Children's director vs youth choir director

The differences between children's directors and youth choir directors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a children's director and a youth choir director. Additionally, a youth choir director has an average salary of $51,415, which is higher than the $48,361 average annual salary of a children's director.

The top three skills for a children's director include child care, community outreach and nursery. The most important skills for a youth choir director are music education, instrumental music, and ministry.

Children's director vs youth choir director overview

	Children's Director	Youth Choir Director
Yearly salary	$48,361	$51,415
Hourly rate	$23.25	$24.72
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	13,190	7,150
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	Bachelor's Degree, 70%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Children's director vs youth choir director salary

Children's directors and youth choir directors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Children's Director	Youth Choir Director
Average salary	$48,361	$51,415
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $85,000	Between $29,000 And $90,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
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Differences between children's director and youth choir director education

There are a few differences between a children's director and a youth choir director in terms of educational background:

	Children's Director	Youth Choir Director
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	Bachelor's Degree, 70%
Most common major	Psychology	Music
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Children's director vs youth choir director demographics

Here are the differences between children's directors' and youth choir directors' demographics:

	Children's Director	Youth Choir Director
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 19.9% Female, 80.1%	Male, 38.3% Female, 61.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.0% Unknown, 3.6% Hispanic or Latino, 10.2% Asian, 2.7% White, 76.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 7.3% Unknown, 3.6% Hispanic or Latino, 10.5% Asian, 2.8% White, 75.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	17%	17%

Differences between children's director and youth choir director duties and responsibilities

Children's director example responsibilities.

Achieve the largest VBS attendance ever.
Direct and manage every aspect of an extremely successful preschool, including enrollment, tuition, payroll, and all budgets.
Plan and implement youth ministry events complimentary to religious education sessions.
Coordinate and oversee adult volunteers for religious education and youth ministry events.
Direct VBS for 100 plus kids
Prepare and run technical support for weekly program.

Youth choir director example responsibilities.

Coordinate and lead a vibrant music ministry of both professional/volunteer musicians and singers.
Coordinate the interdisciplinary care deliver to residents as well as direct responsibility and oversight of all day-to-day operations of the program.
Collaborate with parish leadership to better serve families of diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Children's director vs youth choir director skills

Common children's director skills

Child Care, 20%
Community Outreach, 12%
Nursery, 10%
Program Development, 8%
Medicaid, 7%
VBS, 5%

Common youth choir director skills

Music Education, 28%
Instrumental Music, 27%
Ministry, 27%
Church Services, 18%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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