Campaign volunteer vs professional organizer

The differences between campaign volunteers and professional organizers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a professional organizer has an average salary of $44,525, which is higher than the $33,170 average annual salary of a campaign volunteer.

The top three skills for a campaign volunteer include campaign events, telephone calls and grassroots. The most important skills for a professional organizer are organizational systems, office space planning, and professional organizations.

Campaign volunteer vs professional organizer overview

	Campaign Volunteer	Professional Organizer
Yearly salary	$33,170	$44,525
Hourly rate	$15.95	$21.41
Growth rate	8%	7%
Number of jobs	3,833	43,808
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 72%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	-	-

Campaign volunteer vs professional organizer salary

Campaign volunteers and professional organizers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Campaign Volunteer	Professional Organizer
Average salary	$33,170	$44,525
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $42,000	Between $27,000 And $72,000
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Differences between campaign volunteer and professional organizer education

There are a few differences between a campaign volunteer and a professional organizer in terms of educational background:

	Campaign Volunteer	Professional Organizer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 72%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Most common major	Political Science	Business
Most common college	Vanderbilt University	California State University - Dominguez Hills

Campaign volunteer vs professional organizer demographics

Here are the differences between campaign volunteers' and professional organizers' demographics:

	Campaign Volunteer	Professional Organizer
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 51.9% Female, 48.1%	Male, 20.8% Female, 79.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.6% Unknown, 6.4% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% Asian, 7.3% White, 54.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4%	Black or African American, 9.7% Unknown, 6.4% Hispanic or Latino, 16.0% Asian, 6.0% White, 60.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	21%	21%

Differences between campaign volunteer and professional organizer duties and responsibilities

Campaign volunteer example responsibilities.

Train, mobilize and manage volunteers in key organizing skills and get-out-the-vote techniques.
Create Facebook page for campaign to promote volunteering.
Perform emergency procedures, including opening and maintaining an airway, administering CPR, and use of automate external defibrillators.
Expand union's digital presence with a twitter campaign highlighting historic TSEU victories.
Share relative material encompassing tertiary extra curricular interests on Facebook/Twitter

Professional organizer example responsibilities.

Manage voter contact tactics, organize phone banks, GOTV canvasses and visibility events such as campaign rallies.
Assist in website design and Facebook page of the company.
Alert staff and patients to imminent weather threats, including updating Facebook.
Facilitate meetings and coordinate logistics between community members and community leaders to improve civic literacy among the Latino community.
Used traditional or digital cameras, along with a variety of equipment such as tripods, filters, and flash attachments.
Deliver eLearning classes for new hire associates.

Campaign volunteer vs professional organizer skills

Common campaign volunteer skills

Campaign Events, 15%
Telephone Calls, 11%
Grassroots, 7%
Phone Bank, 7%
Press Releases, 5%
Facebook, 4%

Common professional organizer skills

Organizational Systems, 30%
Office Space Planning, 14%
Professional Organizations, 7%
Storage Solutions, 6%
Real Estate, 6%
Organization, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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