Public works director vs co-founder

The differences between public works directors and co-founders can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes More than 10 years to become both a public works director and a co-founder. Additionally, a co-founder has an average salary of $105,022, which is higher than the $88,965 average annual salary of a public works director.

The top three skills for a public works director include public works, infrastructure and building maintenance. The most important skills for a co-founder are financial statements, business strategy, and business plan.

Public works director vs co-founder overview

	Public Works Director	Co-Founder
Yearly salary	$88,965	$105,022
Hourly rate	$42.77	$50.49
Growth rate	6%	6%
Number of jobs	14,361	4,214
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 73%
Average age	52	52
Years of experience	-	-

What does a public works director do?

Public Works Directors can expect an average salary of $70K per year in a career that will demand strong communication skills, planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills. Also, strong leadership will be a must for implementing and recommending alternative courses of action for administrative problems. This career choice requires a bachelor's degree in public administration, business administration, liberal arts, or law and presents responsibilities such as daily maintenance of a city's infrastructure services, such as sewer, sanitation, or street maintenance, as well as sanitary sewer operations.

What does a co-founder do?

A Co-Founder is an essential member of a company as they complement the skills, vision, and mission of the Founder. Most of the time, the tasks of a Co-Founder revolve around the financial planning and developing strategies that would be beneficial for the company's financial gain and workforce. Furthermore, a Co-Founder must coordinate with the Founder and other staff and departments to remain aware of the progress or issues, should there be any, to provide timely resolutions.

Public works director vs co-founder salary

Public works directors and co-founders have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Public Works Director	Co-Founder
Average salary	$88,965	$105,022
Salary range	Between $58,000 And $134,000	Between $61,000 And $179,000
Highest paying City	San Rafael, CA	-
Highest paying state	California	-
Best paying company	Icma-rc	-
Best paying industry	Government	-

Differences between public works director and co-founder education

There are a few differences between a public works director and a co-founder in terms of educational background:

	Public Works Director	Co-Founder
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 56%	Bachelor's Degree, 73%
Most common major	Civil Engineering	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Public works director vs co-founder demographics

Here are the differences between public works directors' and co-founders' demographics:

	Public Works Director	Co-Founder
Average age	52	52
Gender ratio	Male, 91.4% Female, 8.6%	Male, 66.0% Female, 34.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.7% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 7.6% Asian, 7.5% White, 76.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 3.7% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 7.6% Asian, 7.5% White, 76.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	12%	12%

Differences between public works director and co-founder duties and responsibilities

Public works director example responsibilities.

Manage key controls, CCTV, safety devices, and training activities.
Conceptualise, initiate & independently manage innovative after-school & lunch programs, and innovative successful school fundraiser.
Manage, delegate and perform facility repairs, apartment renovations, preventive maintenance and inventory control utilizing CMMS program for maintenance.
Provide management oversight of safety and training programs, ensure quality management certification and OSHA standards are maintain.
Complete all EPA require monthly testing.
Help with on air promotions and giveaways.

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Co-founder example responsibilities.

Manage cross functional teams through all phases of B2C campaign development.
Manage social media connect to the site (20k+ twitter impressions).
Manage and schedule production for assembly, machining, molding and QC departments.
Design and manage user web experience and social media marketing campaign, leveraging 'celebrity' Instagram dogs
Manage drivers and customers as well as all operational functions; including sales billing, accounts receivables and payroll.
Manage all features of business including client service, sales, QuickBooks accounting, purchasing, shipping and customer retention.

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Public works director vs co-founder skills

Common public works director skills

Public Works, 12%
Infrastructure, 10%
Building Maintenance, 8%
Oversight, 6%
Project Management, 6%
Storm Water, 4%

Common co-founder skills

Financial Statements, 8%
Business Strategy, 7%
Business Plan, 6%
Non-Profit Organization, 5%
R, 5%
Facebook, 4%

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