Care partner vs primary caregiver

The differences between care partners and primary caregivers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a care partner has an average salary of $31,723, which is higher than the $29,576 average annual salary of a primary caregiver.

The top three skills for a care partner include patients, vital signs and care plan. The most important skills for a primary caregiver are home health, senior care, and PET.

Care partner vs primary caregiver overview

	Care Partner	Primary Caregiver
Yearly salary	$31,723	$29,576
Hourly rate	$15.25	$14.22
Growth rate	36%	36%
Number of jobs	85,778	50,392
Job satisfaction	3	4
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 34%	Bachelor's Degree, 48%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

Care partner vs primary caregiver salary

Care partners and primary caregivers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Care Partner	Primary Caregiver
Average salary	$31,723	$29,576
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $44,000	Between $22,000 And $38,000
Highest paying City	Great Falls, MT	-
Highest paying state	Alaska	-
Best paying company	Mount Sinai Health System	-
Best paying industry	Health Care	-

Differences between care partner and primary caregiver education

There are a few differences between a care partner and a primary caregiver in terms of educational background:

	Care Partner	Primary Caregiver
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 34%	Bachelor's Degree, 48%
Most common major	Nursing	Business
Most common college	-	-

Care partner vs primary caregiver demographics

Here are the differences between care partners' and primary caregivers' demographics:

	Care Partner	Primary Caregiver
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 15.0% Female, 85.0%	Male, 29.2% Female, 70.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.0% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 17.5% Asian, 8.7% White, 56.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 17.3% Asian, 7.5% White, 58.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between care partner and primary caregiver duties and responsibilities

Care partner example responsibilities.

Manage CMS, state, and complaint surveys.
Manage shelterpractices and evaluate various volunteering, outreach, foster, rescue, and pet placement programs.
Manage ventilator settings, suction tracheostomy, tube-feeding assistance.
Direct motion capture shoots for adding more animation to existing characters for crowd simulation.
Comfort care and ADL's, including range of motion exercises and encouraging early mobility in post-op patients.
Work on the Neurosurgery/Neuroscience unit caring for step down patients from the ICU, seizure patients and stroke patient.

Primary caregiver example responsibilities.

Assist patient with ADL's.
Handle all referrals to housing, detoxification, rehabilitation, organization, and agencies.
Verse and familiar with caring for a patient with mild to advance Alzheimer's disease.
Step away from full-time work to serve as caregiver to grandmother diagnose with Alzheimer's disease.
Provide routine personal care and companionship.
Provide transportation within community, supervise and provide companionship for clients during physician appointment, shopping and errands.

Care partner vs primary caregiver skills

Common care partner skills

Patients, 17%
Vital Signs, 9%
Care Plan, 6%
Medication Administration, 5%
CPR, 5%
Customer Service, 4%

Common primary caregiver skills

Home Health, 44%
Senior Care, 19%
PET, 16%
Autism, 11%
Dementia Care, 4%
Taking Care, 2%