Cause analyst vs associate analyst

The differences between cause analysts and associate analysts can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become a cause analyst, becoming an associate analyst takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, an associate analyst has an average salary of $68,161, which is higher than the $67,346 average annual salary of a cause analyst.

The top three skills for a cause analyst include cause analysis, business processes and VBA. The most important skills for an associate analyst are customer service, powerpoint, and data analysis.

Cause analyst vs associate analyst overview

	Cause Analyst	Associate Analyst
Yearly salary	$67,346	$68,161
Hourly rate	$32.38	$32.77
Growth rate	6%	9%
Number of jobs	10,754	97,311
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 76%	Bachelor's Degree, 72%
Average age	45	40
Years of experience	6	4

Cause analyst vs associate analyst salary

Cause analysts and associate analysts have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Cause Analyst	Associate Analyst
Average salary	$67,346	$68,161
Salary range	Between $47,000 And $94,000	Between $47,000 And $98,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Apollo Global Management
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between cause analyst and associate analyst education

There are a few differences between a cause analyst and an associate analyst in terms of educational background:

	Cause Analyst	Associate Analyst
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 76%	Bachelor's Degree, 72%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	University of Pennsylvania

Cause analyst vs associate analyst demographics

Here are the differences between cause analysts' and associate analysts' demographics:

	Cause Analyst	Associate Analyst
Average age	45	40
Gender ratio	Male, 90.4% Female, 9.6%	Male, 52.3% Female, 47.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.1% Unknown, 5.9% Hispanic or Latino, 14.4% Asian, 5.7% White, 62.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%	Black or African American, 5.6% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 7.7% Asian, 14.1% White, 68.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between cause analyst and associate analyst duties and responsibilities

Cause analyst example responsibilities.

Manage and update early engagement processes daily through SharePoint.
Analyze office administration support for analysts supporting DOD projects to identify efficiency opportunities to prototype and write report of analysis findings.
Provide assistance to the Indiana Medicaid/Medicare provider community via multi-line telephone system.

Associate analyst example responsibilities.

Lead negotiations of a new partnership with logistics company to save an estimate $40K per year in freight expense.
Manage Salesforce account with customer credentials
Manage project team meetings using SharePoint calendars.
Log, assign, and tracks' request, files, documents in DHS database.
Attend briefings of several different DoD agencies to learn their respective equities.
Implement targeted changes to C++ application to execute algorithm experiments from MATLAB.

Cause analyst vs associate analyst skills

Common cause analyst skills

Cause Analysis, 79%
Business Processes, 14%
VBA, 7%

Common associate analyst skills

Customer Service, 8%
PowerPoint, 7%
Data Analysis, 7%
Healthcare, 6%
Portfolio, 6%
Tableau, 4%

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