Lobbyist vs consultant

The differences between lobbyists and consultants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a lobbyist and a consultant. Additionally, a consultant has an average salary of $78,912, which is higher than the $45,609 average annual salary of a lobbyist.

The top three skills for a lobbyist include public policy, government relations and state government. The most important skills for a consultant are customer service, strong analytical, and project management.

Lobbyist vs consultant overview

	Lobbyist	Consultant
Yearly salary	$45,609	$78,912
Hourly rate	$21.93	$37.94
Growth rate	8%	11%
Number of jobs	128	171,733
Job satisfaction	-	4
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	42	44
Years of experience	4	4

Lobbyist vs consultant salary

Lobbyists and consultants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Lobbyist	Consultant
Average salary	$45,609	$78,912
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $77,000	Between $58,000 And $107,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	New Jersey
Best paying company	-	L.E.K. Consulting
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between lobbyist and consultant education

There are a few differences between a lobbyist and a consultant in terms of educational background:

	Lobbyist	Consultant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Political Science	Business
Most common college	Stanford University	Northwestern University

Lobbyist vs consultant demographics

Here are the differences between lobbyists' and consultants' demographics:

	Lobbyist	Consultant
Average age	42	44
Gender ratio	Male, 51.6% Female, 48.4%	Male, 58.4% Female, 41.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.2% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.0% Asian, 5.3% White, 66.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 7.8% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 8.7% Asian, 13.8% White, 65.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	12%	12%

Differences between lobbyist and consultant duties and responsibilities

Lobbyist example responsibilities.

Secure support for the Centene brand as a Medicaid manage care organization amongst healthcare providers and members of the advocacy community.
Preserve dietitian services as a require``condition of participation"for Medicare hospitals.
Advocate on Medicare reimbursement, research funding, dietary supplements and professional education issues.
Conduct analysis of international climate change implications and participate in the selection of tools for government agencies to monitor climate change.
Verify and update exiting editorial content and write new editorial for revise statutes.

Consultant example responsibilities.

Lead IIS tuning to get the maximum through put.
Manage daily data operations and customer support for SaaS web application products in Linux.
Manage several contractors in the development and coding of DB2 interface programs, as well as modification of the package software.
Manage operational incidents and changes to consistently meet SLA compliance
Introduce Jenkins to help automate manual deployments to multiple environments.
Design and code windows service to automate NRA applications email distribution.

Lobbyist vs consultant skills

Common lobbyist skills

Public Policy, 26%
Government Relations, 19%
State Government, 10%
Grassroots, 5%
State Legislators, 3%
Legislative Process, 3%

Common consultant skills

Customer Service, 10%
Strong Analytical, 7%
Project Management, 6%
C++, 5%
C #, 5%
Java, 5%

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