What Does a Program Instructor Do?

In this section, we take a look at the annual salaries of other professions. Take adjunct faculty for example. On average, the adjunct faculties annual salary is $40,689 higher than what program instructors make on average every year.

While their salaries may differ, one common ground between program instructors and adjunct faculties are a few of the skills required in each craft. In both careers, employees bring forth skills like math, mathematics, and social work.

These skill sets are where the common ground ends though. A program instructor responsibility is more likely to require skills like "patients," "k-12," "excellent interpersonal," and "cpr." Whereas a adjunct faculty requires skills like "student learning," "philosophy," "course syllabus," and "course objectives." Just by understanding these different skills you can see how different these careers are.

Adjunct faculties tend to make the most money in the government industry by averaging a salary of $115,189. In contrast, program instructors make the biggest average salary of $44,765 in the education industry.

The education levels that adjunct faculties earn is a bit different than that of program instructors. In particular, adjunct faculties are 19.1% more likely to graduate with a Master's Degree than a program instructor. Additionally, they're 7.3% more likely to earn a Doctoral Degree.

The next role we're going to look at is the lecturer profession. Typically, this position earns a higher pay. In fact, they earn a $19,608 higher salary than program instructors per year.

Not everything about these jobs is different. Take their skills, for example. Program instructors and lecturers both include similar skills like "mathematics," "course content," and "course curriculum" on their resumes.

In addition to the difference in salary, there are some other key differences that are worth noting. For example, program instructor responsibilities are more likely to require skills like "patients," "k-12," "math," and "excellent interpersonal." Meanwhile, a lecturer might be skilled in areas such as "semester," "philosophy," "course materials," and "literature." These differences highlight just how different the day-to-day in each role looks.

Lecturers may earn a higher salary than program instructors, but lecturers earn the most pay in the education industry with an average salary of $60,593. On the other side of things, program instructors receive higher paychecks in the education industry where they earn an average of $44,765.

On the topic of education, lecturers earn higher levels of education than program instructors. In general, they're 18.6% more likely to graduate with a Master's Degree and 7.3% more likely to earn a Doctoral Degree.

Let's now take a look at the instructor, adjunct faculty profession. On average, these workers make higher salaries than program instructors with a $9,845 difference per year.

While looking through the resumes of several program instructors and instructors, adjunct faculty we discovered that both professions have similar skills. These similarities include skills such as "mathematics," "course content," and "course curriculum," but they differ when it comes to other required skills.

There are many key differences between these two careers as shown by resumes from each profession. Some of those differences include the skills required to complete responsibilities within each role. As an example of this, a program instructor is likely to be skilled in "patients," "k-12," "math," and "excellent interpersonal," while a typical instructor, adjunct faculty is skilled in "student learning," "course syllabus," "learning outcomes," and "instructional strategies."

Interestingly enough, instructors, adjunct faculty earn the most pay in the education industry, where they command an average salary of $54,888. As mentioned previously, program instructors highest annual salary comes from the education industry with an average salary of $44,765.

When it comes to education, instructors, adjunct faculty tend to earn higher education levels than program instructors. In fact, they're 16.4% more likely to earn a Master's Degree, and 4.1% more likely to graduate with a Doctoral Degree.

The fourth career we look at typically earns higher pay than program instructors. On average, correspondence school instructors earn a difference of $221 higher per year.

According to resumes from both program instructors and correspondence school instructors, some of the skills necessary to complete the responsibilities of each role are similar. These skills include "math," "mathematics," and "cpr. "

While some skills are shared by these professions, there are some differences to note. "patients," "k-12," "excellent interpersonal," and "autism" are skills that have shown up on program instructors resumes. Additionally, correspondence school instructor uses skills like classroom management, kids, k-5, and child care on their resumes.

Correspondence school instructors earn a higher salary in the education industry with an average of $40,495. Whereas, program instructors earn the highest salary in the education industry.

Correspondence school instructors reach similar levels of education when compared to program instructors. The difference is that they're 2.1% more likely to earn a Master's Degree less, and 1.0% less likely to graduate with a Doctoral Degree.