Meter engineer vs electrical designer

The differences between meter engineers and electrical designers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a meter engineer and an electrical designer. Additionally, a meter engineer has an average salary of $82,665, which is higher than the $64,930 average annual salary of an electrical designer.

The top three skills for a meter engineer include technical support, data systems and . The most important skills for an electrical designer are revit, electrical design, and autocad electrical.

Meter engineer vs electrical designer overview

	Meter Engineer	Electrical Designer
Yearly salary	$82,665	$64,930
Hourly rate	$39.74	$31.22
Growth rate	3%	3%
Number of jobs	22,300	82,332
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Associate Degree, 47%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	2	2

Meter engineer vs electrical designer salary

Meter engineers and electrical designers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Meter Engineer	Electrical Designer
Average salary	$82,665	$64,930
Salary range	Between $57,000 And $119,000	Between $47,000 And $89,000
Highest paying City	San Diego, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	Virginia	California
Best paying company	LG&E and KU	Amd
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between meter engineer and electrical designer education

There are a few differences between a meter engineer and an electrical designer in terms of educational background:

	Meter Engineer	Electrical Designer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Associate Degree, 47%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	Northwestern University	Michigan Technological University

Meter engineer vs electrical designer demographics

Here are the differences between meter engineers' and electrical designers' demographics:

	Meter Engineer	Electrical Designer
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 100.0% Female, 0.0%	Male, 82.9% Female, 17.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.7% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 7.7% Asian, 15.7% White, 68.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 4.8% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 11.2% Asian, 14.4% White, 64.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between meter engineer and electrical designer duties and responsibilities

Meter engineer example responsibilities.

Promote from original position as a staff engineer managing a variety of geotechnical engineering activities to a field engineer inspector position.
Analyze malfunctions and equipment failures of various network operating systems such as servers, gateways and routers used in radio communications systems
Design, prototyping, and production of test equipment/suites for company design telecommunications equipment.
Implement special test configuration to support debugging efforts in resolving an anomaly in the satellite's communications system.

Electrical designer example responsibilities.

Manage database for PDF drawings and other electronic files.
Design control systems to NFPA, UL, and CE specifications to comply with country-specific standards.
Work conduct using PDMS, NavisWorks and AutoCAD.
Used INTOOLS to input instrument tags into index, customize reports & import data from PDMS into INTOOLS.
Integrate electrical & electronic designs into custom automation equipment using 2D & 3D design software (AutoCAD & SolidWorks).
Convert various units to DCS for ExxonMobil.

Meter engineer vs electrical designer skills

Common meter engineer skills

Technical Support, 92%
Data Systems, 8%

Common electrical designer skills

Revit, 14%
Electrical Design, 11%
Autocad Electrical, 5%
UL, 5%
Electrical Systems, 5%
Electrical Schematics, 4%