Piping designer vs draftsman/designer

The differences between piping designers and draftsman/designers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become a piping designer, becoming a draftsman/designer takes usually requires 6-12 months. Additionally, a piping designer has an average salary of $57,853, which is higher than the $52,529 average annual salary of a draftsman/designer.

The top three skills for a piping designer include autocad, p id and equipment layout. The most important skills for a draftsman/designer are design layouts, solidworks, and shop drawings.

Piping designer vs draftsman/designer overview

	Piping Designer	Draftsman/Designer
Yearly salary	$57,853	$52,529
Hourly rate	$27.81	$25.25
Growth rate	2%	-3%
Number of jobs	48,195	47,341
Job satisfaction	5	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 55%	Associate Degree, 51%
Average age	41	45
Years of experience	6	12

Piping designer vs draftsman/designer salary

Piping designers and draftsman/designers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Piping Designer	Draftsman/Designer
Average salary	$57,853	$52,529
Salary range	Between $36,000 And $92,000	Between $30,000 And $89,000
Highest paying City	Benicia, CA	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	California	New Jersey
Best paying company	e-Tech Solutions	TalentBurst
Best paying industry	Professional	Technology

Differences between piping designer and draftsman/designer education

There are a few differences between a piping designer and a draftsman/designer in terms of educational background:

	Piping Designer	Draftsman/Designer
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 55%	Associate Degree, 51%
Most common major	Drafting And Design	Drafting And Design
Most common college	Carnegie Mellon University	Carnegie Mellon University

Piping designer vs draftsman/designer demographics

Here are the differences between piping designers' and draftsman/designers' demographics:

	Piping Designer	Draftsman/Designer
Average age	41	45
Gender ratio	Male, 87.8% Female, 12.2%	Male, 92.2% Female, 7.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.4% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 9.5% Asian, 10.3% White, 72.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 3.1% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 11.7% Asian, 7.0% White, 72.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	5%	6%

Differences between piping designer and draftsman/designer duties and responsibilities

Piping designer example responsibilities.

Communicate ownership responsibilities across department platforms to achieve 3D modeling of HVAC, steel & other equipment for project success.
Manage documentation of existing projects, perform ECN resolutions.
Develop detailed 2-D engineering drawings using AutoCad, PDMS,77494 and NavisWorks.
Create piping and instrumentation diagrams using AutoCAD.
General knowledge and use of NavisWorks program.
Used PDS to design and fix model.

Draftsman/designer example responsibilities.

Manage and supervise other draftsmen.
Assist with structural steel detailing, machine design, CNC graphics and ceramics machine design projects.
Detail preliminary design drawings to create BOM's, production use shop layouts, and specific details.
Travele to various work sites to dimension and sketch details of the projects.
Develop and maintain current Revit templates for consistency and overall visual quality of projects.
Design and draft building components from red lines create by MEP engineers with revit software.

Piping designer vs draftsman/designer skills

Common piping designer skills

Autocad, 20%
P Id, 8%
Equipment Layout, 8%
IDS, 6%
Refinery, 4%
Isometric Drawings, 4%

Common draftsman/designer skills

Design Layouts, 16%
Solidworks, 10%
Shop Drawings, 5%
R, 4%
HVAC, 4%
Customer Specifications, 3%