Owner, consulting engineer vs engineer

The differences between owner, consulting engineers and engineers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become an owner, consulting engineer, becoming an engineer takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, an owner, consulting engineer has an average salary of $98,987, which is higher than the $92,077 average annual salary of an engineer.

The top three skills for an owner, consulting engineer include engineering design, CAD and windows server. The most important skills for an engineer are python, cloud, and C++.

Owner, consulting engineer vs engineer overview

	Owner, Consulting Engineer	Engineer
Yearly salary	$98,987	$92,077
Hourly rate	$47.59	$44.27
Growth rate	10%	2%
Number of jobs	71,431	618,207
Job satisfaction	-	4.33
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Average age	42	41
Years of experience	4	6

Owner, consulting engineer vs engineer salary

Owner, consulting engineers and engineers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Owner, Consulting Engineer	Engineer
Average salary	$98,987	$92,077
Salary range	Between $69,000 And $140,000	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 owner, consulting engineer and engineer education

There are a few differences between an owner, consulting engineer and an engineer in terms of educational background:

	Owner, Consulting Engineer	Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Mechanical Engineering
Most common college	Northwestern University	Michigan Technological University

Owner, consulting engineer vs engineer demographics

Here are the differences between owner, consulting engineers' and engineers' demographics:

	Owner, Consulting Engineer	Engineer
Average age	42	41
Gender ratio	Male, 92.0% Female, 8.0%	Male, 86.3% Female, 13.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.9% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 12.1% Asian, 9.6% White, 69.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	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	4%	5%

Differences between owner, consulting engineer and engineer duties and responsibilities

Owner, consulting engineer example responsibilities.

Manage PC desktop and server technical support for Microsoft and novell-base systems.
Manage deployment of cat5/e, Fibre backbone cabling and network infrastructure in large buildings.
Manage Jenkins security by providing specific access to authorize developers/testers using project base matrix authorization strategy.
Act as the interface between clients and vendors regarding the use and support of desktop and notebook PC's and peripherals.
Work on RF interference problems.
Work with non-profit groups to train and maintain their desktop and network systems.

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.

Owner, consulting engineer vs engineer skills

Common owner, consulting engineer skills

Engineering Design, 15%
CAD, 14%
Windows Server, 13%
SEO, 8%
Infrastructure, 7%
HVAC, 6%

Common engineer skills

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