Acting director vs assistant director

The differences between acting directors and assistant directors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both an acting director and an assistant director. Additionally, an acting director has an average salary of $101,960, which is higher than the $63,063 average annual salary of an assistant director.

The top three skills for an acting director include oversight, financial management and payroll. The most important skills for an assistant director are customer service, CPR, and child care.

Acting director vs assistant director overview

	Acting Director	Assistant Director
Yearly salary	$101,960	$63,063
Hourly rate	$49.02	$30.32
Growth rate	28%	8%
Number of jobs	43,340	25,087
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Average age	47	40
Years of experience	6	6

Acting director vs assistant director salary

Acting directors and assistant directors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Acting Director	Assistant Director
Average salary	$101,960	$63,063
Salary range	Between $65,000 And $158,000	Between $37,000 And $105,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Mayer Brown
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between acting director and assistant director education

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

	Acting Director	Assistant Director
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 63%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Stanford University

Acting director vs assistant director demographics

Here are the differences between acting directors' and assistant directors' demographics:

	Acting Director	Assistant Director
Average age	47	40
Gender ratio	Male, 47.0% Female, 53.0%	Male, 38.3% Female, 61.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.9% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 14.6% Asian, 8.1% White, 60.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 14.5% Asian, 6.4% White, 65.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	12%	14%

Differences between acting director and assistant director duties and responsibilities

Acting director example responsibilities.

Establish and develop relationships with ERP and consulting vendors with the goal of maximizing comparative advantage and cost efficient solution development.
Conduct reports on avoidable days aka opportunity days, short stays and Medicaid recertification process.
Determine organizational conference planning, execution, reporting and oversight training needs and determine relate resource requirements and training sources.
Provide centralize direction, control, tactical oversight, and policy enforcement for the execution of worldwide CGIS investigative initiatives.
Develop and implement rapid training and replacement program to fill critical personnel shortages in support of combat logistics operations in Afghanistan.
Maintain above average CSI consistently.

Assistant director example responsibilities.

Manage purchasing, A/P, A/R and budget management.
Manage care for k-5 kids before and after school.
Establish and develop relationships with ERP and consulting vendors with the goal of maximizing comparative advantage and cost efficient solution development.
Manage delivery of quality early childhood education programs by establishing an environment of learning and maintaining the integrity of the programs.
Coordinate new student Facebook group and create twitter handle to increase applicant and prospective student awareness for admissions news and events.
Direct oversight of airport security programs and operations and responsible for business management functions including human resources, finance and procurement.

Acting director vs assistant director skills

Common acting director skills

Oversight, 11%
Financial Management, 10%
Payroll, 8%
Human Resources, 6%
Strategic Direction, 6%
R, 6%

Common assistant director skills

Customer Service, 15%
CPR, 7%
Child Care, 7%
Oversight, 7%
Payroll, 6%
Alumni, 5%

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