Medical resident vs fellow

The differences between medical residents and fellows can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-3 months to become a medical resident, becoming a fellow takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a fellow has an average salary of $66,364, which is higher than the $57,084 average annual salary of a medical resident.

The top three skills for a medical resident include patients, patient care and residency program. The most important skills for a fellow are patients, professional development, and veterans.

Medical resident vs fellow overview

	Medical Resident	Fellow
Yearly salary	$57,084	$66,364
Hourly rate	$27.44	$31.91
Growth rate	9%	17%
Number of jobs	51,847	7,459
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 35%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	42	41
Years of experience	3	4

Medical resident vs fellow salary

Medical residents and fellows have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Medical Resident	Fellow
Average salary	$57,084	$66,364
Salary range	Between $49,000 And $65,000	Between $46,000 And $93,000
Highest paying City	Boston, MA	Oak Ridge, TN
Highest paying state	Maine	Tennessee
Best paying company	Staten Island Academy	Peterson Institute for International Economics
Best paying industry	Health Care	Professional

Differences between medical resident and fellow education

There are a few differences between a medical resident and a fellow in terms of educational background:

	Medical Resident	Fellow
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 35%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Medicine	Political Science
Most common college	-	Duke University

Medical resident vs fellow demographics

Here are the differences between medical residents' and fellows' demographics:

	Medical Resident	Fellow
Average age	42	41
Gender ratio	Male, 47.2% Female, 52.8%	Male, 46.2% Female, 53.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 22.7% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 16.5% Asian, 8.5% White, 45.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	Black or African American, 6.4% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.6% Asian, 26.4% White, 53.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	7%	8%

Differences between medical resident and fellow duties and responsibilities

Medical resident example responsibilities.

Start, equip and manage the best ICU in Syria.
Accomplish physical examinations, diagnosis, and treat diabetic and pediatric patients.
Coordinate disposition of brachytherapy sources.
Work as a brachytherapy physicist and gain ample experience in handling radioactive sources
Demonstrate professional bedside manner, patient confidentiality, inform consent procedure and effective communication skills guide by hospital and HIPAA regulations.
Maintain and restock medication in Pyxis machine.

Fellow example responsibilities.

Design and lead labs align with the NYC curriculum, on topics including moon phases and dichotomous keys.
Maintain company website, as well as wrote, manage, and edit content on the SharePoint portal.
Manage live streaming for NARAL Facebook during NARAL's lobby day, as well as assisting in attendee organization.
Work through several medical software databases to generate SQL to pass on to Java developers for their programs.
Develop computer program to visualize EOS data in Java.
Include writing python scripts to parse poorly structure text into tabular data.

Medical resident vs fellow skills

Common medical resident skills

Patients, 26%
Patient Care, 11%
Residency Program, 10%
Rehabilitation, 5%
Oncology, 5%
Surgery, 4%

Common fellow skills

Patients, 11%
Professional Development, 7%
Veterans, 7%
Mathematics, 5%
Math, 5%
Public Health, 4%