Telephone surveyor vs professional land surveyor

The differences between telephone surveyors and professional land 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 telephone surveyor and a professional land surveyor. Additionally, a telephone surveyor has an average salary of $59,484, which is higher than the $47,097 average annual salary of a professional land surveyor.

The top three skills for a telephone surveyor include outbound calls, customer service and conduct surveys. The most important skills for a professional land surveyor are GPS, civil 3d, and PLS.

Telephone surveyor vs professional land surveyor overview

	Telephone Surveyor	Professional Land Surveyor
Yearly salary	$59,484	$47,097
Hourly rate	$28.60	$22.64
Growth rate	1%	1%
Number of jobs	3,061	47,350
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 36%	Bachelor's Degree, 52%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	6	6

Telephone surveyor vs professional land surveyor salary

Telephone surveyors and professional land surveyors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Telephone Surveyor	Professional Land Surveyor
Average salary	$59,484	$47,097
Salary range	Between $36,000 And $96,000	Between $31,000 And $70,000
Highest paying City	-	Eureka, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Amd
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between telephone surveyor and professional land surveyor education

There are a few differences between a telephone surveyor and a professional land surveyor in terms of educational background:

	Telephone Surveyor	Professional Land Surveyor
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 36%	Bachelor's Degree, 52%
Most common major	Business	Surveying, Mapping, And Hydraulic Technologies
Most common college	Pennsylvania State University	Pennsylvania State University

Telephone surveyor vs professional land surveyor demographics

Here are the differences between telephone surveyors' and professional land surveyors' demographics:

	Telephone Surveyor	Professional Land Surveyor
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 35.4% Female, 64.6%	Male, 90.7% Female, 9.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.4% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 11.0% Asian, 5.1% White, 75.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 3.3% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 10.9% Asian, 5.0% White, 75.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between telephone surveyor and professional land surveyor duties and responsibilities

Telephone surveyor example responsibilities.

Conduct telephone sales and interviews, compile and enter information into database, manage documents and insure customer satisfaction.
Experience in working with difficult-to-survey populations such as physicians, Medicaid populations, retirees, and people suffering from chronic disease conditions
Conduct telephone sales and interviews, compile and enter information into database, manage documents and insure customer satisfaction.

Professional land surveyor example responsibilities.

Manage various construction staking projects, as well as manage and oversee field work of various boundary, ALTA/ACSM surveys.
Complete field to finish boundary and topographic surveys utilizing conventional and GPS methods.
Map leases and contracts using various GIS programs.
Record survey measurements and descriptive data using total station and GPS equipment.
Formulate custom cad templates and drawing formats for all types of survey applications.
Compile satellite imagery, elevation, GIS vector data, and 3D models into terrain databases.

Telephone surveyor vs professional land surveyor skills

Common telephone surveyor skills

Outbound Calls, 30%
Customer Service, 15%
Conduct Surveys, 12%
Data Collection, 5%
Telephone Surveys, 5%
Survey Data, 5%

Common professional land surveyor skills

GPS, 18%
Civil 3D, 10%
PLS, 10%
Survey Projects, 7%
Trimble Gps, 6%
Carlson, 5%

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