Mapping engineer vs civil designer

The differences between mapping engineers and civil designers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a mapping engineer and a civil designer. Additionally, a mapping engineer has an average salary of $117,925, which is higher than the $58,421 average annual salary of a civil designer.

The top three skills for a mapping engineer include GIS, GPS and autocad. The most important skills for a civil designer are civil 3d, autocad, and civil engineering.

Mapping engineer vs civil designer overview

	Mapping Engineer	Civil Designer
Yearly salary	$117,925	$58,421
Hourly rate	$56.69	$28.09
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	16,466	57,036
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 57%	Bachelor's Degree, 44%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	6	6

Mapping engineer vs civil designer salary

Mapping engineers and civil designers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Mapping Engineer	Civil Designer
Average salary	$117,925	$58,421
Salary range	Between $76,000 And $181,000	Between $41,000 And $81,000
Highest paying City	Foster City, CA	Walnut Creek, CA
Highest paying state	Alaska	California
Best paying company	Apple	Parsons
Best paying industry	-	Construction

Differences between mapping engineer and civil designer education

There are a few differences between a mapping engineer and a civil designer in terms of educational background:

	Mapping Engineer	Civil Designer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 57%	Bachelor's Degree, 44%
Most common major	Business	Drafting And Design
Most common college	Northwestern University	Carnegie Mellon University

Mapping engineer vs civil designer demographics

Here are the differences between mapping engineers' and civil designers' demographics:

	Mapping Engineer	Civil Designer
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 82.1% Female, 17.9%	Male, 82.9% Female, 17.1%
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, 4.1% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 12.1% Asian, 11.2% White, 67.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between mapping engineer and civil designer duties and responsibilities

Mapping engineer example responsibilities.

Facilitate coordination between MEP trades and manage finishes.
Map in AutoCAD, Microstation and Geoway.
Rout and map pipeline projects with GIS teams.
Operate and troubleshoot vacuum deposition machinery used in the development of anodes vital to the design of novel lithium-sulfur battery technology.
Develop an ASP.NET website that display real time VOC readings from a Microsoft SQL server.
Tweak and make improvements to business logic production code by analyzing and tuning SQL scripts.

Civil designer example responsibilities.

Manage production of full sets of contract documents (grading, drainage, water, sewer, paving and SWPPP).
Create and revise detail drawings (MEP).
Deliver as-built MEP schematics and structural details.
Perform the analysis of guy communication towers using CSA-S37/01 and AISC manual guidelines.
Use Trimble GPS station to survey projects, upload data into trimble geomatics office3.
Direct or participate in surveying to lay out installations and establishreference points, grades and elevations to guide construction.

Mapping engineer vs civil designer skills

Common mapping engineer skills

GIS, 50%
GPS, 40%
Autocad, 6%
CSS, 4%

Common civil designer skills

Civil 3D, 18%
Autocad, 16%
Civil Engineering, 8%
Civil Design, 4%
Site Design, 4%
GIS, 3%