Instructional supervisor vs senior instructional designer

The differences between instructional supervisors and senior instructional designers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both an instructional supervisor and a senior instructional designer. Additionally, an instructional supervisor has an average salary of $82,970, which is higher than the $68,140 average annual salary of a senior instructional designer.

The top three skills for an instructional supervisor include instructional materials, safety procedures and course curriculum. The most important skills for a senior instructional designer are instructional design, subject matter experts, and project management.

Instructional supervisor vs senior instructional designer overview

	Instructional Supervisor	Senior Instructional Designer
Yearly salary	$82,970	$68,140
Hourly rate	$39.89	$32.76
Growth rate	2%	7%
Number of jobs	6,264	47,093
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Average age	46	44
Years of experience	4	4

Instructional supervisor vs senior instructional designer salary

Instructional supervisors and senior instructional designers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Instructional Supervisor	Senior Instructional Designer
Average salary	$82,970	$68,140
Salary range	Between $64,000 And $106,000	Between $49,000 And $93,000
Highest paying City	New York, NY	Newtown, CT
Highest paying state	New York	Connecticut
Best paying company	Goldfish Swim School	Algolia
Best paying industry	Government	Technology

Differences between instructional supervisor and senior instructional designer education

There are a few differences between an instructional supervisor and a senior instructional designer in terms of educational background:

	Instructional Supervisor	Senior Instructional Designer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 45%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Harvard University

Instructional supervisor vs senior instructional designer demographics

Here are the differences between instructional supervisors' and senior instructional designers' demographics:

	Instructional Supervisor	Senior Instructional Designer
Average age	46	44
Gender ratio	Male, 68.8% Female, 31.2%	Male, 45.7% Female, 54.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.0% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 9.9% Asian, 11.4% White, 66.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 10.6% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 16.8% Asian, 5.5% White, 62.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	16%	16%

Differences between instructional supervisor and senior instructional designer duties and responsibilities

Instructional supervisor example responsibilities.

Lead the project that design, test, and deploy the Microsoft SharePoint sites for the PMO.
Manage SharePoint migration for the education team by collaborating with ministries and establishing best practice guidelines for content posting.
Receive CPR and first aid training.
Provide loss prevention training, CPR and first aid.
Collaborate with FAA safety engineers, inspectors, and policy experts.
Design and present PowerPoint presentations to thousands of people on various levels.

Senior instructional designer example responsibilities.

Manage intranet sites, using Dreamweaver, for accessing e-Learning courses.
Coach internal trainers on effective instructional design and PowerPoint presentation design.
Have extensive experience communicating with SMEs to accurately capture and incorporate their expertise in course design.
Edit and design images and graphics in Photoshop.
Create web base training using Lectora and Camtasia authoring software.
Design, develop, and create lessons for a web base instructional program for the FAA.

Instructional supervisor vs senior instructional designer skills

Common instructional supervisor skills

Instructional Materials, 18%
Safety Procedures, 13%
Course Curriculum, 13%
K-12, 5%
Student Learning, 5%
Syllabus, 3%

Common senior instructional designer skills

Instructional Design, 9%
Subject Matter Experts, 7%
Project Management, 6%
Blended Learning, 5%
PowerPoint, 4%
ELearning, 4%

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