Housing assistant vs housing specialist

The differences between housing assistants and housing specialists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-12 months to become both a housing assistant and a housing specialist. Additionally, a housing specialist has an average salary of $40,842, which is higher than the $38,837 average annual salary of a housing assistant.

The top three skills for a housing assistant include housing assistance, customer service and rental assistance. The most important skills for a housing specialist are landlords, social work, and mental health.

Housing assistant vs housing specialist overview

	Housing Assistant	Housing Specialist
Yearly salary	$38,837	$40,842
Hourly rate	$18.67	$19.64
Growth rate	12%	12%
Number of jobs	23,485	56,215
Job satisfaction	-	4
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 57%
Average age	43	43
Years of experience	12	12

Housing assistant vs housing specialist salary

Housing assistants and housing specialists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Housing Assistant	Housing Specialist
Average salary	$38,837	$40,842
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $62,000	Between $29,000 And $57,000
Highest paying City	San Jose, CA	Urban Honolulu, HI
Highest paying state	New Jersey	New Jersey
Best paying company	U.S. Bank	GeoLogics
Best paying industry	Education	Government

Differences between housing assistant and housing specialist education

There are a few differences between a housing assistant and a housing specialist in terms of educational background:

	Housing Assistant	Housing Specialist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 57%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Southern California	University of Southern California

Housing assistant vs housing specialist demographics

Here are the differences between housing assistants' and housing specialists' demographics:

	Housing Assistant	Housing Specialist
Average age	43	43
Gender ratio	Male, 35.1% Female, 64.9%	Male, 27.0% Female, 73.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.7% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 18.3% Asian, 7.2% White, 55.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.2%	Black or African American, 12.0% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 19.5% Asian, 7.0% White, 55.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.7%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between housing assistant and housing specialist duties and responsibilities

Housing assistant example responsibilities.

Manage vocational and rehabilitation services deliver to homeless unemploy, veterans, victims of domestic violence, transgender and ex-offender populations.
Perform a variety of general administrative tasks, perform correspondence and reports, maintain clients files according to HUD regulations.
Maintain client records as required by HUD policy and regulations and perform an interim annual review to determine continuing eligibility.
Used platforms like SharePoint and AccuTrack to facilitate appointment creation, appointment cancellations, and provide detail information about appointment availability.
Used platforms like SharePoint and AccuTrack to facilitate appointment creation, appointment cancellations, and provide detail information about appointment availability.

Housing specialist example responsibilities.

Manage all group information in PMS, MARSHA and Delphi information systems.
Work with management team to review current guidelines and prepare for REAC and MOR inspections with expectations of achieving maximum scores/ratings.
Assist clients with ADL's, housekeeping, and meal prep
Assist in ADL's, transporting, med passes, daily chores in house, outings.
Compose PowerPoint flyers to promote on campus events.
Maintain RDMS, Sybase utilizing UNIX and PL/SQL.

Housing assistant vs housing specialist skills

Common housing assistant skills

Housing Assistance, 12%
Customer Service, 9%
Rental Assistance, 8%
Front Desk, 6%
House Maintenance, 6%
Patient Care, 5%

Common housing specialist skills

Landlords, 10%
Social Work, 6%
Mental Health, 5%
Housing Assistance, 5%
Veterans, 5%
Community Resources, 5%