Mining consultant vs seismic engineer

The differences between mining consultants and seismic engineers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a mining consultant and a seismic engineer. Additionally, a seismic engineer has an average salary of $88,120, which is higher than the $67,984 average annual salary of a mining consultant.

The top three skills for a mining consultant include geotechnical, SAS and financial models. The most important skills for a seismic engineer are technical support, stress analysis, and retrofit.

Mining consultant vs seismic engineer overview

	Mining Consultant	Seismic Engineer
Yearly salary	$67,984	$88,120
Hourly rate	$32.68	$42.37
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	19,702	8,242
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 66%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	2	2

Mining consultant vs seismic engineer salary

Mining consultants and seismic engineers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Mining Consultant	Seismic Engineer
Average salary	$67,984	$88,120
Salary range	Between $40,000 And $115,000	Between $61,000 And $126,000
Highest paying City	New York, NY	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	Michigan	New Mexico
Best paying company	SRK Consulting	Halliburton
Best paying industry	-	Energy

Differences between mining consultant and seismic engineer education

There are a few differences between a mining consultant and a seismic engineer in terms of educational background:

	Mining Consultant	Seismic Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 66%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Most common major	Mining Engineering	Mechanical Engineering
Most common college	Stanford University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mining consultant vs seismic engineer demographics

Here are the differences between mining consultants' and seismic engineers' demographics:

	Mining Consultant	Seismic Engineer
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 89.1% Female, 10.9%	Male, 90.3% Female, 9.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% Asian, 17.2% White, 63.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 3.5% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 8.6% Asian, 26.7% White, 56.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between mining consultant and seismic engineer duties and responsibilities

Mining consultant example responsibilities.

Manage several SDLC phases for enterprise systems used by state government agencies to perform environmental and environmental management.
Define and document a new application architecture which load client databases with properly format data using in-house develop Java ETL applications.
Assist national and multi-national companies with investment interests with micro and macro economic research.

Seismic engineer example responsibilities.

Authore substantiation documents in compliance with FAA regulations and customer requirements to achieve type certifications and supplemental type certifications.
Cover all aspects of QC and in-file processing.
Company's algorithms have been develop for streamer data and are not appropriate for an OBC project.
Supervise a team which design and construct the first 1 11/16"3 axis VSP tool for Schlumberger.
Determine loads as per ASCE 7 and perform engineering calculations for beams, columns, foundations and connections.
Streamline the process of FEA model building, solving and post processing by writing custom ANSYS APDL macros.

Mining consultant vs seismic engineer skills

Common mining consultant skills

Geotechnical, 61%
SAS, 14%
Financial Models, 10%
SQL Server, 9%
Text Mining, 6%

Common seismic engineer skills

Technical Support, 27%
Stress Analysis, 25%
Retrofit, 18%
Nuclear Power, 11%
R, 7%
Data Processing, 5%