Legislative analyst vs staff analyst

The differences between legislative analysts and staff analysts can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a legislative analyst and a staff analyst. Additionally, a staff analyst has an average salary of $99,158, which is higher than the $69,579 average annual salary of a legislative analyst.

The top three skills for a legislative analyst include policy issues, legislative process and DOD. The most important skills for a staff analyst are project management, process improvement, and technical support.

Legislative analyst vs staff analyst overview

	Legislative Analyst	Staff Analyst
Yearly salary	$69,579	$99,158
Hourly rate	$33.45	$47.67
Growth rate	11%	11%
Number of jobs	38,794	174,178
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	4	4

What does a legislative analyst do?

A legislative Analyst is a person who reviews and analyzes the possible effects of specific laws on the constituents and other people concerned. Thus, the person responsible must have excellent writing and research skills since they often use them in their day-to-day activity. Their work is to determine the law's negative and positive effects according to statements and policies used as strategy or evidence. Often, they work under pressure since sessions and legislation last for long hours.

What does a staff analyst do?

Staff Analysts are employees who oversee the activities related to the employees. They monitor the performance of the employees and assess whether particular employees suit the role they have. They also assess the current roles in the company to see if those roles are really needed. Staff Analysts ensure that the manpower allocation in the company is efficient. They analyze staff-related data to check whether there are more areas for improvement. Staff Analysts may also be assigned to come up with projects related to improving productivity.

Legislative analyst vs staff analyst salary

Legislative analysts and staff analysts have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Legislative Analyst	Staff Analyst
Average salary	$69,579	$99,158
Salary range	Between $50,000 And $95,000	Between $71,000 And $136,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	New Jersey
Best paying company	-	Bayer
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between legislative analyst and staff analyst education

There are a few differences between a legislative analyst and a staff analyst in terms of educational background:

	Legislative Analyst	Staff Analyst
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 68%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Most common major	Political Science	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	Northwestern University

Legislative analyst vs staff analyst demographics

Here are the differences between legislative analysts' and staff analysts' demographics:

	Legislative Analyst	Staff Analyst
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 54.7% Female, 45.3%	Male, 47.6% Female, 52.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.6% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 9.2% Asian, 9.8% White, 67.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 8.0% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 8.9% Asian, 12.1% White, 66.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	12%	12%

Differences between legislative analyst and staff analyst duties and responsibilities

Legislative analyst example responsibilities.

Manage all issues relate to high quality survey administration including training and approval/certification, performance oversight and data collection.
Maintain oversight and auditing of all certify organizations and individuals statewide, ensuring regulatory compliance and issue sanctions for violations.
Guide surface transportation and water resources infrastructure projects and identify and facilitate appropriations requests.
Publish organizational blogposts and other editorial content and manage relations with coalition partners.

Staff analyst example responsibilities.

Develop infrastructure to enable clients to better understand and manage risks associate with their decision environment to capture opportunities.
Communicate with design engineers to obtain weekly status of engineering documents and update spreadsheet and charts in SharePoint.
Project manager for derivative processing on the accounting platform including creating a steam line process and validating tickets for accuracy.
Provide statistically orient in-depth market analyses using SAS for specific construction products including concrete, oil, steel and machinery equipment.
Deliver an innovative data visualization capability.
Monitor and analyze critical path of material flows and trends, coordinate material synchronization within the MRP system to maximize profitability.

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Legislative analyst vs staff analyst skills

Common legislative analyst skills

Policy Issues, 11%
Legislative Process, 7%
DOD, 7%
Congressional Hearings, 6%
Legislative Issues, 4%
Public Policy, 3%

Common staff analyst skills

Project Management, 9%
Process Improvement, 7%
Technical Support, 6%
Windows, 6%
SQL, 6%
Logistics, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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