What Does a Camp Assistant Do?

We looked at the average camp assistant annual salary and compared it with the average of an activities leader. Generally speaking, activities leaders receive $3,698 higher pay than camp assistants per year.

While their salaries may differ, one common ground between camp assistants and activities leaders are a few of the skills required in each craft. In both careers, employees bring forth skills like cpr, role model, and incident reports.

These skill sets are where the common ground ends though. A camp assistant responsibility is more likely to require skills like "child care," "kids," "check-in," and "safety rules." Whereas a activities leader requires skills like "direct supervision," "homework assistance," "physical stamina," and "safety procedures." Just by understanding these different skills you can see how different these careers are.

Activities leaders tend to make the most money in the health care industry by averaging a salary of $28,776. In contrast, camp assistants make the biggest average salary of $37,661 in the finance industry.

The education levels that activities leaders earn is a bit different than that of camp assistants. In particular, activities leaders are 0.9% more likely to graduate with a Master's Degree than a camp assistant. Additionally, they're 0.1% more likely to earn a Doctoral Degree.

Now we're going to look at the site leader profession. On average, site leaders earn a $38,255 higher salary than camp assistants a year.

Not everything about these jobs is different. Take their skills, for example. Camp assistants and site leaders both include similar skills like "cpr," "incident reports," and "powerpoint" on their resumes.

In addition to the difference in salary, there are some other key differences that are worth noting. For example, camp assistant responsibilities are more likely to require skills like "child care," "kids," "check-in," and "role model." Meanwhile, a site leader might be skilled in areas such as "customer service," "project management," "logistics," and "patients." These differences highlight just how different the day-to-day in each role looks.

In general, site leaders study at similar levels of education than camp assistants. They're 4.2% more likely to obtain a Master's Degree while being 0.1% more likely to earn a Doctoral Degree.

The unit leader profession generally makes a higher amount of money when compared to the average salary of camp assistants. The difference in salaries is unit leaders making $16,290 higher than camp assistants.

While looking through the resumes of several camp assistants and unit leaders we discovered that both professions have similar skills. These similarities include skills such as "kids," "cpr," and "role model," but they differ when it comes to other required skills.

There are many key differences between these two careers as shown by resumes from each profession. Some of those differences include the skills required to complete responsibilities within each role. As an example of this, a camp assistant is likely to be skilled in "child care," "check-in," "safety rules," and "incident reports," while a typical unit leader is skilled in "customer service," "cash handling," "staff training," and "patients."

When it comes to education, unit leaders tend to earn similar education levels than camp assistants. In fact, they're 4.0% more likely to earn a Master's Degree, and 0.4% more likely to graduate with a Doctoral Degree.

The fourth career we look at typically earns higher pay than camp assistants. On average, senior counselors earn a difference of $100,774 higher per year.

While both camp assistants and senior counselors complete day-to-day tasks using similar skills like cpr, role model, and conflict resolution, the two careers also vary in other skills.

Even though a few skill sets overlap, there are some differences that are important to note. For one, a camp assistant might have more use for skills like "child care," "kids," "check-in," and "safety rules." Meanwhile, some senior counselors might include skills like "litigation," "legal advice," "legal issues," and "excellent interpersonal" on their resume.

In general, senior counselors reach higher levels of education when compared to camp assistants resumes. Senior counselors are 7.7% more likely to earn their Master's Degree and 17.8% more likely to graduate with a Doctoral Degree.