Chief writer vs content writer

The differences between chief writers and content writers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a chief writer and a content writer. Additionally, a chief writer has an average salary of $59,597, which is higher than the $58,918 average annual salary of a content writer.

The top three skills for a chief writer include subject matter experts, instructional materials and press releases. The most important skills for a content writer are digital marketing, wordpress, and web content.

Chief writer vs content writer overview

	Chief Writer	Content Writer
Yearly salary	$59,597	$58,918
Hourly rate	$28.65	$28.33
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	22,938	19,621
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 74%	Bachelor's Degree, 77%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	2	2

Chief writer vs content writer salary

Chief writers and content writers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Chief Writer	Content Writer
Average salary	$59,597	$58,918
Salary range	Between $35,000 And $100,000	Between $40,000 And $84,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Cisco
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between chief writer and content writer education

There are a few differences between a chief writer and a content writer in terms of educational background:

	Chief Writer	Content Writer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 74%	Bachelor's Degree, 77%
Most common major	English	English
Most common college	Northwestern University	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Chief writer vs content writer demographics

Here are the differences between chief writers' and content writers' demographics:

	Chief Writer	Content Writer
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 71.7% Female, 28.3%	Male, 39.8% Female, 60.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.1% Unknown, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 7.8% Asian, 5.0% White, 75.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 6.0% Unknown, 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 7.8% Asian, 5.0% White, 75.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	16%	16%

Differences between chief writer and content writer duties and responsibilities

Chief writer example responsibilities.

Manage a team of RFP writers and work with a cross-functional team to meet RFP requirements and establish deadlines.
Develop course materials as an instructor/writer for safety officer training in order to demonstrate higher-level safety management for large combat units.
Select and edit photos utilizing Photoshop.

Content writer example responsibilities.

Implement and manage Salesforce and Marketo for client to establish lead nurturing campaigns.
Maintain guest blogging strategy and policies to achieve a consistently diverse authorship and to grow readership.
Manage the editorial production of the pamphlets, brochures and graphic material to target worldwide audiences including china.
Manage proposal process from RFP (request for proposal) receipt to writing and editing various contributions to final RFP submission.
Collaborate with overseas team and manage documents using SharePoint to conceptualize and generate new marketing content.
Produce a wide array of literature ranging from poetry to short stories.

Chief writer vs content writer skills

Common chief writer skills

Subject Matter Experts, 17%
Instructional Materials, 16%
Press Releases, 13%
Logistics, 13%
POI, 11%
Content Ideas, 11%

Common content writer skills

Digital Marketing, 10%
WordPress, 9%
Web Content, 6%
Blog Posts, 6%
Digital Content, 3%
Content Marketing, 3%

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