Senior laboratory scientist vs fellow

The differences between senior laboratory scientists and fellows 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 laboratory scientist and a fellow. Additionally, a senior laboratory scientist has an average salary of $88,562, which is higher than the $66,364 average annual salary of a fellow.

The top three skills for a senior laboratory scientist include GMP, FDA and cell culture. The most important skills for a fellow are patients, professional development, and veterans.

Senior laboratory scientist vs fellow overview

	Senior Laboratory Scientist	Fellow
Yearly salary	$88,562	$66,364
Hourly rate	$42.58	$31.91
Growth rate	17%	17%
Number of jobs	77,364	7,459
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 69%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	4	4

Senior laboratory scientist vs fellow salary

Senior laboratory scientists and fellows have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Laboratory Scientist	Fellow
Average salary	$88,562	$66,364
Salary range	Between $61,000 And $128,000	Between $46,000 And $93,000
Highest paying City	-	Oak Ridge, TN
Highest paying state	-	Tennessee
Best paying company	-	Peterson Institute for International Economics
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between senior laboratory scientist and fellow education

There are a few differences between a senior laboratory scientist and a fellow in terms of educational background:

	Senior Laboratory Scientist	Fellow
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 69%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Chemistry	Political Science
Most common college	Duke University	Duke University

Senior laboratory scientist vs fellow demographics

Here are the differences between senior laboratory scientists' and fellows' demographics:

	Senior Laboratory Scientist	Fellow
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 75.0% Female, 25.0%	Male, 46.2% Female, 53.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.2% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 9.4% Asian, 26.5% White, 53.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 6.4% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.6% Asian, 26.4% White, 53.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between senior laboratory scientist and fellow duties and responsibilities

Senior laboratory scientist example responsibilities.

Manage study protocols and study conduct, intimately involve in the toxicology and pharmacokinetic study protocol development process.
Enter results into LIMS database.
Generate reports and deliver of presentations to support submissions to FDA.
Establish quantitative, proprietary method for measurement of menstrual blood loss (now register with FDA).
Key activities include process chemistry development, synthesis of intermediates, compound purification and structure identification, and comprehensive scientific documentation.
Interpret metabolism data and review reports to support strategies forward thinking with a specialization in drug metabolism and metabolic enzymes.

Fellow example responsibilities.

Design and lead labs align with the NYC curriculum, on topics including moon phases and dichotomous keys.
Maintain company website, as well as wrote, manage, and edit content on the SharePoint portal.
Manage live streaming for NARAL Facebook during NARAL's lobby day, as well as assisting in attendee organization.
Work through several medical software databases to generate SQL to pass on to Java developers for their programs.
Develop computer program to visualize EOS data in Java.
Include writing python scripts to parse poorly structure text into tabular data.

Senior laboratory scientist vs fellow skills

Common senior laboratory scientist skills

GMP, 9%
FDA, 9%
Cell Culture, 9%
Analytical Methods, 7%
R, 6%
Method Development, 6%

Common fellow skills

Patients, 11%
Professional Development, 7%
Veterans, 7%
Mathematics, 5%
Math, 5%
Public Health, 4%

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