Assessment director vs associate director

The differences between assessment directors and associate directors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, an associate director has an average salary of $114,223, which is higher than the $87,268 average annual salary of an assessment director.

The top three skills for an assessment director include student learning, data collection and social work. The most important skills for an associate director are patients, healthcare, and project management.

Assessment director vs associate director overview

	Assessment Director	Associate Director
Yearly salary	$87,268	$114,223
Hourly rate	$41.96	$54.91
Growth rate	12%	8%
Number of jobs	12,530	72,370
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Average age	45	47
Years of experience	6	-

Assessment director vs associate director salary

Assessment directors and associate directors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Assessment Director	Associate Director
Average salary	$87,268	$114,223
Salary range	Between $59,000 And $127,000	Between $79,000 And $164,000
Highest paying City	Nutley, NJ	South San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	New Jersey	New Jersey
Best paying company	AstraZeneca	Legalmatch.com
Best paying industry	Health Care	Pharmaceutical

Differences between assessment director and associate director education

There are a few differences between an assessment director and an associate director in terms of educational background:

	Assessment Director	Associate Director
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Most common major	Psychology	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Assessment director vs associate director demographics

Here are the differences between assessment directors' and associate directors' demographics:

	Assessment Director	Associate Director
Average age	45	47
Gender ratio	Male, 40.1% Female, 59.9%	Male, 52.0% Female, 48.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.2% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 14.7% Asian, 5.2% White, 62.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 7.5% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 12.6% Asian, 8.9% White, 65.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	14%	10%

Differences between assessment director and associate director duties and responsibilities

Assessment director example responsibilities.

Execute ability to increase CMI and aid the company in achieving budgetary goals, even in the time of Medicare reductions.
Thrive in position alongside concurrent PRN MSW positions in home health care and hospice agencies.
Start MSW program, including marketing, recruitment, communication across institutional systems, and graduate program development.
Educate employees regarding the MDS process and ADL coding.
Market w/calls to hospitals, LTC facilities, ALF's and private homes.
Assess and identify socially base needs regarding adjustment of resident and families to LTC placement.

Associate director example responsibilities.

Lead implementation of OPPE and FPPE for TJC.
Manage accounting, weekly reports, local contacts, and maintenance of sets, props, and costumes.
Manage all aspects of music ministry - including arranging all music for schedule services special programs and events.
Manage departmental training schedules, work schedules and CPSI electronic medical record (EMR), certifications and competencies.
Manage web development and rebranding initiative.
Create a coordinate university social media committee quadrupling engagement during campaigns and achieving a national twitter trend during commencement.

Assessment director vs associate director skills

Common assessment director skills

Student Learning, 9%
Data Collection, 8%
Social Work, 6%
Continuous Improvement, 5%
Oversight, 5%
Assessment Data, 5%

Common associate director skills

Patients, 11%
Healthcare, 8%
Project Management, 6%
Oversight, 6%
Portfolio, 6%
Excellent Interpersonal, 5%

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