Rodman vs surveyor

The differences between rodmen and surveyors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a surveyor has an average salary of $46,875, which is higher than the $43,678 average annual salary of a rodman.

The top three skills for a rodman include GPS, survey equipment and electronic distance measuring. The most important skills for a surveyor are GPS, survey data, and data collection.

Rodman vs surveyor overview

	Rodman	Surveyor
Yearly salary	$43,678	$46,875
Hourly rate	$21.00	$22.54
Growth rate	4%	1%
Number of jobs	1,482	4,087
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 45%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	-	6

Rodman vs surveyor salary

Rodmen and surveyors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Rodman	Surveyor
Average salary	$43,678	$46,875
Salary range	Between $29,000 And $63,000	Between $32,000 And $67,000
Highest paying City	-	San Diego, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	The Citadel
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between rodman and surveyor education

There are a few differences between a rodman and a surveyor in terms of educational background:

	Rodman	Surveyor
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 45%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	Pennsylvania State University

Rodman vs surveyor demographics

Here are the differences between rodmen' and surveyors' demographics:

	Rodman	Surveyor
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 93.2% Female, 6.8%	Male, 72.4% Female, 27.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.6% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 13.2% Asian, 3.2% White, 74.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%	Black or African American, 3.3% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 10.6% Asian, 4.9% White, 76.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	5%	7%

Differences between rodman and surveyor duties and responsibilities

Rodman example responsibilities.

Maintain responsibility for cleaning and maintenance of survey equipment, including: data collectors, GPS equipment, and rods.
Experience with Trimble, NICON, TOPCON and Leica.
Partner with a CARLSON collection device.
Used Topcon FC-2500 network and base rovers.
Conduct land surveys with prisms and theodolites to help determine elevations of different points.
Used self reading, standard and linker rods, prism and range poles and other surveying equipment.

Surveyor example responsibilities.

Utilize GPS technology to manage a two man robotic crew assign to residential/ commercial development projects.
Assist the PLS with ALTAs, B2, legals, exhibits, topo s and plats drawing and field work.
Set up and run instruments.
Work with Trimble GNSS surveying systems.
Survey of proposal access roads by RTK method.
Create alignment sheets in Carlson from survey base files.

Rodman vs surveyor skills

Common rodman skills

GPS, 19%
Survey Equipment, 7%
Electronic Distance Measuring, 7%
Boundary Surveys, 7%
Topographic Surveys, 6%
Construction Layout, 6%

Common surveyor skills

GPS, 16%
Survey Data, 9%
Data Collection, 6%
Survey Equipment, 6%
Civil 3D, 6%
Customer Service, 5%