618,207
Job satisfaction	-	4.33
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 32%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Average age	47	41
Years of experience	2	6

Locomotive engineer vs engineer salary

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

	Locomotive Engineer	Engineer
Average salary	$55,268	$92,077
Salary range	Between $39,000 And $76,000	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 locomotive engineer and engineer education

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

	Locomotive Engineer	Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 32%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Most common major	Business	Mechanical Engineering
Most common college	-	Michigan Technological University

Locomotive engineer vs engineer demographics

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

	Locomotive Engineer	Engineer
Average age	47	41
Gender ratio	Male, 95.2% Female, 4.8%	Male, 86.3% Female, 13.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 10.9% Asian, 1.9% White, 68.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	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	12%	5%

Differences between locomotive engineer and engineer duties and responsibilities

Locomotive engineer example responsibilities.

Receive verbal directions via radio or hand signals from conductors and brakemen and subsequently follow directions accordingly.
Marshal 90-car coal trains for transfer to CSX.
Qualify on GCOR and CSX signal and operating rules.
Evaluate train make-up to properly handle placement of HAZMAT materials.
Master all rules, signals, equipment, and physical characteristics including those of Conrail and Amtrak.
Couple and uncouple rail cars by operating controls such as throttles, airbrakes, switches, gates, and wheel chocks.

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.

Locomotive engineer vs engineer skills

Common locomotive engineer skills

Safety Procedures, 13%
Locomotives, 13%
FRA, 10%
Rail Cars, 6%
Conductors, 6%
Safety Rules, 5%

Common engineer skills

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