Technical fellow vs field scientist

The differences between technical fellows and field scientists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become a technical fellow, becoming a field scientist takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, a field scientist has an average salary of $76,601, which is higher than the $65,088 average annual salary of a technical fellow.

The top three skills for a technical fellow include SQL, statistical analysis and intellectual property. The most important skills for a field scientist are field testing, data collection, and geotechnical.

Technical fellow vs field scientist overview

	Technical Fellow	Field Scientist
Yearly salary	$65,088	$76,601
Hourly rate	$31.29	$36.83
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	77,696	88,454
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 82%
Average age	43	39
Years of experience	2	6

Technical fellow vs field scientist salary

Technical fellows and field scientists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Technical Fellow	Field Scientist
Average salary	$65,088	$76,601
Salary range	Between $41,000 And $101,000	Between $52,000 And $111,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	New Jersey	California
Best paying company	FCA US LLC	Syngenta
Best paying industry	Automotive	Internet

Differences between technical fellow and field scientist education

There are a few differences between a technical fellow and a field scientist in terms of educational background:

	Technical Fellow	Field Scientist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 82%
Most common major	Computer Science	Environmental Science
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Technical fellow vs field scientist demographics

Here are the differences between technical fellows' and field scientists' demographics:

	Technical Fellow	Field Scientist
Average age	43	39
Gender ratio	Male, 60.6% Female, 39.4%	Male, 72.5% Female, 27.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.0% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.7% Asian, 13.9% White, 61.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 3.1% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 6.2% Asian, 5.0% White, 81.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	9%	16%

Differences between technical fellow and field scientist duties and responsibilities

Technical fellow example responsibilities.

Manage, support, and analyze efforts relate to international and domestic climate change-relate issues.
Manage business-technology relationships - responsible for facilitating actionable requirements gathering, design & architecture, implementation, and build to operate.
Develop and maintain relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports.
Image lab machines both mac and pc, security, networking, building computer labs, virus removal.
Prepare patients for surgery including positioning and prepping, SCD and TED hose applications, and inserting Foley catheters.
Design and implement stored procedures, functions, views to merge new data with existing data in data warehouse using PL/SQL.

Field scientist example responsibilities.

Manage sample inventory via in-house laboratory information management system (LIMS) and implement additional systems for sample and chemical organization.
Collect groundwater samples following EPA low-flow sampling procedure.
Perform wetland delineations with GPS unit.
Create GIS maps for publications, flyers, and use for colleagues.
Assist with soil filing assessment paperwork and GPS wetlands and streams find within the corridor.
Conduct large scale aviary EPA list species and wildlife survey for change of land use project.

Technical fellow vs field scientist skills

Common technical fellow skills

SQL, 13%
Statistical Analysis, 11%
Intellectual Property, 11%
Photoshop, 10%
R, 10%
Java, 7%

Common field scientist skills

Field Testing, 34%
Data Collection, 17%
Geotechnical, 6%
Asbestos, 5%
Storm Water, 4%
EPA, 4%