City collector vs debt collector

The differences between city collectors and debt collectors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-12 months to become both a city collector and a debt collector. Additionally, a debt collector has an average salary of $33,865, which is higher than the $33,093 average annual salary of a city collector.

The top three skills for a city collector include COC, outbound calls and payroll. The most important skills for a debt collector are customer service, outbound calls, and payment arrangements.

City collector vs debt collector overview

	City Collector	Debt Collector
Yearly salary	$33,093	$33,865
Hourly rate	$15.91	$16.28
Growth rate	-8%	-8%
Number of jobs	8,748	23,385
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 47%	High School Diploma, 34%
Average age	46	46
Years of experience	12	12

City collector vs debt collector salary

City collectors and debt collectors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	City Collector	Debt Collector
Average salary	$33,093	$33,865
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $44,000	Between $26,000 And $43,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Mayor Ethan Berkowitz
Best paying industry	-	Construction

Differences between city collector and debt collector education

There are a few differences between a city collector and a debt collector in terms of educational background:

	City Collector	Debt Collector
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 47%	High School Diploma, 34%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

City collector vs debt collector demographics

Here are the differences between city collectors' and debt collectors' demographics:

	City Collector	Debt Collector
Average age	46	46
Gender ratio	Male, 39.3% Female, 60.7%	Male, 30.7% Female, 69.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.6% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 15.8% Asian, 3.8% White, 62.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 12.2% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 20.0% Asian, 3.4% White, 59.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between city collector and debt collector duties and responsibilities

City collector example responsibilities.

Prevent impeding loss and increasing profitability through negotiation and enforcement of schedule collection campaigns, consistently achieving high success standards.
Work with CACS every day.
Direct the management of the conversion of financial software for payroll and accounts receivable.
Reference COC vehicle information system for vehicle information on unpaid tickets.
Prevent impeding loss and increasing profitability through negotiation and enforcement of schedule collection campaigns, consistently achieving high success standards.
Utilize various skip-tracing services such as Accurint and TheWorkNumber in order to locate consumers and verify employment for account recovery purposes.

Debt collector example responsibilities.

Prevent impeding loss and increasing profitability through negotiation and enforcement of schedule collection campaigns, consistently achieving high success standards.
Work with FHA, obama programs at the time.
Educate customers on ways to get medical assistance such as Medicaid, Medicare etc.
Prevent foreclosure by putting people on repayment plans, submitting requests for modifications, or deed in lieu.
File Medicaid, Medicare and commercial claims consisting of PPO discounts, nurse practitioner discounts, humanitarian discounts, etc.
Maintain security and confidentiality of company and client information, following FDCPA regulations.

City collector vs debt collector skills

Common city collector skills

COC, 76%
Outbound Calls, 15%
Payroll, 9%

Common debt collector skills

Customer Service, 9%
Outbound Calls, 9%
Payment Arrangements, 8%
Delinquent Accounts, 8%
Credit Card Payments, 6%
FDCPA, 5%