what is the difference between civil engineer and electrical engineer
1.Electrical engineering is the design and study of electronics, power, and electrical systems while mechanical engineering is the design and study of power, energy, weapons systems, aircraft and transportation products, and other equipment.
Homer simpson. Civil engineers are the most different of the mentioned, they typically design public works, such as power grids, roads, bridges, water/sewer systems. Software engineers/Computer science majors usually work exclusively on software, and are rarely concerned with the more tangible parts of the machine. They're the ones that wrote Microsoft Windows.
The median annual salary for mechanical engineers was $80,580 and civil engineers earned $79,340. The top 10 percent of electrical engineers earned an annual salary of $136,690, while the top earning civil engineers earned $122,020 and electrical engineers earned $121,530.