Congressional aide vs student employee

The differences between congressional aides and student employees can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a congressional aide and a student employee. Additionally, a congressional aide has an average salary of $36,393, which is higher than the $24,086 average annual salary of a student employee.

The top three skills for a congressional aide include veterans, press releases and federal government agencies. The most important skills for a student employee are customer service, food safety, and financial aid.

Congressional aide vs student employee overview

	Congressional Aide	Student Employee
Yearly salary	$36,393	$24,086
Hourly rate	$17.50	$11.58
Growth rate	-5%	-5%
Number of jobs	40,186	12,497
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 73%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	2	2

Congressional aide vs student employee salary

Congressional aides and student employees have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Congressional Aide	Student Employee
Average salary	$36,393	$24,086
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $61,000	Between $17,000 And $32,000
Highest paying City	-	Denver, CO
Highest paying state	-	Colorado
Best paying company	-	University of California, Berkeley
Best paying industry	-	Education

Differences between congressional aide and student employee education

There are a few differences between a congressional aide and a student employee in terms of educational background:

	Congressional Aide	Student Employee
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 73%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Most common major	Political Science	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Northwestern University

Congressional aide vs student employee demographics

Here are the differences between congressional aides' and student employees' demographics:

	Congressional Aide	Student Employee
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 53.4% Female, 46.6%	Male, 46.1% Female, 53.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.5% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 22.7% Asian, 8.4% White, 52.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 9.6% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 16.3% Asian, 10.3% White, 58.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between congressional aide and student employee duties and responsibilities

Congressional aide example responsibilities.

Manage the editorial content, design and distribution of the representative's newsletter.
Organize large-scale community events, including senior health fairs, high school art competitions and veterans' resource fairs.
Provide constituent services, specializing in immigration and service to veterans, environmental issues, speech writing, maintain constituent records
Research developing legislation on agriculture and education policy, and participate in strategy discussions regarding caucus message and legislative action.
Verify and update exiting editorial content and write new editorial for revise statutes.

Student employee example responsibilities.

Manage club documents and advertise several events through Facebook.
Install structures and fixtures, such as windows, frames, floorings, and trim.
Instruct in helping students who struggle with mathematics.
Enhance, retouch, and resize photographs using Photoshop.
Create posters promote special guest speakers visiting CNM using Photoshop.
Coordinate college recruitment activities at career fairs, high school scholarship awards and specific industry requests.

Congressional aide vs student employee skills

Common congressional aide skills

Veterans, 20%
Press Releases, 12%
Federal Government Agencies, 9%
Social Security Administration, 9%
Medicare, 8%
Citizenship, 7%

Common student employee skills

Customer Service, 22%
Food Safety, 9%
Financial Aid, 7%
Front Desk, 7%
Food Preparation, 5%
Public Facilities, 4%