What Does a Residential Coordinator Do?

We looked at the average residential coordinator annual salary and compared it with the average of a family services coordinator. Generally speaking, family services coordinators receive $3,279 higher pay than residential coordinators per year.

Even though residential coordinators and family services coordinators have vast differences in their careers, a few of the skills required to do both jobs are similar. For example, both careers require crisis intervention, developmental disabilities, and social work in the day-to-day roles.

There are some key differences in responsibilities as well. For example, a residential coordinator responsibilities require skills like "direct supervision," "cpr," "coordinators," and "medication administration." Meanwhile a typical family services coordinator has skills in areas such as "child care," "patients," "foster care," and "family support." This difference in skills reveals how truly different these two careers really are.

Family services coordinators really shine in the government industry with an average salary of $44,036. Whereas residential coordinators tend to make the most money in the government industry with an average salary of $37,588.

Family services coordinators tend to reach higher levels of education than residential coordinators. In fact, family services coordinators are 6.9% more likely to graduate with a Master's Degree and 0.4% more likely to have a Doctoral Degree.

Next up, we have the volunteer program coordinator profession to look over. This career brings along a higher average salary when compared to a residential coordinator annual salary. In fact, volunteer program coordinators salary difference is $1,633 higher than the salary of residential coordinators per year.

A similarity between the two careers of residential coordinators and volunteer program coordinators are a few of the skills associated with both roles. We used resumes from both professions to find that both use skills like "developmental disabilities," "community resources," and "social justice. "

While some skills are similar in these professions, other skills aren't so similar. For example, several resumes showed us that residential coordinator responsibilities requires skills like "crisis intervention," "direct supervision," "cpr," and "coordinators." But a volunteer program coordinator might use skills, such as, "public speaking," "community outreach," "child care," and "community services."

On the topic of education, volunteer program coordinators earn similar levels of education than residential coordinators. In general, they're 2.0% less likely to graduate with a Master's Degree and 0.4% more likely to earn a Doctoral Degree.

Let's now take a look at the youth program coordinator profession. On average, these workers make lower salaries than residential coordinators with a $2,573 difference per year.

While looking through the resumes of several residential coordinators and youth program coordinators we discovered that both professions have similar skills. These similarities include skills such as "crisis intervention," "social work," and "mental health," 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 residential coordinator is likely to be skilled in "direct supervision," "cpr," "developmental disabilities," and "coordinators," while a typical youth program coordinator is skilled in "youth program," "youth development," "community outreach," and "program curriculum."

Youth program coordinators make a very good living in the education industry with an average annual salary of $38,134. Whereas residential coordinators are paid the highest salary in the government industry with the average being $37,588.

Youth program coordinators are known to earn similar educational levels when compared to residential coordinators. Additionally, they're 0.5% more likely to graduate with a Master's Degree, and 0.3% more likely to earn a Doctoral Degree.

Program coordinators tend to earn a higher pay than residential coordinators by about $5,491 per year.

While both residential coordinators and program coordinators complete day-to-day tasks using similar skills like crisis intervention, cpr, and developmental disabilities, the two careers also vary in other skills.

Even though a few skill sets overlap, there are some differences that are important to note. For one, a residential coordinator might have more use for skills like "direct supervision," "coordinators," "medication administration," and "mental illness." Meanwhile, some program coordinators might include skills like "customer service," "patients," "powerpoint," and "excellent organizational" on their resume.

Now, let's take a closer look at the financials in each career. The government industry tends to pay more for program coordinators with an average of $51,387. While the highest residential coordinator annual salary comes from the government industry.

In general, program coordinators reach similar levels of education when compared to residential coordinators resumes. Program coordinators are 4.2% more likely to earn their Master's Degree and 0.9% more likely to graduate with a Doctoral Degree.