Most day camp counselors list "cpr," "kids," and "cleanliness" as skills on their resumes. We go into more details on the most important day camp counselor responsibilities here:
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We've found that 65.6% of day camp counselors have earned a bachelor's degree. Furthermore, 8.3% earned their master's degrees before becoming a day camp counselor. While it's true that most day camp counselors have a college degree, it's generally possible to become one with only a high school degree. In fact, one out of every seven day camp counselors did not spend the extra money to attend college.
Those day camp counselors who do attend college, typically earn either psychology degrees or social work degrees. Less commonly earned degrees for day camp counselors include business degrees or sociology degrees.
Once you've obtained the level of education you're comfortable with, you might start applying to companies to become a day camp counselor. We've found that most day camp counselor resumes include experience from Ymca Of Metropolitan Atlanta, Ymca Of Greater Seattle, and The Salvation Army. Of recent, Ymca Of Metropolitan Atlanta had 49 positions open for day camp counselors. Meanwhile, there are 30 job openings at Ymca Of Greater Seattle and 23 at The Salvation Army.
But if you're interested in companies where you might earn a high salary, day camp counselors tend to earn the biggest salaries at City of Portland, City of McKinney, and City of Charleston. Take City of Portland for example. The median day camp counselor salary is $39,368. At City of McKinney, day camp counselors earn an average of $39,069, while the average at City of Charleston is $37,946. You should take into consideration how difficult it might be to secure a job with one of these companies.
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If you earned a degree from the top 100 educational institutions in the United States, you might want to take a look at Ymca, CampCo, and Jewish Community Center Inc. These three companies have hired a significant number of day camp counselors from these institutions.
The industries that day camp counselors fulfill the most roles in are the non profits and health care industries. But the highest day camp counselor annual salary is in the education industry, averaging $34,530. In the manufacturing industry they make $30,700 and average about $30,121 in the government industry. In conclusion, day camp counselors who work in the education industry earn a 18.9% higher salary than day camp counselors in the non profits industry.