Tool liaison vs industrial engineer

The differences between tool liaisons and industrial engineers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a tool liaison and an industrial engineer. Additionally, a tool liaison has an average salary of $83,524, which is higher than the $76,501 average annual salary of an industrial engineer.

The top three skills for a tool liaison include jigs, CATIA and design requests. The most important skills for an industrial engineer are continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, and sigma.

Tool liaison vs industrial engineer overview

	Tool Liaison	Industrial Engineer
Yearly salary	$83,524	$76,501
Hourly rate	$40.16	$36.78
Growth rate	10%	10%
Number of jobs	13,025	46,756
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 78%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	4	4

Tool liaison vs industrial engineer salary

Tool liaisons and industrial engineers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Tool Liaison	Industrial Engineer
Average salary	$83,524	$76,501
Salary range	Between $42,000 And $163,000	Between $59,000 And $97,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between tool liaison and industrial engineer education

There are a few differences between a tool liaison and an industrial engineer in terms of educational background:

	Tool Liaison	Industrial Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 78%
Most common major	Mechanical Engineering	Industrial Engineering
Most common college	Northwestern University	New York University

Tool liaison vs industrial engineer demographics

Here are the differences between tool liaisons' and industrial engineers' demographics:

	Tool Liaison	Industrial Engineer
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 89.2% Female, 10.8%	Male, 80.2% Female, 19.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.9% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 12.0% Asian, 9.6% White, 69.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 4.8% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 11.8% Asian, 12.9% White, 66.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between tool liaison and industrial engineer duties and responsibilities

Tool liaison example responsibilities.

Apply for and achieve ISO certification.
Manage implementation of these solutions with hangar managers, inspectors, technicians, vendors, and OEM's.
Review changes and issues utilizing CATIA and VPM.
Design work are produced both on paper and on CATIA V4.
Collaborate with CMM equipment in the inspection of inventory shipments, ensuring all materials comply with government quality requirements and specifications.
Perform some QA inspections with raw sheet material for customer qualifications and cost saving projects.

Industrial engineer example responsibilities.

Plan, manage, lead and execute projects from conception to successful completion using the DMAIC methodology.
Manage development of equipment, which include electrical systems, PLC programming, pneumatic circuits, hydraulic systems and fixtures.
Lead PDCA project to reduce order sizing defects that impact customer product delivery, avoiding $230K in lose revenue.
Utilize AutoCad for plant layout modifications or capital projects.
Train new IE's in the work group in labor reporting, equipment cycle timing and labor standards.
Lead for manufacturing relate continuous improvement activities including Kaizen events to improve production efficiency b

Tool liaison vs industrial engineer skills

Common tool liaison skills

Jigs, 56%
CATIA, 29%
Design Requests, 16%

Common industrial engineer skills

Continuous Improvement, 9%
Lean Manufacturing, 7%
Sigma, 5%
Project Management, 5%
Logistics, 5%
Lean Six Sigma, 4%