Assistant web designer vs web developer

The differences between assistant web designers and web developers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both an assistant web designer and a web developer. Additionally, a web developer has an average salary of $78,975, 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 web developer are javascript, html css, and HTML.

Assistant web designer vs web developer overview

	Assistant Web Designer	Web Developer
Yearly salary	$56,727	$78,975
Hourly rate	$27.27	$37.97
Growth rate	13%	13%
Number of jobs	50,544	227,881
Job satisfaction	-	3
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	4	4

Assistant web designer vs web developer salary

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

	Assistant Web Designer	Web Developer
Average salary	$56,727	$78,975
Salary range	Between $38,000 And $84,000	Between $60,000 And $103,000
Highest paying City	-	Bothell, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Google
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between assistant web designer and web developer education

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

	Assistant Web Designer	Web Developer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Most common major	Graphic Design	Computer Science
Most common college	Stanford University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Assistant web designer vs web developer demographics

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

	Assistant Web Designer	Web Developer
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 55.5% Female, 44.5%	Male, 78.2% Female, 21.8%
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, 6.4% Unknown, 6.5% Hispanic or Latino, 12.0% Asian, 15.9% White, 58.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between assistant web designer and web developer 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.

Web developer example responsibilities.

Lead front-end design and creation.
Manage high transaction databases including all database objects, triggers, procedures, user rights and functions.
Manage social media including Facebook advertising.
Interact with java controllers (JQUERY, AJAX, and JSON to write/read data from back end systems).
Used JSP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript to render the dynamic web pages (presentation layer) for the application.
Re-Design, update and maintain LinkWorth's WordPress plug-in using PHP and XML files to import data from LinkWorth's servers.

Assistant web designer vs web developer 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 web developer skills

JavaScript, 8%
Html Css, 6%
HTML, 5%
CSS, 5%
Web Forms, 4%
JQuery, 4%