Founding member vs project director

The differences between founding members and project directors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a project director has an average salary of $107,396, which is higher than the $48,036 average annual salary of a founding member.

The top three skills for a founding member include financial management, strategic plan and community outreach. The most important skills for a project director are project management, oversight, and customer satisfaction.

Founding member vs project director overview

	Founding Member	Project Director
Yearly salary	$48,036	$107,396
Hourly rate	$23.09	$51.63
Growth rate	12%	-
Number of jobs	4,939	116,968
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 75%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Average age	45	47
Years of experience	6	-

Founding member vs project director salary

Founding members and project directors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Founding Member	Project Director
Average salary	$48,036	$107,396
Salary range	Between $18,000 And $124,000	Between $70,000 And $162,000
Highest paying City	-	Las Vegas, NV
Highest paying state	-	Nevada
Best paying company	-	Fried Frank
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between founding member and project director education

There are a few differences between a founding member and a project director in terms of educational background:

	Founding Member	Project Director
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 75%	Bachelor's Degree, 66%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Founding member vs project director demographics

Here are the differences between founding members' and project directors' demographics:

	Founding Member	Project Director
Average age	45	47
Gender ratio	Male, 54.9% Female, 45.1%	Male, 56.2% Female, 43.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.0% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 14.7% Asian, 5.2% White, 62.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%	Black or African American, 7.5% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 8.8% White, 65.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	14%	10%

Differences between founding member and project director duties and responsibilities

Founding member example responsibilities.

Start and lead company focuse on providing SaaS solution for campaign and database management to nonprofits.
Gain social media marketing experience through managing Instagram and Facebook accounts, the sole outlet of retail sales.
Facilitate monthly meetings with guest speakers to maintain current involvement in the community and healthcare relate information.
Create and oversee media outlets (MySpace, Facebook, etc .).
Develop a target Facebook ad campaign and provide content for the club's website.
Develop successful marketing strategies, including web design and SEO, leading to intake of many new clients.

Project director example responsibilities.

Provide direction and guidance to Americas regional executives with all aspects of managing their regions in order to achieve business goals.
Manage commercial real estate, adaptive reuse development project.
Create, maintain, and manage software development project schedules according to PMI standards.
Manage customer service center issues spanning Americas, European, and Asian delivery centers.
Refine and develop strong/functional on-site OCI management teams to ensure project EPC objectives are achieve.
Manage offshore / onshore test teams through entire SDLC for major, minor and hotfix releases.

Founding member vs project director skills

Common founding member skills

Financial Management, 9%
Strategic Plan, 7%
Community Outreach, 7%
Fraternity, 6%
Start-Up, 5%
Community Services, 4%

Common project director skills

Project Management, 20%
Oversight, 19%
Customer Satisfaction, 8%
HR, 5%
Adaptive, 5%
ERP, 4%