Senior bioinformatics scientist vs postdoctoral associate

The differences between senior bioinformatics scientists and postdoctoral associates can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a senior bioinformatics scientist and a postdoctoral associate. Additionally, a senior bioinformatics scientist has an average salary of $104,838, which is higher than the $54,350 average annual salary of a postdoctoral associate.

The top three skills for a senior bioinformatics scientist include python, next-generation sequencing and data analysis. The most important skills for a postdoctoral associate are patients, TIP, and data analysis.

Senior bioinformatics scientist vs postdoctoral associate overview

	Senior Bioinformatics Scientist	Postdoctoral Associate
Yearly salary	$104,838	$54,350
Hourly rate	$50.40	$26.13
Growth rate	17%	17%
Number of jobs	56,944	18,093
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 41%	Doctoral Degree, 47%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	4	4

Senior bioinformatics scientist vs postdoctoral associate salary

Senior bioinformatics scientists and postdoctoral associates have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Bioinformatics Scientist	Postdoctoral Associate
Average salary	$104,838	$54,350
Salary range	Between $66,000 And $164,000	Between $39,000 And $74,000
Highest paying City	Novato, CA	Berkeley, CA
Highest paying state	Rhode Island	Maine
Best paying company	NVIDIA	Argonne National Laboratory
Best paying industry	Pharmaceutical	Education

Differences between senior bioinformatics scientist and postdoctoral associate education

There are a few differences between a senior bioinformatics scientist and a postdoctoral associate in terms of educational background:

	Senior Bioinformatics Scientist	Postdoctoral Associate
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 41%	Doctoral Degree, 47%
Most common major	Biology	Chemistry
Most common college	Duke University	Duke University

Senior bioinformatics scientist vs postdoctoral associate demographics

Here are the differences between senior bioinformatics scientists' and postdoctoral associates' demographics:

	Senior Bioinformatics Scientist	Postdoctoral Associate
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 86.3% Female, 13.7%	Male, 63.2% Female, 36.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.3% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.5% Asian, 32.9% White, 47.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 5.7% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 39.4% White, 42.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between senior bioinformatics scientist and postdoctoral associate duties and responsibilities

Senior bioinformatics scientist example responsibilities.

Manage pediatric dose development project, technology transfer project and alternate API supplier qualification project on budget and on schedule
Design the NGS base cancer diagnostics report.
Assume responsibility for programming, using Perl and CGI and shell scripting.
Develop and validate ELISA assays necessary for providing information for PK/PD analysis.
Establish purification and purity analysis procedures, and develop numerous ELISA assays.
Provide small-scale GLP synthetic chemistry laboratory support to bulk GMP pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Postdoctoral associate example responsibilities.

Develop and manage third party claim investigations and contractor remedial oversight for various insurance companies.
Co-Authore NIH grant proposal on membrane protein folding.
Participate in writing research grant applications including NIH and NSF.
X-ray protein crystallographic studies on the structures of antibodies and DNA.
Purify DNA from subject blood samples and organize the genome screen.
Complete mice handling training and currently using CRISPR technology to knockout genes in cell lines.

Senior bioinformatics scientist vs postdoctoral associate skills

Common senior bioinformatics scientist skills

Python, 16%
Next-Generation Sequencing, 15%
Data Analysis, 11%
Visualization, 9%
Computational Biology, 7%
NGS, 6%

Common postdoctoral associate skills

Patients, 8%
TIP, 7%
Data Analysis, 6%
Biomedical, 5%
CRISPR, 5%
Python, 4%

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