Grief counselor vs caller

The differences between grief counselors and callers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a caller has an average salary of $47,798, which is higher than the $39,859 average annual salary of a grief counselor.

The top three skills for a grief counselor include patients, MSW and community outreach. The most important skills for a caller are outbound calls, customer service, and cold calls.

Grief counselor vs caller overview

	Grief Counselor	Caller
Yearly salary	$39,859	$47,798
Hourly rate	$19.16	$22.98
Growth rate	-	11%
Number of jobs	27,537	852
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 54%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Average age	44	39
Years of experience	-	12

Grief counselor vs caller salary

Grief counselors and callers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Grief Counselor	Caller
Average salary	$39,859	$47,798
Salary range	Between $32,000 And $49,000	Between $19,000 And $114,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between grief counselor and caller education

There are a few differences between a grief counselor and a caller in terms of educational background:

	Grief Counselor	Caller
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 54%	Bachelor's Degree, 60%
Most common major	Psychology	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	-

Grief counselor vs caller demographics

Here are the differences between grief counselors' and callers' demographics:

	Grief Counselor	Caller
Average age	44	39
Gender ratio	Male, 24.4% Female, 75.6%	Male, 35.9% Female, 64.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 15.6% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 11.1% Asian, 3.5% White, 63.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%	Black or African American, 13.3% Unknown, 5.8% Hispanic or Latino, 19.4% Asian, 6.2% White, 54.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	9%	8%

Differences between grief counselor and caller duties and responsibilities

Grief counselor example responsibilities.

Provide individual grief counseling to hospice and non-hospice community patients in bereavement.
Provide anticipatory grief and bereavement counseling support to family members of hospice patients.
Work towards empowering juveniles and their families to support a positive lifestyle by providing strength base intensive intervention and rehabilitation services.
Organize and lead regular youth and college bible studies, teaching about prayer and promoting spirituality.

Caller example responsibilities.

Maintain hours of on duty engineers and conductors and their hours of rest on excel spreadsheet per FRA requirements.
Act as SME (subject matter expert).
Maintain train schedules for engineer and conductors.
Prepare FRA paper for crews going on duty.
Collect on-boarding and HIPAA policy paperwork for all employees.
Attend ongoing classes to keep certification current for the EMT field.

Grief counselor vs caller skills

Common grief counselor skills

Patients, 19%
MSW, 18%
Community Outreach, 11%
Emotional Support, 10%
Educational Workshops, 10%
Ministry, 7%

Common caller skills

Outbound Calls, 27%
Customer Service, 23%
Cold Calls, 9%
Fundraise, 7%
Financial Support, 5%
Computer System, 4%