Assistant director of residence life vs associate director

The differences between assistant directors of residence life 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 $50,614 average annual salary of an assistant director of residence life.

The top three skills for an assistant director of residence life include residence life, student affairs and student development. The most important skills for an associate director are patients, healthcare, and project management.

Assistant director of residence life vs associate director overview

	Assistant Director Of Residence Life	Associate Director
Yearly salary	$50,614	$114,223
Hourly rate	$24.33	$54.91
Growth rate	12%	8%
Number of jobs	20,997	72,370
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Average age	43	47
Years of experience	12	-

Assistant director of residence life vs associate director salary

Assistant directors of residence life and associate directors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Assistant Director Of Residence Life	Associate Director
Average salary	$50,614	$114,223
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $79,000	Between $79,000 And $164,000
Highest paying City	Santa Clara, CA	South San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	California	New Jersey
Best paying company	Mount Aloysius College	Legalmatch.com
Best paying industry	Education	Pharmaceutical

Differences between assistant director of residence life and associate director education

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

	Assistant Director Of Residence Life	Associate Director
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 61%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Most common major	Psychology	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Assistant director of residence life vs associate director demographics

Here are the differences between assistant directors of residence life' and associate directors' demographics:

	Assistant Director Of Residence Life	Associate Director
Average age	43	47
Gender ratio	Male, 44.5% Female, 55.5%	Male, 52.0% Female, 48.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.2% Unknown, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 15.0% Asian, 6.8% White, 57.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.5%	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	11%	10%

Differences between assistant director of residence life and associate director duties and responsibilities

Assistant director of residence life example responsibilities.

Motivate, train and lead a team of nine ministry coordinators.
Provide clinical oversight of family-centered services that include capacity building, needs assessment, program and policy development and evaluation.
Organize and implement bible studies for teen boys and teen girls.

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.

Assistant director of residence life vs associate director skills

Common assistant director of residence life skills

Residence Life, 17%
Student Affairs, 8%
Student Development, 7%
On-Call Rotation, 6%
Crisis Management, 5%
Professional Development, 5%

Common associate director skills

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

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