Neuroscientist vs fellow

The differences between neuroscientists and fellows can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a neuroscientist and a fellow. Additionally, a neuroscientist has an average salary of $76,267, which is higher than the $66,364 average annual salary of a fellow.

The top three skills for a neuroscientist include literature reviews, animal models and experimental design. The most important skills for a fellow are patients, professional development, and veterans.

Neuroscientist vs fellow overview

	Neuroscientist	Fellow
Yearly salary	$76,267	$66,364
Hourly rate	$36.67	$31.91
Growth rate	17%	17%
Number of jobs	23,046	7,459
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 58%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	4	4

Neuroscientist vs fellow salary

Neuroscientists and fellows have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Neuroscientist	Fellow
Average salary	$76,267	$66,364
Salary range	Between $43,000 And $133,000	Between $46,000 And $93,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	Oak Ridge, TN
Highest paying state	California	Tennessee
Best paying company	Meta	Peterson Institute for International Economics
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between neuroscientist and fellow education

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

	Neuroscientist	Fellow
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 58%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Biology	Political Science
Most common college	University of Southern California	Duke University

Neuroscientist vs fellow demographics

Here are the differences between neuroscientists' and fellows' demographics:

	Neuroscientist	Fellow
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 47.4% Female, 52.6%	Male, 46.2% Female, 53.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.6% Unknown, 3.5% Hispanic or Latino, 7.4% Asian, 27.9% White, 56.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	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	8%	8%

Differences between neuroscientist and fellow duties and responsibilities

Neuroscientist example responsibilities.

Manage sample inventory via in-house laboratory information management system (LIMS) and implement additional systems for sample and chemical organization.
Supervise activities of analytical cellular and molecular immunology laboratories.
Supervise activities of analytical cellular and molecular immunology laboratories.

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.

Neuroscientist vs fellow skills

Common neuroscientist skills

Literature Reviews, 43%
Animal Models, 28%
Experimental Design, 16%
R, 8%
Scientific Data, 4%

Common fellow skills

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

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