Mud engineer vs engineer

The differences between mud engineers and engineers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 6-8 years to become a mud engineer, becoming an engineer takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, an engineer has an average salary of $92,077, which is higher than the $66,175 average annual salary of a mud engineer.

The top three skills for a mud engineer include rig, drilling fluid and polymer. The most important skills for an engineer are python, cloud, and C++.

Mud engineer vs engineer overview

	Mud Engineer	Engineer
Yearly salary	$66,175	$92,077
Hourly rate	$31.81	$44.27
Growth rate	8%	2%
Number of jobs	26,045	618,207
Job satisfaction	5	4.33
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 58%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Average age	43	41
Years of experience	8	6

Mud engineer vs engineer salary

Mud engineers and engineers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Mud Engineer	Engineer
Average salary	$66,175	$92,077
Salary range	Between $45,000 And $96,000	Between $65,000 And $130,000
Highest paying City	-	Huntsville, AL
Highest paying state	-	New Hampshire
Best paying company	-	Fort Bend County
Best paying industry	-	Automotive

Differences between mud engineer and engineer education

There are a few differences between a mud engineer and an engineer in terms of educational background:

	Mud Engineer	Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 58%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Most common major	Business	Mechanical Engineering
Most common college	Stanford University	Michigan Technological University

Mud engineer vs engineer demographics

Here are the differences between mud engineers' and engineers' demographics:

	Mud Engineer	Engineer
Average age	43	41
Gender ratio	Male, 93.9% Female, 6.1%	Male, 86.3% Female, 13.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.3% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 10.8% Asian, 17.0% White, 62.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 3.3% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 9.1% Asian, 15.0% White, 67.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between mud engineer and engineer duties and responsibilities

Mud engineer example responsibilities.

Work directly with the well supervisor and team to accomplish the job responsibilities and troubleshoot issues.
Manage rig move/loss circulation surface personnel logistics for maximum efficiency.
Hold current``HUET"TWIC and H2S certificates.
Waste management, H2S content fluid treatment.
Educate customers on how to properly administer product and troubleshoot some basic issues.
Prepare soil data in geotechnical software and graphical figures to be used and review by professional engineering project managers.

Engineer example responsibilities.

Manage startup, trouble shooting and testing of PLC control equipment.
Lead project team to design and FDA validate 10-up extreme accuracy vial dosing system and CIP/SIP automate cleaning equipment.
Automate the creation of a WebLogic Admin and manage server deployment scheme within an installer for secure application deployment.
Install and test PLC in client own equipment on site - solve some logical and hardware issues to accomplish goal
Implement and manage continuous delivery systems and methodologies on AWS.
Manage Terraform and refactore from monolithic to application specific components.

Mud engineer vs engineer skills

Common mud engineer skills

Rig, 39%
Drilling Fluid, 10%
Polymer, 8%
OBM, 4%
Fluid Properties, 4%
Logistics, 4%

Common engineer skills

Python, 8%
Cloud, 6%
C++, 5%
C #, 5%
AWS, 5%
Java, 4%