Co-captain vs student athlete

The differences between co-captains and student athletes can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a co-captain has an average salary of $49,759, which is higher than the $45,705 average annual salary of a student athlete.

The top three skills for a co-captain include championship, scholarship and all-conference. The most important skills for a student athlete are NCAA, teamwork, and GPA.

Co-captain vs student athlete overview

	Co-Captain	Student Athlete
Yearly salary	$49,759	$45,705
Hourly rate	$23.92	$21.97
Growth rate	1%	20%
Number of jobs	5,172	9,762
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 81%	Bachelor's Degree, 84%
Average age	46	36
Years of experience	-	6

Co-captain vs student athlete salary

Co-captains and student athletes have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Co-Captain	Student Athlete
Average salary	$49,759	$45,705
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $113,000	Between $26,000 And $77,000
Highest paying City	-	New York, NY
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	UMass Lowell
Best paying industry	-	Education

Differences between co-captain and student athlete education

There are a few differences between a co-captain and a student athlete in terms of educational background:

	Co-Captain	Student Athlete
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 81%	Bachelor's Degree, 84%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	SUNY at Binghamton	Northwestern University

Co-captain vs student athlete demographics

Here are the differences between co-captains' and student athletes' demographics:

	Co-Captain	Student Athlete
Average age	46	36
Gender ratio	Male, 53.5% Female, 46.5%	Male, 58.1% Female, 41.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.3% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 15.6% Asian, 1.9% White, 67.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4%	Black or African American, 8.8% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 13.1% Asian, 5.4% White, 66.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	11%	8%

Differences between co-captain and student athlete duties and responsibilities

Co-captain example responsibilities.

Delegate critical assignments that lead to the construction of a sound PowerPoint presentation.
Manage and coordinate indoor and outdoor soccer, volleyball, basketball, and flag football.
Lead a platoon that earn numerous awards for jamming opposition force artillery nets and conducting counterattacks on opposition electronic warfare platoons.
Earn and maintain full athletic scholarship.
Lead team to conference championship and regional finals.
Train in CPR and man overboard rescue strategies.

Student athlete example responsibilities.

Manage class schedule of all assign athletes and ensure that the student-athlete is maintaining the proper GPA.
Achieve national swimming championship honors.
Achieve all-conference honors junior and senior years
Initiate and manage community service, sportsmanship, nutritional and official NCAA programming for student-athletes
Provide championship and campus information for ACC website.
Oversee study hall, Champs/life skills, SAAC, and academic recovery programs.

Co-captain vs student athlete skills

Common co-captain skills

Championship, 14%
Scholarship, 8%
All-Conference, 8%
Soccer, 8%
Freshman, 7%
NCAA, 7%

Common student athlete skills

NCAA, 21%
Teamwork, 8%
GPA, 7%
Championship, 5%
Soccer, 5%
Leadership, 4%