Early childhood services coordinator vs principal investigator

The differences between early childhood services coordinators and principal investigators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both an early childhood services coordinator and a principal investigator. Additionally, a principal investigator has an average salary of $84,635, which is higher than the $48,738 average annual salary of an early childhood services coordinator.

The top three skills for an early childhood services coordinator include early intervention, child care and IFSP. The most important skills for a principal investigator are patients, data collection, and project management.

Early childhood services coordinator vs principal investigator overview

	Early Childhood Services Coordinator	Principal Investigator
Yearly salary	$48,738	$84,635
Hourly rate	$23.43	$40.69
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	73,449	44,475
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 65%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	4	4

Early childhood services coordinator vs principal investigator salary

Early childhood services coordinators and principal investigators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Early Childhood Services Coordinator	Principal Investigator
Average salary	$48,738	$84,635
Salary range	Between $33,000 And $71,000	Between $59,000 And $120,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Incyte
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between early childhood services coordinator and principal investigator education

There are a few differences between an early childhood services coordinator and a principal investigator in terms of educational background:

	Early Childhood Services Coordinator	Principal Investigator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 65%	Bachelor's Degree, 53%
Most common major	Elementary Education	Psychology
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Early childhood services coordinator vs principal investigator demographics

Here are the differences between early childhood services coordinators' and principal investigators' demographics:

	Early Childhood Services Coordinator	Principal Investigator
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 6.9% Female, 93.1%	Male, 52.2% Female, 47.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.8% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 14.6% Asian, 4.4% White, 66.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 10.3% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 14.0% Asian, 4.3% White, 66.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	16%	16%

Differences between early childhood services coordinator and principal investigator duties and responsibilities

Early childhood services coordinator example responsibilities.

Manage and coordinate the workload of the release team members and are responsible for organizing and hosting all production release windows.
Work with a team to write an IEP to guide the plan for each child.
Organize volunteer schedule for nursery and preschool age children.
Maintain schedule of client contacts as specified in the IFSP and meet establish goals/quotas for service delivery
Recruit and lead teams to assist in scheduling volunteers, preparing curriculum, and serving in nursery and preschool programming.
Coordinate patient evaluations and reviews in regards to Medicaid regulations.

Principal investigator example responsibilities.

Serve chemistry project leads for two early-stage drug discovery projects.
Design, build and manage CADD, NMR and MRI facilities.
Attain IRB approval, recruit participants, analyze the data and present results
Manage outsource projects, and interact with vendors for API sourcing, and device components base on project needs.
Conduct research using industry standards: GCP, GLP, SORP and compliance with IRB.
Receive IRB approval and clearance for research

Early childhood services coordinator vs principal investigator skills

Common early childhood services coordinator skills

Early Intervention, 12%
Child Care, 10%
IFSP, 8%
Child Development, 7%
Service Coordination, 7%
Intervention Services, 6%

Common principal investigator skills

Patients, 10%
Data Collection, 9%
Project Management, 8%
Technical Reports, 6%
FDA, 4%
Data Analysis, 4%

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