Surveyor vs assistant surveyor

The differences between surveyors 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 surveyor and an assistant surveyor. Additionally, a surveyor has an average salary of $46,875, which is higher than the $45,629 average annual salary of an assistant surveyor.

The top three skills for a surveyor include GPS, survey data and data collection. The most important skills for an assistant surveyor are autocad, survey data, and GIS.

Surveyor vs assistant surveyor overview

	Surveyor	Assistant Surveyor
Yearly salary	$46,875	$45,629
Hourly rate	$22.54	$21.94
Growth rate	1%	1%
Number of jobs	4,087	1,994
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 52%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	6	6

Surveyor vs assistant surveyor salary

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

	Surveyor	Assistant Surveyor
Average salary	$46,875	$45,629
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $67,000	Between $30,000 And $67,000
Highest paying City	San Diego, CA	-
Highest paying state	California	-
Best paying company	The Citadel	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between surveyor and assistant surveyor education

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

	Surveyor	Assistant Surveyor
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 52%
Most common major	Business	Civil Engineering
Most common college	Pennsylvania State University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Surveyor vs assistant surveyor demographics

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

	Surveyor	Assistant Surveyor
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 72.4% Female, 27.6%	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, 76.0% 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 surveyor and assistant surveyor duties and responsibilities

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.

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.

Surveyor vs assistant surveyor skills

Common surveyor skills

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

Common assistant surveyor skills

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