Para professional vs professional model

The differences between para professionals and professional models can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a professional model has an average salary of $236,556, which is higher than the $28,118 average annual salary of a para professional.

The top three skills for a para professional include para-professional, mathematics and IEP. The most important skills for a professional model are photo shoots, television commercials, and music videos.

Para professional vs professional model overview

	Para Professional	Professional Model
Yearly salary	$28,118	$236,556
Hourly rate	$13.52	$113.73
Growth rate	4%	9%
Number of jobs	90,689	44,443
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 49%
Average age	44	45
Years of experience	-	-

Para professional vs professional model salary

Para professionals and professional models have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Para Professional	Professional Model
Average salary	$28,118	$236,556
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $38,000	Between $89,000 And $624,000
Highest paying City	Glen Cove, NY	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	Rhode Island	North Dakota
Best paying company	Schneider Electric Industrial Services	Click Model Management - New York
Best paying industry	Education	-

Differences between para professional and professional model education

There are a few differences between a para professional and a professional model in terms of educational background:

	Para Professional	Professional Model
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 49%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	-

Para professional vs professional model demographics

Here are the differences between para professionals' and professional models' demographics:

	Para Professional	Professional Model
Average age	44	45
Gender ratio	Male, 24.7% Female, 75.3%	Male, 29.5% Female, 70.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.5% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 16.8% Asian, 8.7% White, 58.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4%	Black or African American, 16.0% Unknown, 7.6% Hispanic or Latino, 14.9% Asian, 7.1% White, 54.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	6%	7%

Differences between para professional and professional model duties and responsibilities

Para professional example responsibilities.

Train and manage kindergarten classroom and achieve significant improvements in their productivity.
Perform responsible human support and paraprofessional work assisting classroom teacher or other professionals, achieve institution objectives.
Develop individual educational plans (IEPs) design to promote students' educational, physical, or social development.
Obtain CPI certification through the school district.
Follow ABA procedure by redirecting students when behavior occurs.
Implement learning and ABA programs as written and instruct by the BCBA.

Professional model example responsibilities.

Manage pre-event preparations; POS merchandising and engages potential customers at events.
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Gain invaluable experience working with world renown photographers on editorials, catalogs and campaigns.
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Para professional vs professional model skills

Common para professional skills

Para-Professional, 19%
Mathematics, 10%
IEP, 7%
Kindergarten, 6%
CPR, 5%
Crisis Intervention, 4%

Common professional model skills

Photo Shoots, 45%
Television Commercials, 26%
Music Videos, 16%
Trade Shows, 8%
Coats, 6%

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