Fish culture supervisor vs research biologist

The differences between fish culture supervisors and research biologists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-8 years to become both a fish culture supervisor and a research biologist. Additionally, a research biologist has an average salary of $69,719, which is higher than the $52,309 average annual salary of a fish culture supervisor.

The top three skills for a fish culture supervisor include payroll, customer service and performance evaluations. The most important skills for a research biologist are laboratory equipment, research projects, and molecular biology.

Fish culture supervisor vs research biologist overview

	Fish Culture Supervisor	Research Biologist
Yearly salary	$52,309	$69,719
Hourly rate	$25.15	$33.52
Growth rate	-3%	17%
Number of jobs	1,067	52,799
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 57%	Bachelor's Degree, 72%
Average age	40	40
Years of experience	8	8

Fish culture supervisor vs research biologist salary

Fish culture supervisors and research biologists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Fish Culture Supervisor	Research Biologist
Average salary	$52,309	$69,719
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $100,000	Between $50,000 And $96,000
Highest paying City	-	Juneau, AK
Highest paying state	-	Alaska
Best paying company	-	Eli Lilly and Company
Best paying industry	-	Manufacturing

Differences between fish culture supervisor and research biologist education

There are a few differences between a fish culture supervisor and a research biologist in terms of educational background:

	Fish Culture Supervisor	Research Biologist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 57%	Bachelor's Degree, 72%
Most common major	Business	Biology
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Fish culture supervisor vs research biologist demographics

Here are the differences between fish culture supervisors' and research biologists' demographics:

	Fish Culture Supervisor	Research Biologist
Average age	40	40
Gender ratio	Male, 70.5% Female, 29.5%	Male, 44.9% Female, 55.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.1% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 8.7% Asian, 10.3% White, 71.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 2.9% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 8.3% Asian, 15.7% White, 67.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	10%	10%

Differences between fish culture supervisor and research biologist duties and responsibilities

Fish culture supervisor example responsibilities.

Manage inventory and assure stock rotation of products in accordance to FDA guidelines.
Involve in all aspects of training, hiring, termination, scheduling, payroll, and other administrative tasks.
Culture rainbow, rainbow x cutthroat, and Kamloops rainbow trout.
Develop employee Facebook group to share the employment brand and keep employees engage with the company.
Maintain and repair hatchery buildings and residences, fish pumps, lawn mowers, power tools, roads, and trails.
Maintain and implement Bio-security and disinfection stations and procedures.

Research biologist example responsibilities.

Manage the development of innovative visualization and concept mapping of contest environment analysis challenges and analyst skill sets.
Support book of business activities by performing request ELISA assays for ongoing GLP and Non-GLP safety studies.
Screen antibodies and optimize conditions for an indirect ELISA used to characterize a vaccine product.
Characterize recombinant human CPP32 to understand processing and activation by western blot analysis and activity assays.
Participate in a summer research intensive that provide hands-on training in interdisciplinary biomedical laboratory techniques with an emphasis in advance instrumentation.
Research muscle wasting in the elderly and the HIV population utilizing various forms of mass spectroscopy to perform biochemical analyses.

Fish culture supervisor vs research biologist skills

Common fish culture supervisor skills

Payroll, 62%
Customer Service, 25%
Performance Evaluations, 8%
Sales Floor, 4%

Common research biologist skills

Laboratory Equipment, 13%
Research Projects, 9%
Molecular Biology, 5%
Cell Lines, 5%
R, 5%
Research Findings, 4%

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