Retirement assistant vs self-employed

The differences between retirement assistants and self-employeds can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a retirement assistant and a self-employed. Additionally, a self-employed has an average salary of $34,734, which is higher than the $27,834 average annual salary of a retirement assistant.

The top three skills for a retirement assistant include retirement accounts, ADL and care planning. The most important skills for a self-employed are windows, mowing, and customer service.

Retirement assistant vs self-employed overview

	Retirement Assistant	Self-Employed
Yearly salary	$27,834	$34,734
Hourly rate	$13.38	$16.70
Growth rate	8%	8%
Number of jobs	1,659	6,215
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	6	6

Retirement assistant vs self-employed salary

Retirement assistants and self-employeds have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Retirement Assistant	Self-Employed
Average salary	$27,834	$34,734
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $35,000	Between $27,000 And $44,000
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Differences between retirement assistant and self-employed education

There are a few differences between a retirement assistant and a self-employed in terms of educational background:

	Retirement Assistant	Self-Employed
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Retirement assistant vs self-employed demographics

Here are the differences between retirement assistants' and self-employeds' demographics:

	Retirement Assistant	Self-Employed
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 33.0% Female, 67.0%	Male, 60.8% Female, 39.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.2% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 18.9% Asian, 8.1% White, 56.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 9.9% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 17.1% Asian, 7.3% White, 59.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between retirement assistant and self-employed duties and responsibilities

Retirement assistant example responsibilities.

Create, organize, and manage employment files for clinical staff, and record information in company's HRIS database.
Provide detailed retirement counseling, both in person and via the telephone, to ASRS members.
Evaluate and review hospital data for new resident admissions to skil nursing and rehabilitation to generate medical profile for electronic charts.
Work with hoyer lifts, sit-to-stands, colostomy bags, catheters, and feeding tube.

Self-employed example responsibilities.

Develop and manage the in-store informational PowerPoint presentations that run on multiple televisions to answer questions and provide information to customers.
Generate monthly, quarterly and yearly sales reports, correspondence, & PowerPoint presentations.
Complete jobs (lawn mowing, lawn cleaning, edging, trimmings bushes and trees) any aspect of lawn care.
Work with traditional video cameras and DSLR cameras.
Develop a website and Facebook page to increase networking.
Equip with a full-frame Nikon D600 and multiple lenses.

Retirement assistant vs self-employed skills

Common retirement assistant skills

Retirement Accounts, 42%
ADL, 32%
Care Planning, 26%

Common self-employed skills

Windows, 15%
Mowing, 14%
Customer Service, 13%
Financial Statements, 13%
Payroll, 8%
Real Estate, 7%