Assistant web designer vs designer

The differences between assistant web designers and designers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become an assistant web designer, becoming a designer takes usually requires 6-12 months. Additionally, a designer has an average salary of $66,347, which is higher than the $56,727 average annual salary of an assistant web designer.

The top three skills for an assistant web designer include wordpress, graphic design and content management system. The most important skills for a designer are sketch, customer service, and graphic design.

Assistant web designer vs designer overview

	Assistant Web Designer	Designer
Yearly salary	$56,727	$66,347
Hourly rate	$27.27	$31.90
Growth rate	13%	3%
Number of jobs	50,544	52,433
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Average age	37	38
Years of experience	4	12

Assistant web designer vs designer salary

Assistant web designers and designers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Assistant Web Designer	Designer
Average salary	$56,727	$66,347
Salary range	Between $38,000 And $84,000	Between $45,000 And $97,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Meta
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between assistant web designer and designer education

There are a few differences between an assistant web designer and a designer in terms of educational background:

	Assistant Web Designer	Designer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Most common major	Graphic Design	Graphic Design
Most common college	Stanford University	University of Pennsylvania

Assistant web designer vs designer demographics

Here are the differences between assistant web designers' and designers' demographics:

	Assistant Web Designer	Designer
Average age	37	38
Gender ratio	Male, 55.5% Female, 44.5%	Male, 56.9% Female, 43.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.4% Unknown, 6.5% Hispanic or Latino, 12.0% Asian, 15.8% White, 58.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 3.4% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 10.6% Asian, 10.4% White, 70.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	9%	13%

Differences between assistant web designer and designer duties and responsibilities

Assistant web designer example responsibilities.

Manage the school website, multiple micro-sites, and the Intranet.
Manage prototype content in wireframes when necessary.
Optimize websites using SEO best practices.
Review statistics and monitor analytics and other SEO techniques.
Establish corporate identity package and produce press-ready marketing collateral, including brochures, presentation folders, sales packets and direct mail.
Assemble new desktop PCs and custom orders using various motherboards, hard disks, optical drives and optional system components.

Designer example responsibilities.

Lead & design all creative content stemming from apparel design to web identity.
Manage various PCB designs utilizing state of the art DFM techniques and comply with company standards.
Utilize CSS, DHTML, HTML, and JavaScript for cross browser, cross platform compatibility and consistency.
Develop different kinds of functions globally, locally for the development of forms using JavaScript, CSS.
Transform customer specifications into usable SolidWorks 3D models and assemblies from which all manufacturing are derived.
Process ECR's and ECO's using Windchill.

Assistant web designer vs designer skills

Common assistant web designer skills

WordPress, 20%
Graphic Design, 15%
Content Management System, 11%
Website Design, 10%
Adobe Photoshop, 7%
Web Pages, 6%

Common designer skills

Sketch, 10%
Customer Service, 7%
Graphic Design, 6%
CSS, 5%
HTML, 4%
PowerPoint, 4%