Clinician vs provider

The differences between clinicians and providers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a provider has an average salary of $61,912, which is higher than the $60,150 average annual salary of a clinician.

The top three skills for a clinician include social work, patients and patient care. The most important skills for a provider are patients, healthcare, and patient care.

Clinician vs provider overview

	Clinician	Provider
Yearly salary	$60,150	$61,912
Hourly rate	$28.92	$29.77
Growth rate	9%	36%
Number of jobs	105,023	112,186
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Bachelor's Degree, 30%
Average age	45	48
Years of experience	4	-

What does a clinician do?

A clinician specializes in providing diagnosis, treatment, and direct care to patients with different illnesses. A clinician's duties mainly revolve around conducting extensive research and analysis, providing medical care through various therapies, and improving one's overall health condition. Furthermore, a clinician must obtain and analyze a patient's complete medical history, provide diagnostic tests, always monitor the effects of treatment on a patient, provide prognosis and consider the overall impact on a patient's health and well-being.

What does a provider do?

Health care providers are health professionals and health organizations offering health care treatment and diagnosis services. These professionals play significant roles with patients through consultation, treatment, and advice. The health care they provide is of different variations. They even perform other procedures depending on the needs of the patients. Their responsibilities include comprehensive care and specialist work. Also, they help in duties, medication, and housekeeping. They transport clients to and from errands, activities, and appointments.

Clinician vs provider salary

Clinicians and providers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Clinician	Provider
Average salary	$60,150	$61,912
Salary range	Between $34,000 And $103,000	Between $36,000 And $104,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	Las Vegas, NV
Highest paying state	Nevada	Nevada
Best paying company	Pace University	UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between clinician and provider education

There are a few differences between a clinician and a provider in terms of educational background:

	Clinician	Provider
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 49%	Bachelor's Degree, 30%
Most common major	Psychology	Business
Most common college	California State University - Long Beach	-

Clinician vs provider demographics

Here are the differences between clinicians' and providers' demographics:

	Clinician	Provider
Average age	45	48
Gender ratio	Male, 24.3% Female, 75.7%	Male, 21.9% Female, 78.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 6.2% Hispanic or Latino, 7.9% Asian, 3.1% White, 74.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 9.5% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 26.9% Asian, 7.9% White, 50.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%
LGBT Percentage	15%	7%

Differences between clinician and provider duties and responsibilities

Clinician example responsibilities.

Perform thorough substance abuse assessments incorporating instruments such as ASAM, SASSI and urine drug screens; provide individual therapy.
Spearhead the development of rehabilitation programs serving adults with chemical dependency and mental health diagnoses with the manager.
Follow all ethical CARF standards when treating the residential client.
Facilitate stabilization, assessment, care and compassion for those in critical need.
Provide CBT and motivational interviewing for individual and group therapy to clients' who are on methadone.
Used motivational interviewing to lead recovery and therapy groups for IOP and PHP programs in the evenings and on weekends.

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Provider example responsibilities.

Work on achieving goals with child base on yearly ISP reports.
Manage provider network to include verifying claims and benefits for healthcare providers/members and insurance companies.
Monitor vital signs and medication of patients under the direction of register nurses and physiotherapists.
Treat each resident with tender care and compassion.
Suction tracheotomy, change out tracheotomy, and provide tracheotomy CPR as needed.
Maintain appropriate certifications and licenses such as CPR, first aid, and food handlers permit.

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Clinician vs provider skills

Common clinician skills

Social Work, 26%
Patients, 14%
Patient Care, 4%
Individual Therapy, 4%
Mental Health, 4%
Mental Illness, 3%

Common provider skills

Patients, 27%
Healthcare, 18%
Patient Care, 14%
Mental Health, 5%
Customer Service, 5%
CPR, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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