Home supervisor vs extension agent

The differences between home supervisors and extension agents can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, an extension agent has an average salary of $45,428, which is higher than the $40,262 average annual salary of a home supervisor.

The top three skills for a home supervisor include in-home, home health and social work. The most important skills for an extension agent are educational programs, consumer sciences, and natural resources.

Home supervisor vs extension agent overview

	Home Supervisor	Extension Agent
Yearly salary	$40,262	$45,428
Hourly rate	$19.36	$21.84
Growth rate	12%	-
Number of jobs	40,543	35,928
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 47%	Bachelor's Degree, 76%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	-	-

Home supervisor vs extension agent salary

Home supervisors and extension agents have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Home Supervisor	Extension Agent
Average salary	$40,262	$45,428
Salary range	Between $29,000 And $55,000	Between $24,000 And $83,000
Highest paying City	Chamblee, GA	Knoxville, TN
Highest paying state	Georgia	Pennsylvania
Best paying company	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	University of Hawaii Foundation
Best paying industry	Retail	-

Differences between home supervisor and extension agent education

There are a few differences between a home supervisor and an extension agent in terms of educational background:

	Home Supervisor	Extension Agent
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 47%	Bachelor's Degree, 76%
Most common major	Nursing	Biology
Most common college	University of Wisconsin - Madison	Cornell University

Home supervisor vs extension agent demographics

Here are the differences between home supervisors' and extension agents' demographics:

	Home Supervisor	Extension Agent
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 39.9% Female, 60.1%	Male, 42.6% Female, 57.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.8% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 17.2% Asian, 5.5% White, 62.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 12.9% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 15.3% Asian, 5.6% White, 61.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	16%	16%

Differences between home supervisor and extension agent duties and responsibilities

Home supervisor example responsibilities.

Manage Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurance authorizations.
Direct oversight and training of case management activities in coordination with regional partners and within HCEC.
Provide supervisory and disciplinary action and oversight.
Provide direct service to the developmentally disable residents, including intervention, behavioral management and implementation of individual rehabilitation plans.
Track and collect data pertaining to IHP goals and objectives, consumer daily logs, and behavioral data.
Assist residents with performing independent activities that are display on their IHP templates and monitor their progress weekly.

Extension agent example responsibilities.

Review soil tests results from MSU labs and make fertilizer recommendations for lawn care base on the test results.
Develop, implement and evaluate educational programs relating to commercial and consumer horticulture IPM including field demonstration trials.
Establish home horticulture IPM program.
Design and implement community trash disposal, recycling and composting project.

Home supervisor vs extension agent skills

Common home supervisor skills

In-Home, 13%
Home Health, 9%
Social Work, 7%
Patients, 7%
Care Services, 6%
Mental Health, 6%

Common extension agent skills

Educational Programs, 33%
Consumer Sciences, 10%
Natural Resources, 5%
Community Development, 5%
Food Safety, 4%
Youth Program, 4%

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