Mold designer vs senior piping designer

The differences between mold designers and senior piping 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 mold designer and a senior piping designer. Additionally, a senior piping designer has an average salary of $130,020, which is higher than the $70,906 average annual salary of a mold designer.

The top three skills for a mold designer include mold design, plastic injection molds and NX. The most important skills for a senior piping designer are autocad, equipment layout, and refinery.

Mold designer vs senior piping designer overview

	Mold Designer	Senior Piping Designer
Yearly salary	$70,906	$130,020
Hourly rate	$34.09	$62.51
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	50,597	65,865
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 48%	Associate Degree, 56%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	6	6

Mold designer vs senior piping designer salary

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

	Mold Designer	Senior Piping Designer
Average salary	$70,906	$130,020
Salary range	Between $47,000 And $105,000	Between $94,000 And $179,000
Highest paying City	-	Bellevue, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Amec Foster Wheeler
Best paying industry	-	Energy

Differences between mold designer and senior piping designer education

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

	Mold Designer	Senior Piping Designer
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 48%	Associate Degree, 56%
Most common major	Drafting And Design	Drafting And Design
Most common college	Carnegie Mellon University	Michigan Technological University

Mold designer vs senior piping designer demographics

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

	Mold Designer	Senior Piping Designer
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 93.4% Female, 6.6%	Male, 93.8% Female, 6.2%
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, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 9.2% Asian, 10.4% White, 72.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between mold designer and senior piping 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.

Senior piping designer example responsibilities.

Work with JPL / NASA packaging and fabrication engineering leads (on-site).
Perform field surveys, prepare piping plans & sections, fabrication and construction ISO's and BOM's.
Fabricate steel platforms, column, ladders and stairs associate with containment tanks, pipe racks and pumps.
Animate NAVISWORKS models to help clarify maintenance clearances.
Train and provide support to new designers in PDMS.
Convert 3D model to a NAVISWORKS model for client model review.

Mold designer vs senior piping designer skills

Common mold designer skills

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

Common senior piping designer skills

Autocad, 18%
Equipment Layout, 12%
Refinery, 6%
Navisworks, 5%
ISO, 5%
CADWorx, 5%