Profiler vs research specialist

The differences between profilers and research specialists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a profiler and a research specialist. Additionally, a profiler has an average salary of $68,344, which is higher than the $52,662 average annual salary of a research specialist.

The top three skills for a profiler include profiling, cycle counts and T-SQL. The most important skills for a research specialist are data collection, patients, and research projects.

Profiler vs research specialist overview

	Profiler	Research Specialist
Yearly salary	$68,344	$52,662
Hourly rate	$32.86	$25.32
Growth rate	19%	19%
Number of jobs	752	79,341
Job satisfaction	-	4
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 43%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Average age	37	37
Years of experience	6	6

Profiler vs research specialist salary

Profilers and research specialists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Profiler	Research Specialist
Average salary	$68,344	$52,662
Salary range	Between $50,000 And $93,000	Between $35,000 And $77,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	Novartis
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between profiler and research specialist education

There are a few differences between a profiler and a research specialist in terms of educational background:

	Profiler	Research Specialist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 43%	Bachelor's Degree, 61%
Most common major	Computer Science	Biology
Most common college	Northwestern University	University of Georgia

Profiler vs research specialist demographics

Here are the differences between profilers' and research specialists' demographics:

	Profiler	Research Specialist
Average age	37	37
Gender ratio	Male, 42.8% Female, 57.2%	Male, 38.0% Female, 62.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 5.1% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 12.2% Asian, 11.6% White, 65.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 4.7% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 11.2% Asian, 14.1% White, 65.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	10%	10%

Differences between profiler and research specialist duties and responsibilities

Profiler example responsibilities.

Manage GIS data development projects to strict specifications, budgets, and schedule deadlines using ArcInfo on Unix SunOS platform.
Involve in DBA responsibilities such as managing users and permissions, creating audit triggers, and overlook the daily back up.
Handle production issues and outline backup of ETL environment.
Optimize the performance of queries with modifications in T-SQL queries.
Create SSIS packages to migrate data from different data sources to data warehouse.
Develop ColdFusionMX pages calling XML files for data structure and modifying XML files.

Research specialist example responsibilities.

Manage both GLP and non-GLP studies that are contracted to CROs.
Create weekly presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint and manage monthly board meetings.
Manage social media publications to spread awareness and notifications on Facebook.
Assist in surgical procedures on both rabbits and rats to obtain tissue specimens for RNA isolation for subsequent RT-PCR
Perform and supervise applied bench scale and pilot scale process research on extraction, distillation, and reaction processes.
Perform the timely and accurate execution of CESG protocols, procedures and results within the cloning and crystallography teams.

Profiler vs research specialist skills

Common profiler skills

Profiling, 28%
Cycle Counts, 20%
T-SQL, 12%
Ssis, 7%
C #, 5%
TFS, 5%

Common research specialist skills

Data Collection, 7%
Patients, 7%
Research Projects, 7%
Data Analysis, 5%
Molecular Biology, 5%
Cell Culture, 4%