Activist vs program assistant

The differences between activists and program assistants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-12 months to become both an activist and a program assistant. Additionally, an activist has an average salary of $37,694, which is higher than the $35,193 average annual salary of a program assistant.

The top three skills for an activist include climate, grassroots and social justice. The most important skills for a program assistant are patients, customer service, and data entry.

Activist vs program assistant overview

	Activist	Program Assistant
Yearly salary	$37,694	$35,193
Hourly rate	$18.12	$16.92
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	1,184	96,901
Job satisfaction	-	4
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 64%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	12	12

Activist vs program assistant salary

Activists and program assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Activist	Program Assistant
Average salary	$37,694	$35,193
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $53,000	Between $27,000 And $45,000
Highest paying City	New York, NY	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	New Jersey	Connecticut
Best paying company	-	The Aspen Institute
Best paying industry	-	Government

Differences between activist and program assistant education

There are a few differences between an activist and a program assistant in terms of educational background:

	Activist	Program Assistant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 64%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Most common major	Political Science	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	Northwestern University

Activist vs program assistant demographics

Here are the differences between activists' and program assistants' demographics:

	Activist	Program Assistant
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 40.6% Female, 59.4%	Male, 24.8% Female, 75.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.5% Unknown, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 20.2% Asian, 7.3% White, 50.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.6%	Black or African American, 13.8% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 19.0% Asian, 6.7% White, 53.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.2%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between activist and program assistant duties and responsibilities

Activist example responsibilities.

Manage local campaigns to improve the NYC public education system and perform research on school districts to gather and analyze statistics.
Maintain the organization's social media presence through Facebook.
Attend monthly meetings that emphasize women's leadership in society.
Supervise up to a team of 8 people at various sites around nyc for fundraising.
Implement in organization and leadership.
Perform Psychological/Psychiatric/Intake assessments on perspective patients.

Program assistant example responsibilities.

Lead classes in anatomy/physiology, medical terminology, transcription.
Manage oversight of budget/finance, personnel and continuous program improvement.
Assist in achieving and maintaining DoD certification and national accreditation where applicable.
Instruct students in C++ and Java programming, robot design and construction.
Introduce students to various computer pro- gramming languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
Present information about RSVP to community organizations.

Activist vs program assistant skills

Common activist skills

Climate, 33%
Grassroots, 22%
Social Justice, 21%
Customer Service, 20%
Leadership, 1%
Community Outreach, 1%

Common program assistant skills

Patients, 12%
Customer Service, 9%
Data Entry, 8%
HR, 6%
Excellent Interpersonal, 6%
Data Collection, 4%