Senior bioinformatics scientist vs principal scientist

The differences between senior bioinformatics scientists and principal scientists 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 principal scientist. Additionally, a principal scientist has an average salary of $119,982, which is higher than the $104,838 average annual salary of a senior bioinformatics scientist.

The top three skills for a senior bioinformatics scientist include python, next-generation sequencing and data analysis. The most important skills for a principal scientist are oncology, data analysis, and drug discovery.

Senior bioinformatics scientist vs principal scientist overview

	Senior Bioinformatics Scientist	Principal Scientist
Yearly salary	$104,838	$119,982
Hourly rate	$50.40	$57.68
Growth rate	17%	17%
Number of jobs	56,944	80,899
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 51%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	4	4

Senior bioinformatics scientist vs principal scientist salary

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

	Senior Bioinformatics Scientist	Principal Scientist
Average salary	$104,838	$119,982
Salary range	Between $66,000 And $164,000	Between $84,000 And $169,000
Highest paying City	Novato, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	Rhode Island	California
Best paying company	NVIDIA	PayPal
Best paying industry	Pharmaceutical	Finance

Differences between senior bioinformatics scientist and principal scientist education

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

	Senior Bioinformatics Scientist	Principal Scientist
Most common degree	Doctoral Degree, 41%	Bachelor's Degree, 51%
Most common major	Biology	Chemistry
Most common college	Duke University	Duke University

Senior bioinformatics scientist vs principal scientist demographics

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

	Senior Bioinformatics Scientist	Principal Scientist
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 86.3% Female, 13.7%	Male, 76.8% Female, 23.2%
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, 6.3% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.6% Asian, 26.4% White, 53.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between senior bioinformatics scientist and principal scientist 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.

Principal scientist example responsibilities.

Manage pediatric dose development project, technology transfer project and alternate API supplier qualification project on budget and on schedule
Provide development of and line support for assign immunoassay reagents, calibrators and controls.
Transfer controls to manufacturing for product launch and include all require studies, testing and documentation under GMP guidelines.
Maintain several lab documents for ISO certification.
Understand drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics and design stable molecules.
Image visualization and manipulation of background plates for animation and post-processing.

Senior bioinformatics scientist vs principal scientist skills

Common senior bioinformatics scientist skills

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

Common principal scientist skills

Oncology, 7%
Data Analysis, 6%
Drug Discovery, 5%
GMP, 3%
Experimental Design, 3%
Clinical Trials, 3%

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