Clinical pathologist vs clinical researcher

The differences between clinical pathologists and clinical researchers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become a clinical pathologist, becoming a clinical researcher takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, a clinical researcher has an average salary of $55,453, which is higher than the $54,292 average annual salary of a clinical pathologist.

The top three skills for a clinical pathologist include clinical chemistry, pathology reports and patient care. The most important skills for a clinical researcher are patients, informed consent, and IRB.

Clinical pathologist vs clinical researcher overview

	Clinical Pathologist	Clinical Researcher
Yearly salary	$54,292	$55,453
Hourly rate	$26.10	$26.66
Growth rate	7%	6%
Number of jobs	73,019	60,864
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Average age	48	44
Years of experience	6	2

Clinical pathologist vs clinical researcher salary

Clinical pathologists and clinical researchers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Clinical Pathologist	Clinical Researcher
Average salary	$54,292	$55,453
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $119,000	Between $38,000 And $79,000
Highest paying City	New York, NY	Santa Rosa, CA
Highest paying state	Rhode Island	California
Best paying company	Saint Luke's Health System	Edwards Lifesciences
Best paying industry	-	Pharmaceutical

Differences between clinical pathologist and clinical researcher education

There are a few differences between a clinical pathologist and a clinical researcher in terms of educational background:

	Clinical Pathologist	Clinical Researcher
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 58%
Most common major	Physiology And Anatomy	Biology
Most common college	Stanford University	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Clinical pathologist vs clinical researcher demographics

Here are the differences between clinical pathologists' and clinical researchers' demographics:

	Clinical Pathologist	Clinical Researcher
Average age	48	44
Gender ratio	Male, 40.0% Female, 60.0%	Male, 38.3% Female, 61.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 5.0% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 9.5% Asian, 18.6% White, 62.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 2.5% Unknown, 7.4% Hispanic or Latino, 14.0% Asian, 13.5% White, 62.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	13%	9%

Differences between clinical pathologist and clinical researcher duties and responsibilities

Clinical pathologist example responsibilities.

Supervise and manage pathology, microbiology and biochemistry laboratory.
Interpret laboratory finding and diagnosis to patients.
Assist histology and necropsy laboratories attending client's needs by investigating and establishing new techniques and improving current ones.
Observe therapy services provide by speech language therapist, occupational and physical therapist.

Clinical researcher example responsibilities.

Manage site master file contents and work with sites to ensure communication requirements between site and IRB are adhere to.
Establish and maintain strong community partnerships to achieve HIV prevention objectives.
Maintain study database to in compliance with FDA regulations.
Perform NIH studies, coordinate interviews of clinical research trial participant's.
Support IRB applications and analyze collected data.
Interact with and assess patients to determine effectiveness of medicine.

Clinical pathologist vs clinical researcher skills

Common clinical pathologist skills

Clinical Chemistry, 21%
Pathology Reports, 21%
Patient Care, 17%
Diagnosis, 16%
Test Results, 6%
Laboratory Equipment, 6%

Common clinical researcher skills

Patients, 16%
Informed Consent, 12%
IRB, 10%
Clinical Trials, 8%
Data Collection, 8%
FDA, 6%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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