Mapping engineer vs office engineer

The differences between mapping engineers and office engineers 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 an office engineer. Additionally, a mapping engineer has an average salary of $117,925, which is higher than the $89,581 average annual salary of an office engineer.

The top three skills for a mapping engineer include GIS, GPS and autocad. The most important skills for an office engineer are construction management, construction sites, and shop drawings.

Mapping engineer vs office engineer overview

	Mapping Engineer	Office Engineer
Yearly salary	$117,925	$89,581
Hourly rate	$56.69	$43.07
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	16,466	59,644
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 57%	Bachelor's Degree, 76%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	6	6

Mapping engineer vs office engineer salary

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

	Mapping Engineer	Office Engineer
Average salary	$117,925	$89,581
Salary range	Between $76,000 And $181,000	Between $65,000 And $123,000
Highest paying City	Foster City, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	Alaska	California
Best paying company	Apple	Microsoft
Best paying industry	-	Retail

Differences between mapping engineer and office engineer education

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

	Mapping Engineer	Office Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 57%	Bachelor's Degree, 76%
Most common major	Business	Civil Engineering
Most common college	Northwestern University	New York University

Mapping engineer vs office engineer demographics

Here are the differences between mapping engineers' and office engineers' demographics:

	Mapping Engineer	Office Engineer
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 82.1% Female, 17.9%	Male, 74.3% Female, 25.7%
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, 4.0% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 11.8% Asian, 11.2% White, 67.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between mapping engineer and office engineer 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.

Office engineer example responsibilities.

Manage and/or participate in a variety of water and wastewater assist company principles as engineering consultants for numerous municipal clients.
Coordinate and document the testing (soil, concrete, asphalt, and steel) and commissioning of building systems.
Schedule and complete registration information for OSHA compliance.
Conduct grade elevation analysis and complete material consumption calculations for asphalt plant operations.
Instrument engineering, PLC application programming, electrical engineering, modification of medium size boilers and incinerator controls.
Enhance SCR system performance for internal combustion engine applications and provide compliance assurance through system troubleshooting and modifying existing PLC programming.

Mapping engineer vs office engineer skills

Common mapping engineer skills

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

Common office engineer skills

Construction Management, 11%
Construction Sites, 10%
Shop Drawings, 9%
Project Management, 7%
Construction Projects, 5%
RFI, 5%