Communications analyst vs design team member

The differences between communications analysts and design team members can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a communications analyst has an average salary of $74,108, which is higher than the $27,937 average annual salary of a design team member.

The top three skills for a communications analyst include project management, powerpoint and sharepoint. The most important skills for a design team member are strong work ethic, wordpress, and solidworks.

Communications analyst vs design team member overview

	Communications Analyst	Design Team Member
Yearly salary	$74,108	$27,937
Hourly rate	$35.63	$13.43
Growth rate	5%	21%
Number of jobs	24,472	183,698
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 78%
Average age	45	39
Years of experience	-	4

Communications analyst vs design team member salary

Communications analysts and design team members have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Communications Analyst	Design Team Member
Average salary	$74,108	$27,937
Salary range	Between $51,000 And $106,000	Between $21,000 And $35,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	-
Highest paying state	Idaho	-
Best paying company	Amazon	-
Best paying industry	Manufacturing	-

Differences between communications analyst and design team member education

There are a few differences between a communications analyst and a design team member in terms of educational background:

	Communications Analyst	Design Team Member
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 78%
Most common major	Business	Mechanical Engineering
Most common college	Stanford University	Georgia Institute of Technology

Communications analyst vs design team member demographics

Here are the differences between communications analysts' and design team members' demographics:

	Communications Analyst	Design Team Member
Average age	45	39
Gender ratio	Male, 46.1% Female, 53.9%	Male, 61.0% Female, 39.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.8% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 13.9% Asian, 10.4% White, 61.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 4.7% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 8.5% Asian, 29.7% White, 52.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	7%	8%

Differences between communications analyst and design team member duties and responsibilities

Communications analyst example responsibilities.

Manage PC inventory and staff training projects.
Manage, order, and inventory COMSEC material for secure telephony equipment.
Manage design, maintenance and support of cabling plant, hubs, routers and all other LAN/WAN network interface devices.
Manage, create and edit internal and external communication collateral, providing high-level management copywriting and document creation support.
Provide support to Linux and Unix servers.
Install hubs, routers, and systems hardware.

Design team member example responsibilities.

Lead HVAC engineering resource realignment from U.S. to Mexico.
Manage functional, integration, UAT and policy and claims conversion testing.
Design, develop solution and lead team members to successfully create and deploy SharePoint solutions.
Lead the successful upgrade of the ISO quality system to include the design engineering function.
Deliver high-level n-tier architecture design, managing project expectations and timetables throughout all phases of development process.
Used SolidWorkds CFD and FEA software to predict thermal and structural performancecharacteristics of embed cooling channels.

Communications analyst vs design team member skills

Common communications analyst skills

Project Management, 10%
PowerPoint, 9%
SharePoint, 6%
Web Content, 5%
Data Analysis, 4%
DOD, 4%

Common design team member skills

Strong Work Ethic, 85%
WordPress, 4%
Solidworks, 2%
CAD, 1%
R, 1%
Autocad, 1%

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