Junior clinical research associate vs senior research associate

The differences between junior clinical research associates and senior research associates can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a junior clinical research associate and a senior research associate. Additionally, a senior research associate has an average salary of $72,618, which is higher than the $59,820 average annual salary of a junior clinical research associate.

The top three skills for a junior clinical research associate include CRA, sops and clinical trials. The most important skills for a senior research associate are patients, data analysis, and CRISPR.

Junior clinical research associate vs senior research associate overview

	Junior Clinical Research Associate	Senior Research Associate
Yearly salary	$59,820	$72,618
Hourly rate	$28.76	$34.91
Growth rate	6%	6%
Number of jobs	104,385	58,903
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 69%	Bachelor's Degree, 59%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	2	2

Junior clinical research associate vs senior research associate salary

Junior clinical research associates and senior research associates have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Junior Clinical Research Associate	Senior Research Associate
Average salary	$59,820	$72,618
Salary range	Between $41,000 And $86,000	Between $51,000 And $102,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	The Citadel
Best paying industry	-	Government

Differences between junior clinical research associate and senior research associate education

There are a few differences between a junior clinical research associate and a senior research associate in terms of educational background:

	Junior Clinical Research Associate	Senior Research Associate
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 69%	Bachelor's Degree, 59%
Most common major	Genetics	Biology
Most common college	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	Stanford University

Junior clinical research associate vs senior research associate demographics

Here are the differences between junior clinical research associates' and senior research associates' demographics:

	Junior Clinical Research Associate	Senior Research Associate
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 14.3% Female, 85.7%	Male, 53.6% Female, 46.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 2.3% Unknown, 7.1% Hispanic or Latino, 11.3% Asian, 9.0% White, 69.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 2.5% Unknown, 7.4% Hispanic or Latino, 13.9% Asian, 13.4% White, 62.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between junior clinical research associate and senior research associate duties and responsibilities

Junior clinical research associate example responsibilities.

Coordinate and manage multiple clinical studies for safety assessment of products with CRO.
Supervise and manage planning, implementation, conduct and reporting of assign early phase international clinical studies in oncology.
Preform protocol require basic medical evaluations such as blood pressure and ECG's as well as dispensing study medication.
Conduct initiations, interim site visitations and audits of CRO for GCP compliance.
Review & provide quality management of electronic clinical study data and generate queries on multiple EDC systems.
Recruit investigators perform pre-study visits, negotiate budgets, initiate and monitor studies and verify data for accuracy and completeness.

Senior research associate example responsibilities.

Manage the development of innovative visualization and concept mapping of contest environment analysis challenges and analyst skill sets.
Develop, implement and optimize HPLC and ELISA assays in support of cell line and process development.
Provide purification service with rp-LCMS, np- HPLC, and MPLC, as well QC data including UPLC-MS and NMR.
Engineer and design a unique CRISPR cloning system for the group.
Apply the CRISPR technology to conduct gene editing in human IPSCs.
Develop an identity ELISA assay to detect the presence of competing and irrelevant drug products in manufacturing process.

Junior clinical research associate vs senior research associate skills

Common junior clinical research associate skills

CRA, 44%
Sops, 18%
Clinical Trials, 16%
Investigational Product, 10%
CRF, 7%
Consent Forms, 2%

Common senior research associate skills

Patients, 9%
Data Analysis, 6%
CRISPR, 6%
Molecular Biology, 5%
Cell Culture, 5%
Flow Cytometry, 4%

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