Research group director vs research fellow

The differences between research group directors and research 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 research fellow. Additionally, a research group director has an average salary of $97,758, which is higher than the $53,823 average annual salary of a research fellow.

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

Research group director vs research fellow overview

	Research Group Director	Research Fellow
Yearly salary	$97,758	$53,823
Hourly rate	$47.00	$25.88
Growth rate	17%	17%
Number of jobs	60,130	59,746
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 74%	Bachelor's Degree, 47%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	4	4

Research group director vs research fellow salary

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

	Research Group Director	Research Fellow
Average salary	$97,758	$53,823
Salary range	Between $59,000 And $160,000	Between $39,000 And $72,000
Highest paying City	-	South San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	McKinsey & Company Inc
Best paying industry	-	Non Profits

Differences between research group director and research fellow education

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

	Research Group Director	Research Fellow
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 74%	Bachelor's Degree, 47%
Most common major	Chemistry	Chemistry
Most common college	Duke University	Duke University

Research group director vs research fellow demographics

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

	Research Group Director	Research Fellow
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 56.5% Female, 43.5%	Male, 55.3% Female, 44.7%
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, 27.1% White, 52.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between research group director and research 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.

Research fellow example responsibilities.

Collaborate with software engineers to automate identification of 15N- and 13C- labele LC-MS features.
Process and manage GIS databases to contribute towards research in human transportation behavior.
Manage investigator initiate and cooperative group correlative studies to identify biomarkers to ascertain tumor burden and clinical outcomes in lymphoma.
Analyze quantitative and qualitative data through statistical software SAS and SPSS.
Conduct sampling, PCR, data analysis and oral presentations of the work
Implement python and C++ codes for numerical computation of transport properties in models and materials.

Research group director vs research fellow skills

Common research group director skills

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

Common research fellow skills

Patients, 10%
Research Projects, 6%
Data Analysis, 5%
Cell Culture, 5%
Immunology, 4%
CRISPR, 4%

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