Oil well engineer vs engineer

The differences between oil well 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 an oil well 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 $83,972 average annual salary of an oil well engineer.

The top three skills for an oil well engineer include AFE, engineering support and well design. The most important skills for an engineer are python, cloud, and C++.

Oil well engineer vs engineer overview

	Oil Well Engineer	Engineer
Yearly salary	$83,972	$92,077
Hourly rate	$40.37	$44.27
Growth rate	8%	2%
Number of jobs	2,568	618,207
Job satisfaction	-	4.33
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 82%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Average age	43	41
Years of experience	8	6

Oil well engineer vs engineer salary

Oil well engineers and engineers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Oil Well Engineer	Engineer
Average salary	$83,972	$92,077
Salary range	Between $47,000 And $147,000	Between $65,000 And $130,000
Highest paying City	Tulsa, OK	Huntsville, AL
Highest paying state	Nevada	New Hampshire
Best paying company	Exxon Mobil	Fort Bend County
Best paying industry	-	Automotive

Differences between oil well engineer and engineer education

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

	Oil Well Engineer	Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 82%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Most common major	Petroleum Engineering	Mechanical Engineering
Most common college	Stanford University	Michigan Technological University

Oil well engineer vs engineer demographics

Here are the differences between oil well engineers' and engineers' demographics:

	Oil Well Engineer	Engineer
Average age	43	41
Gender ratio	Male, 88.3% Female, 11.7%	Male, 86.3% Female, 13.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 10.6% Asian, 17.1% White, 63.0% 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 oil well engineer and engineer duties and responsibilities

Oil well engineer example responsibilities.

Manage development and production on several large, fast-track projects including waterfloods, a steamflood, and CO2 EOR.
Coordinate activities with ModuSpec to ensure the rig are properly inspect and in compliance with API 4F.
Develop detailed operational sequences and cost estimation for AFE approval.
Manage development and production on several large, fast-track projects including waterfloods, a steamflood, and CO2 EOR.

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.

Oil well engineer vs engineer skills

Common oil well engineer skills

AFE, 37%
Engineering Support, 29%
Well Design, 18%
Data Acquisition, 6%
HSE, 6%
API, 4%

Common engineer skills

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