Press assistant vs press secretary

The differences between press assistants and press secretaries can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a press assistant and a press secretary. Additionally, a press secretary has an average salary of $66,560, which is higher than the $33,732 average annual salary of a press assistant.

The top three skills for a press assistant include hand tools, preventative maintenance and safety policies. The most important skills for a press secretary are press releases, press conferences, and policy issues.

Press assistant vs press secretary overview

	Press Assistant	Press Secretary
Yearly salary	$33,732	$66,560
Hourly rate	$16.22	$32.00
Growth rate	-5%	8%
Number of jobs	5,056	18,827
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 85%
Average age	48	42
Years of experience	4	4

Press assistant vs press secretary salary

Press assistants and press secretaries have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Press Assistant	Press Secretary
Average salary	$33,732	$66,560
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $42,000	Between $45,000 And $96,000
Highest paying City	Leominster, MA	-
Highest paying state	Washington	-
Best paying company	CPI Card Group	-
Best paying industry	Transportation	-

Differences between press assistant and press secretary education

There are a few differences between a press assistant and a press secretary in terms of educational background:

	Press Assistant	Press Secretary
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 38%	Bachelor's Degree, 85%
Most common major	Political Science	Political Science
Most common college	-	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Press assistant vs press secretary demographics

Here are the differences between press assistants' and press secretaries' demographics:

	Press Assistant	Press Secretary
Average age	48	42
Gender ratio	Male, 77.0% Female, 23.0%	Male, 50.1% Female, 49.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.4% Unknown, 3.5% Hispanic or Latino, 15.6% Asian, 7.2% White, 62.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%	Black or African American, 10.3% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 12.1% Asian, 5.3% White, 66.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	5%	12%

Differences between press assistant and press secretary duties and responsibilities

Press assistant example responsibilities.

Manage shop, warehouse & inventories, supervise employees, schedule production, maintain and run equipment when need.
Perform varied tasks in an ISO atmosphere.
Work with both uv and water base inks.
Employ root cause analysis to troubleshoot equipment and process issues.
Assist press operator in all operations of multiple wide-web flexo presses.
Learned basic table stripping skills, lm duping, proo ng and platemaking.

Press secretary example responsibilities.

Plan and manage social media efforts which generate> 22k incremental Instagram followers in four months.
Serve as a spokesperson on business and economic development matters.
Facilitate the placement of articles, columns, and editorials in support of key issues.
Serve as primary agency spokesperson conducting on-camera and radio interviews.
Foster an energetic public discussion through Facebook and videos, exciting visual displays, carefully target humor and thought-provoking questions.
Brief senior cabinet officers daily on local news and editorial coverage.

Press assistant vs press secretary skills

Common press assistant skills

Hand Tools, 12%
Preventative Maintenance, 12%
Safety Policies, 9%
Press Operators, 8%
Math, 5%
Basic Math, 5%

Common press secretary skills

Press Releases, 33%
Press Conferences, 10%
Policy Issues, 5%
Press Events, 3%
Strategic Communications, 3%
Opinion Pieces, 3%