Personal attendant vs assistant manager

The differences between personal attendants and assistant managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, an assistant manager has an average salary of $39,127, which is higher than the $27,243 average annual salary of a personal attendant.

The top three skills for a personal attendant include direct care, CPR and developmental disabilities. The most important skills for an assistant manager are paperwork, cleanliness, and customer service.

Personal attendant vs assistant manager overview

	Personal Attendant	Assistant Manager
Yearly salary	$27,243	$39,127
Hourly rate	$13.10	$18.81
Growth rate	36%	6%
Number of jobs	169,833	566,132
Job satisfaction	-	4.5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 34%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Average age	48	44
Years of experience	-	6

Personal attendant vs assistant manager salary

Personal attendants and assistant managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Personal Attendant	Assistant Manager
Average salary	$27,243	$39,127
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $34,000	Between $23,000 And $64,000
Highest paying City	Seattle, WA	New York, NY
Highest paying state	Alaska	New Jersey
Best paying company	Providence Health & Services	Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Best paying industry	Hospitality	Finance

Differences between personal attendant and assistant manager education

There are a few differences between a personal attendant and an assistant manager in terms of educational background:

	Personal Attendant	Assistant Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 34%	Bachelor's Degree, 42%
Most common major	Psychology	Business
Most common college	-	University of Georgia

Personal attendant vs assistant manager demographics

Here are the differences between personal attendants' and assistant managers' demographics:

	Personal Attendant	Assistant Manager
Average age	48	44
Gender ratio	Male, 25.2% Female, 74.8%	Male, 42.0% Female, 58.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.2% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 25.7% Asian, 8.5% White, 50.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%	Black or African American, 6.3% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 15.5% Asian, 6.4% White, 67.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	7%	10%

Differences between personal attendant and assistant manager duties and responsibilities

Personal attendant example responsibilities.

Assist in ADL, grooming and cleaning work area.
help the elderly with ADL help prepare meals drive them to doctors appointments and to do grocery shopping also do light housekeeping
Develop and coordinate daily activities for individual with Alzheimer's disease.
Promote continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for which care is provided.
Provide colostomy care and administer medication for pain management in accordance with current physician recommendations.

Assistant manager example responsibilities.

Manage and approve all advertising and promotional activity (weekly flyers).
Manage a team in order to reach daily, monthly, and yearly monetary, KPI, and loyalty goals.
Assist with customer service, organize employee payroll and scheduling, and manage day-to-day company responsibilities.
Maintain customer base by providing excellent customer service, maintaining facilities cleanliness, preparing daily reports and managing other cashiers.
Provide exceptional customer service by serving food and bartending during the restaurant s busiest hours of operation
Assist customers and operate POS register, unload stock delivery truck, stock merchandise and build displays, make bank deposits.

Personal attendant vs assistant manager skills

Common personal attendant skills

Direct Care, 15%
CPR, 10%
Developmental Disabilities, 10%
Adaptive, 9%
Autism, 7%
Companionship, 7%

Common assistant manager skills

Paperwork, 10%
Cleanliness, 9%
Customer Service, 7%
Math, 7%
Basic Math, 6%
Payroll, 4%