Campaign volunteer vs union organizer

The differences between campaign volunteers and union organizers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a union organizer has an average salary of $53,552, 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 union organizer are social justice, SEIU, and collective bargaining.

Campaign volunteer vs union organizer overview

	Campaign Volunteer	Union Organizer
Yearly salary	$33,170	$53,552
Hourly rate	$15.95	$25.75
Growth rate	8%	-
Number of jobs	3,833	588
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 72%	Bachelor's Degree, 67%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	-	-

Campaign volunteer vs union organizer salary

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

	Campaign Volunteer	Union Organizer
Average salary	$33,170	$53,552
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $42,000	Between $35,000 And $81,000
Highest paying City	-	Atlantic City, NJ
Highest paying state	-	New Jersey
Best paying company	-	Service Employees International Union Local 205
Best paying industry	-	Non Profits

Differences between campaign volunteer and union organizer education

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

	Campaign Volunteer	Union Organizer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 72%	Bachelor's Degree, 67%
Most common major	Political Science	Political Science
Most common college	Vanderbilt University	-

Campaign volunteer vs union organizer demographics

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

	Campaign Volunteer	Union Organizer
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 51.9% Female, 48.1%	Male, 51.1% Female, 48.9%
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, 11.3% Unknown, 6.4% Hispanic or Latino, 22.6% Asian, 6.3% White, 52.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%
LGBT Percentage	21%	21%

Differences between campaign volunteer and union 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

Union organizer example responsibilities.

Manage voter contact tactics, organize phone banks, GOTV canvasses and visibility events such as campaign rallies.
Organize healthcare workers across Michigan for SEIU and organize Detroit residents for political action events.
Mediate disputes between union leadership and management.
Develop organizing strategy with leadership and other organizers.
Facilitate meetings and coordinate logistics between community members and community leaders to improve civic literacy among the Latino community.
Share relative material encompassing tertiary extra curricular interests on Facebook/Twitter

Campaign volunteer vs union organizer skills

Common campaign volunteer skills

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

Common union organizer skills

Social Justice, 54%
SEIU, 27%
Collective Bargaining, 14%
Political Campaigns, 3%
Political Action, 0%
Leadership, 0%