Mold designer vs tool engineer

The differences between mold designers and tool 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 mold designer and a tool engineer. Additionally, a tool engineer has an average salary of $101,135, 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 tool engineer are python, java, and CAD.

Mold designer vs tool engineer overview

	Mold Designer	Tool Engineer
Yearly salary	$70,906	$101,135
Hourly rate	$34.09	$48.62
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	50,597	98,936
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 59%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	6	6

Mold designer vs tool engineer salary

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

	Mold Designer	Tool Engineer
Average salary	$70,906	$101,135
Salary range	Between $47,000 And $105,000	Between $75,000 And $135,000
Highest paying City	-	Novato, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Meta
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between mold designer and tool engineer education

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

	Mold Designer	Tool Engineer
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 59%
Most common major	Drafting And Design	Mechanical Engineering
Most common college	Carnegie Mellon University	Michigan Technological University

Mold designer vs tool engineer demographics

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

	Mold Designer	Tool Engineer
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 93.4% Female, 6.6%	Male, 95.3% Female, 4.7%
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, 9.5% Asian, 10.3% White, 72.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between mold designer and tool engineer 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.

Tool engineer example responsibilities.

Manage mold vendors in the refurbishment of existing tooling and new mold construction.
Lead cross-functional teams that develop several emerging technology laser and CCD barcode scanner products.
Lead several independent, cross-functional projects and improve manufacturing quality, reduce cost, ensure environment are supported and FDA compliant.
Create Perl scripts and SQL store procedures for nightly batch job streams, data loads and corporate reporting.
Perform product design functions using AutoCad.
Create custom SQL's in db2 and oracle for the reports.

Mold designer vs tool engineer skills

Common mold designer skills

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

Common tool engineer skills

Python, 16%
Java, 8%
CAD, 6%
Linux, 6%
Jenkins, 5%
Ruby, 4%