Health director vs service director

The differences between health directors and service directors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a health director and a service director. Additionally, a service director has an average salary of $114,981, which is higher than the $89,244 average annual salary of a health director.

The top three skills for a health director include patients, home health and oversight. The most important skills for a service director are patients, healthcare, and patient care.

Health director vs service director overview

	Health Director	Service Director
Yearly salary	$89,244	$114,981
Hourly rate	$42.91	$55.28
Growth rate	28%	28%
Number of jobs	81,038	64,277
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 59%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	6	6

What does a health director do?

A Health Director is responsible for developing health programs for disease prevention and the promotion of good health practices. They must keep health records and ensure excellent health facility maintenance.

What does a service director do?

A service director is responsible for managing and implementing customer service policies and ensuring that all staff strictly adhere to reach the highest customer satisfaction. Service directors' duties include identifying business opportunities to improve customers' experience, monitoring the performance of the customer service team, developing strategic procedures on service delivery, creating new promotional offers and services, and coaching the team to increase business productivity. A service director must have excellent leadership and communication skills, as well as extensive knowledge of the customer service industry to lead the team and boost company sales.

Health director vs service director salary

Health directors and service directors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Health Director	Service Director
Average salary	$89,244	$114,981
Salary range	Between $56,000 And $142,000	Between $70,000 And $188,000
Highest paying City	Greenwich, CT	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	Connecticut	California
Best paying company	Amgen	Mayo Clinic
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between health director and service director education

There are a few differences between a health director and a service director in terms of educational background:

	Health Director	Service Director
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 59%
Most common major	Nursing	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Health director vs service director demographics

Here are the differences between health directors' and service directors' demographics:

	Health Director	Service Director
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 35.3% Female, 64.7%	Male, 57.2% Female, 42.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.5% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 14.5% Asian, 7.1% White, 61.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 11.2% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 14.4% Asian, 7.6% White, 61.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	12%	12%

Differences between health director and service director duties and responsibilities

Health director example responsibilities.

Manage accreditation process with AAHC, JCAHO, Medicare, HIPAA, AOA, ACGME, RRC, and individual payers.
Manage the agency's daily operations to ensure CMS compliance.
Manage EHS activities for manufacturing plants, global sourcing centers, and customer sites.
Initiate sentinel system allowing company to proactively manage reimbursement reductions impose by state Medicaid programs.
Manage multiple patients, assessing ability to continue living independently or moving to higher acuity care.
Conduct staff training regarding first aid, CPR, a.

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Service director example responsibilities.

Lead and manage implementation and customization of SharePoint to replace legacy document approval system and document filing system.
Lead the training program for child psychiatry residents.
Manage social medias (Weibo, Facebook and etc . )
Assist in managing client accounts by managing HVAC alignments and ensuring contractual requirements are meet.
Manage a staff of 280 FTE s and a management team of 6 in a union environment.
Manage all daily operations, both clinical and support, during and after Medicare trials to ensure long-term business viability.

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Health director vs service director skills

Common health director skills

Patients, 13%
Home Health, 9%
Oversight, 8%
Patient Care, 6%
Social Work, 5%
CPR, 4%

Common service director skills

Patients, 12%
Healthcare, 10%
Patient Care, 10%
Customer Service, 9%
Oversight, 5%
Surgery, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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