Mold designer vs designer

The differences between mold designers and designers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become a mold designer, becoming a designer takes usually requires 6-12 months. Additionally, a mold designer has an average salary of $70,906, which is higher than the $66,347 average annual salary of a designer.

The top three skills for a mold designer include mold design, plastic injection molds and NX. The most important skills for a designer are sketch, customer service, and graphic design.

Mold designer vs designer overview

	Mold Designer	Designer
Yearly salary	$70,906	$66,347
Hourly rate	$34.09	$31.90
Growth rate	2%	3%
Number of jobs	50,597	52,433
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Average age	41	38
Years of experience	6	12

Mold designer vs designer salary

Mold designers and designers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Mold Designer	Designer
Average salary	$70,906	$66,347
Salary range	Between $47,000 And $105,000	Between $45,000 And $97,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Meta
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between mold designer and designer education

There are a few differences between a mold designer and a designer in terms of educational background:

	Mold Designer	Designer
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Most common major	Drafting And Design	Graphic Design
Most common college	Carnegie Mellon University	University of Pennsylvania

Mold designer vs designer demographics

Here are the differences between mold designers' and designers' demographics:

	Mold Designer	Designer
Average age	41	38
Gender ratio	Male, 93.4% Female, 6.6%	Male, 56.9% Female, 43.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.4% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 9.2% Asian, 10.4% White, 72.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 3.4% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 10.6% Asian, 10.4% White, 70.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	5%	13%

Differences between mold designer and designer duties and responsibilities

Mold designer example responsibilities.

Manage documentation of existing projects, perform ECN resolutions.
Design and automate electro-mechanical machinery to customer specifications.
Design and automate electro-mechanical machinery to customer specifications.

Designer example responsibilities.

Lead & design all creative content stemming from apparel design to web identity.
Manage various PCB designs utilizing state of the art DFM techniques and comply with company standards.
Utilize CSS, DHTML, HTML, and JavaScript for cross browser, cross platform compatibility and consistency.
Develop different kinds of functions globally, locally for the development of forms using JavaScript, CSS.
Transform customer specifications into usable SolidWorks 3D models and assemblies from which all manufacturing are derived.
Process ECR's and ECO's using Windchill.

Mold designer vs designer skills

Common mold designer skills

Mold Design, 16%
Plastic Injection Molds, 15%
NX, 7%
Aided Design, 6%
Autocad, 5%
CNC Machines, 5%

Common designer skills

Sketch, 10%
Customer Service, 7%
Graphic Design, 6%
CSS, 5%
HTML, 4%
PowerPoint, 4%