Expert witness vs consultant

The differences between expert witnesses and consultants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both an expert witness and a consultant. Additionally, a consultant has an average salary of $78,912, which is higher than the $65,959 average annual salary of an expert witness.

The top three skills for an expert witness include arbitration, litigation and trial preparation. The most important skills for a consultant are customer service, strong analytical, and project management.

Expert witness vs consultant overview

	Expert Witness	Consultant
Yearly salary	$65,959	$78,912
Hourly rate	$31.71	$37.94
Growth rate	11%	11%
Number of jobs	12,534	171,733
Job satisfaction	-	4
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	4	4

Expert witness vs consultant salary

Expert witnesses and consultants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Expert Witness	Consultant
Average salary	$65,959	$78,912
Salary range	Between $45,000 And $95,000	Between $58,000 And $107,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	New Jersey
Best paying company	-	L.E.K. Consulting
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between expert witness and consultant education

There are a few differences between an expert witness and a consultant in terms of educational background:

	Expert Witness	Consultant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Nursing	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Northwestern University

Expert witness vs consultant demographics

Here are the differences between expert witnesses' and consultants' demographics:

	Expert Witness	Consultant
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 58.2% Female, 41.8%	Male, 58.4% Female, 41.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.4% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 9.1% Asian, 9.8% White, 68.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 7.8% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 8.7% Asian, 13.8% White, 65.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	12%	12%

Differences between expert witness and consultant duties and responsibilities

Expert witness example responsibilities.

Deliver PowerPoint presentations to various legal groups with regard to managing discovery.
Provide expert witness services (plaintiff and defendant) to attorneys and their clients nationwide, relevant to employment practice claims.
Defend opinion atArbitration resulting in successful outcome for the plaintiff.
Assist with preparation of arbitration and trial examination and cross examination.
Assist companies and their attorneys in litigation procedures and abatement verification.
Organize litigation support records, prepare contracts, and verify banking information.

Consultant example responsibilities.

Lead IIS tuning to get the maximum through put.
Manage daily data operations and customer support for SaaS web application products in Linux.
Manage several contractors in the development and coding of DB2 interface programs, as well as modification of the package software.
Manage operational incidents and changes to consistently meet SLA compliance
Introduce Jenkins to help automate manual deployments to multiple environments.
Design and code windows service to automate NRA applications email distribution.

Expert witness vs consultant skills

Common expert witness skills

Arbitration, 21%
Litigation, 13%
Trial Preparation, 7%
Child Abuse, 6%
Private Practice, 6%
Mental Health, 6%

Common consultant skills

Customer Service, 10%
Strong Analytical, 7%
Project Management, 6%
C++, 5%
C #, 5%
Java, 5%