Senior bioinformatics scientist vs postdoctoral scholar

The differences between senior bioinformatics scientists and postdoctoral scholars 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 scholar. Additionally, a senior bioinformatics scientist has an average salary of $104,838, which is higher than the $57,587 average annual salary of a postdoctoral scholar.

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

Senior bioinformatics scientist vs postdoctoral scholar overview

	Senior Bioinformatics Scientist	Postdoctoral Scholar
Yearly salary	$104,838	$57,587
Hourly rate	$50.40	$27.69
Growth rate	17%	17%
Number of jobs	56,944	18,983
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	4	4

Senior bioinformatics scientist vs postdoctoral scholar salary

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

	Senior Bioinformatics Scientist	Postdoctoral Scholar
Average salary	$104,838	$57,587
Salary range	Between $66,000 And $164,000	Between $41,000 And $79,000
Highest paying City	Novato, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	Rhode Island	California
Best paying company	NVIDIA	Microsoft
Best paying industry	Pharmaceutical	Technology

Differences between senior bioinformatics scientist and postdoctoral scholar education

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

	Senior Bioinformatics Scientist	Postdoctoral Scholar
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 50%
Most common major	Biology	Chemistry
Most common college	Duke University	Duke University

Senior bioinformatics scientist vs postdoctoral scholar demographics

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

	Senior Bioinformatics Scientist	Postdoctoral Scholar
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 86.3% Female, 13.7%	Male, 53.0% Female, 47.0%
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, 6.5% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.7% Asian, 26.3% White, 53.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between senior bioinformatics scientist and postdoctoral scholar 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 scholar example responsibilities.

Lead community-based health projects on and off campus as an Oslerian student scholar.
Lead the in-vitro biophysical and biochemical characterization of homologous recombination and investigate structure-function effects of mutant enzymes.
Utilize basic organic and inorganic chemistry techniques including polymer synthesis and NMR spectroscopy.
Train graduate students on molecular biology techniques- DNA and RNA extraction and qPCR.
Contribute to successful NIH grant proposals.
Develop HPLC analysis method for skin folate.

Senior bioinformatics scientist vs postdoctoral scholar skills

Common senior bioinformatics scientist skills

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

Common postdoctoral scholar skills

Chemistry, 10%
Python, 8%
Patients, 6%
Data Analysis, 6%
NIH, 5%
C++, 5%

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