Party chief vs assistant surveyor

The differences between party chiefs and assistant surveyors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a party chief and an assistant surveyor. Additionally, an assistant surveyor has an average salary of $45,629, which is higher than the $44,955 average annual salary of a party chief.

The top three skills for a party chief include topographic surveys, boundary surveys and data collection. The most important skills for an assistant surveyor are autocad, survey data, and GIS.

Party chief vs assistant surveyor overview

	Party Chief	Assistant Surveyor
Yearly salary	$44,955	$45,629
Hourly rate	$21.61	$21.94
Growth rate	1%	1%
Number of jobs	15,579	1,994
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 36%	Bachelor's Degree, 52%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	6	6

Party chief vs assistant surveyor salary

Party chiefs and assistant surveyors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Party Chief	Assistant Surveyor
Average salary	$44,955	$45,629
Salary range	Between $30,000 And $66,000	Between $30,000 And $67,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between party chief and assistant surveyor education

There are a few differences between a party chief and an assistant surveyor in terms of educational background:

	Party Chief	Assistant Surveyor
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 36%	Bachelor's Degree, 52%
Most common major	Surveying, Mapping, And Hydraulic Technologies	Civil Engineering
Most common college	Pennsylvania State University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Party chief vs assistant surveyor demographics

Here are the differences between party chiefs' and assistant surveyors' demographics:

	Party Chief	Assistant Surveyor
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 94.2% Female, 5.8%	Male, 83.1% Female, 16.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.3% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 10.6% Asian, 4.9% White, 75.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 3.4% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 11.0% Asian, 5.1% White, 75.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between party chief and assistant surveyor duties and responsibilities

Party chief example responsibilities.

Utilize GPS technology to manage a two man robotic crew assign to residential/ commercial development projects.
Party chief, survey technician using Carlson SurvCADD.
Learned several data collectors (SMI, Carlson, etc ...).
Learned and become an expert with the SurveyPro software on the TDS Recon.
Research plats, property records, section data, benchmarks, GIS control, utility maps, etc.
Perform quality control and quality assurance reviews on exhibit documents submit to RMP for the right-of-way acquisition process.

Assistant surveyor example responsibilities.

Stake and pick up of boreholes in kakosa and Kanduba areas under exploration.
Design underground haulageways and boreholes.
Adjust and operate surveying instruments such as prisms, theodolites, and electronicdistance-measuring equipment.
Develop new data from photogrammetric records.

Party chief vs assistant surveyor skills

Common party chief skills

Topographic Surveys, 12%
Boundary Surveys, 11%
Data Collection, 9%
Construction Layout, 7%
CAD, 7%
Survey Data, 4%

Common assistant surveyor skills

Autocad, 15%
Survey Data, 11%
GIS, 8%
Survey Equipment, 8%
Construction Layout, 7%
Civil 3D, 5%