Municipal engineer vs civil designer

The differences between municipal engineers and civil 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 municipal engineer and a civil designer. Additionally, a municipal engineer has an average salary of $70,787, which is higher than the $58,421 average annual salary of a civil designer.

The top three skills for a municipal engineer include autocad, project management and conveyance. The most important skills for a civil designer are civil 3d, autocad, and civil engineering.

Municipal engineer vs civil designer overview

	Municipal Engineer	Civil Designer
Yearly salary	$70,787	$58,421
Hourly rate	$34.03	$28.09
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	23,493	57,036
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 83%	Bachelor's Degree, 44%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	6	6

Municipal engineer vs civil designer salary

Municipal engineers and civil designers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Municipal Engineer	Civil Designer
Average salary	$70,787	$58,421
Salary range	Between $53,000 And $93,000	Between $41,000 And $81,000
Highest paying City	-	Walnut Creek, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Parsons
Best paying industry	-	Construction

Differences between municipal engineer and civil designer education

There are a few differences between a municipal engineer and a civil designer in terms of educational background:

	Municipal Engineer	Civil Designer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 83%	Bachelor's Degree, 44%
Most common major	Civil Engineering	Drafting And Design
Most common college	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	Carnegie Mellon University

Municipal engineer vs civil designer demographics

Here are the differences between municipal engineers' and civil designers' demographics:

	Municipal Engineer	Civil Designer
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 86.4% Female, 13.6%	Male, 82.9% Female, 17.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.9% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 11.6% Asian, 11.3% White, 68.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 4.1% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 12.1% Asian, 11.2% White, 67.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between municipal engineer and civil designer duties and responsibilities

Municipal engineer example responsibilities.

Manage Jenkins security by providing specific access to authorize developers/testers using project base matrix authorization strategy.
Perform geotechnical instrumentation monitoring and data collection
Perform geotechnical instrumentation monitoring and data collection

Civil designer example responsibilities.

Manage production of full sets of contract documents (grading, drainage, water, sewer, paving and SWPPP).
Create and revise detail drawings (MEP).
Deliver as-built MEP schematics and structural details.
Perform the analysis of guy communication towers using CSA-S37/01 and AISC manual guidelines.
Use Trimble GPS station to survey projects, upload data into trimble geomatics office3.
Direct or participate in surveying to lay out installations and establishreference points, grades and elevations to guide construction.

Municipal engineer vs civil designer skills

Common municipal engineer skills

Autocad, 20%
Project Management, 16%
Conveyance, 14%
Site Development, 9%
Technical Reports, 6%
Plan Review, 6%

Common civil designer skills

Civil 3D, 18%
Autocad, 16%
Civil Engineering, 8%
Civil Design, 4%
Site Design, 4%
GIS, 3%