Junior volunteer vs attorney

The differences between junior volunteers and attorneys can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become a junior volunteer, becoming an attorney takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, an attorney has an average salary of $109,476, which is higher than the $35,362 average annual salary of a junior volunteer.

The top three skills for a junior volunteer include patients, emotional support and patient care. The most important skills for an attorney are litigation, legal research, and law firm.

Junior volunteer vs attorney overview

	Junior Volunteer	Attorney
Yearly salary	$35,362	$109,476
Hourly rate	$17.00	$52.63
Growth rate	5%	10%
Number of jobs	12,700	10,991
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Doctoral Degree, 48%
Average age	43	46
Years of experience	2	4

Junior volunteer vs attorney salary

Junior volunteers and attorneys have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Junior Volunteer	Attorney
Average salary	$35,362	$109,476
Salary range	Between $28,000 And $43,000	Between $69,000 And $172,000
Highest paying City	-	White Plains, NY
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Thompson Coburn
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between junior volunteer and attorney education

There are a few differences between a junior volunteer and an attorney in terms of educational background:

	Junior Volunteer	Attorney
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Doctoral Degree, 48%
Most common major	Business	Law
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	Stanford University

Junior volunteer vs attorney demographics

Here are the differences between junior volunteers' and attorneys' demographics:

	Junior Volunteer	Attorney
Average age	43	46
Gender ratio	Male, 33.6% Female, 66.4%	Male, 49.9% Female, 50.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.0% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% Asian, 11.2% White, 61.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 5.6% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 7.8% Asian, 6.4% White, 75.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	9%	10%

Differences between junior volunteer and attorney duties and responsibilities

Junior volunteer example responsibilities.

Create variety of programs and run fund raising projects to achieve annual objectives.
Communicate with local businesses in order to collect donations for golf tournaments, casino night, alumni basketball tournaments etc.
Wipe down wheelchairs, stretchers, and equipment in surgery areas.
Serve as liaison to current, prospective and alumni parents, teachers and community members.
Prepare animals for surgery; monitor vital signs, conduct various, and record findings in charts.
Create current CCF Facebook page and maintain daily with events, facts, pictures, events, musicians.

Attorney example responsibilities.

Manage the death administration department with approximately thirty-five plus estates through trust administration, Medicaid estate recovery or probate.
Respond to subpoenas and pleadings in litigation and in regulatory inquiries and investigations involving corporate clients.
Represent employers before federal administrative agencies, including inspections, administrative litigation, court-enforcement actions and appeals.
Litigate personal injury, and general liability matters, worker's compensation, estate planning and litigation, environmental liability litigation.
Create and give a presentation regarding non- attorney ethics to division staff.
Comply with all agency policies and procedures, including those pertaining to ethics and integrity

Junior volunteer vs attorney skills

Common junior volunteer skills

Patients, 59%
Emotional Support, 12%
Patient Care, 3%
Emergency Calls, 3%
Front Desk, 3%
Community Services, 2%

Common attorney skills

Litigation, 19%
Legal Research, 9%
Law Firm, 8%
Legal Issues, 6%
Legal Advice, 5%
Juris, 4%