Municipal engineer vs site engineer

The differences between municipal engineers and site 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 municipal engineer and a site engineer. Additionally, a site engineer has an average salary of $75,719, which is higher than the $70,787 average annual salary of a municipal engineer.

The top three skills for a municipal engineer include autocad, project management and conveyance. The most important skills for a site engineer are project management, infrastructure, and site safety.

Municipal engineer vs site engineer overview

	Municipal Engineer	Site Engineer
Yearly salary	$70,787	$75,719
Hourly rate	$34.03	$36.40
Growth rate	7%	7%
Number of jobs	23,493	42,333
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 83%	Bachelor's Degree, 77%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	6	6

Municipal engineer vs site engineer salary

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

	Municipal Engineer	Site Engineer
Average salary	$70,787	$75,719
Salary range	Between $53,000 And $93,000	Between $53,000 And $106,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Fitbit
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between municipal engineer and site engineer education

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

	Municipal Engineer	Site Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 83%	Bachelor's Degree, 77%
Most common major	Civil Engineering	Civil Engineering
Most common college	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Municipal engineer vs site engineer demographics

Here are the differences between municipal engineers' and site engineers' demographics:

	Municipal Engineer	Site Engineer
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 86.4% Female, 13.6%	Male, 93.0% Female, 7.0%
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, 3.5% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 10.3% Asian, 17.4% White, 63.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between municipal engineer and site engineer 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

Site engineer example responsibilities.

Manage standard sub contract RFP package.
Manage production of full sets of contract documents (grading, drainage, water, sewer, paving and SWPPP).
Create a standardize ISO accept template for requisition and purchase order that are used across the organization.
Construct a SQL database to analyze all legacy network connections in order to access which ones need upgrading.
Assist in and conduct daily operations and maintenance of plumbing, electrical, HVAC and general maintenance requirements of buildings.
Direct broadband engineering team for implementation of hardware.

Municipal engineer vs site engineer skills

Common municipal engineer skills

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

Common site engineer skills

Project Management, 17%
Infrastructure, 15%
Site Safety, 7%
RF, 6%
CAD, 4%
Ericsson, 4%