Research group director vs fellow

The differences between research group directors and fellows can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a research group director and a fellow. Additionally, a research group director has an average salary of $97,758, which is higher than the $66,364 average annual salary of a fellow.

The top three skills for a research group director include research projects, R and market research. The most important skills for a fellow are patients, professional development, and veterans.

Research group director vs fellow overview

	Research Group Director	Fellow
Yearly salary	$97,758	$66,364
Hourly rate	$47.00	$31.91
Growth rate	17%	17%
Number of jobs	60,130	7,459
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 74%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	4	4

Research group director vs fellow salary

Research group directors and fellows have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Research Group Director	Fellow
Average salary	$97,758	$66,364
Salary range	Between $59,000 And $160,000	Between $46,000 And $93,000
Highest paying City	-	Oak Ridge, TN
Highest paying state	-	Tennessee
Best paying company	-	Peterson Institute for International Economics
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between research group director and fellow education

There are a few differences between a research group director and a fellow in terms of educational background:

	Research Group Director	Fellow
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 74%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Chemistry	Political Science
Most common college	Duke University	Duke University

Research group director vs fellow demographics

Here are the differences between research group directors' and fellows' demographics:

	Research Group Director	Fellow
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 56.5% Female, 43.5%	Male, 46.2% Female, 53.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.4% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.7% Asian, 26.3% White, 53.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 6.4% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.6% Asian, 26.4% White, 53.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between research group director and fellow duties and responsibilities

Research group director example responsibilities.

Lead social path-to-purchase study, incorporating social media analytics into insight community to identify spectrum of social engagement among customers.
Develop a license plate recognition and tracking algorithm using MATLAB.
Design a moving JPEG hardware accelerator using MATLAB and Simulink.
Develop and modify Linux device drivers for use on main controller platform.
Present results, observations and future plans via PowerPoint to the research class
Research into novel method for production of gold nanoparticles with tailorable size and shape.

Fellow example responsibilities.

Design and lead labs align with the NYC curriculum, on topics including moon phases and dichotomous keys.
Maintain company website, as well as wrote, manage, and edit content on the SharePoint portal.
Manage live streaming for NARAL Facebook during NARAL's lobby day, as well as assisting in attendee organization.
Work through several medical software databases to generate SQL to pass on to Java developers for their programs.
Develop computer program to visualize EOS data in Java.
Include writing python scripts to parse poorly structure text into tabular data.

Research group director vs fellow skills

Common research group director skills

Research Projects, 48%
R, 18%
Market Research, 6%
Laboratory Procedures, 6%
Clinical Trials, 5%
MATLAB, 5%

Common fellow skills

Patients, 11%
Professional Development, 7%
Veterans, 7%
Mathematics, 5%
Math, 5%
Public Health, 4%

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