Resident doctor vs consultant

The differences between resident doctors and consultants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a resident doctor has an average salary of $161,459, which is higher than the $78,912 average annual salary of a consultant.

The top three skills for a resident doctor include patients, emergency room and internal medicine. The most important skills for a consultant are customer service, strong analytical, and project management.

Resident doctor vs consultant overview

	Resident Doctor	Consultant
Yearly salary	$161,459	$78,912
Hourly rate	$77.62	$37.94
Growth rate	7%	11%
Number of jobs	6,571	171,733
Job satisfaction	-	4
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 54%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	48	44
Years of experience	-	4

Resident doctor vs consultant salary

Resident doctors and consultants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Resident Doctor	Consultant
Average salary	$161,459	$78,912
Salary range	Between $80,000 And $321,000	Between $58,000 And $107,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	New Jersey
Best paying company	-	L.E.K. Consulting
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between resident doctor and consultant education

There are a few differences between a resident doctor and a consultant in terms of educational background:

	Resident Doctor	Consultant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 54%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Medicine	Business
Most common college	Duke University	Northwestern University

Resident doctor vs consultant demographics

Here are the differences between resident doctors' and consultants' demographics:

	Resident Doctor	Consultant
Average age	48	44
Gender ratio	Male, 57.6% Female, 42.4%	Male, 58.4% Female, 41.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.2% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 7.5% Asian, 30.2% White, 53.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 7.8% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 8.7% Asian, 13.8% White, 65.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	13%	12%

Differences between resident doctor and consultant duties and responsibilities

Resident doctor example responsibilities.

Assist in major elective and emergency surgeries such as appendectomies, exploratory laparotomy, thyroid surgery, hysterectomy and cesarean operations.
Treat internal disorder, such as hypertension, health diseases, diabetes and others medical conditions.
Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality by adhering to HIPPA regulations.

Consultant example responsibilities.

Lead IIS tuning to get the maximum through put.
Manage daily data operations and customer support for SaaS web application products in Linux.
Manage several contractors in the development and coding of DB2 interface programs, as well as modification of the package software.
Manage operational incidents and changes to consistently meet SLA compliance
Introduce Jenkins to help automate manual deployments to multiple environments.
Design and code windows service to automate NRA applications email distribution.

Resident doctor vs consultant skills

Common resident doctor skills

Patients, 36%
Emergency Room, 8%
Internal Medicine, 8%
General Surgery, 5%
Outpatient Clinic, 5%
Patient Care, 4%

Common consultant skills

Customer Service, 10%
Strong Analytical, 7%
Project Management, 6%
C++, 5%
C #, 5%
Java, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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