Summer assistant vs program assistant

The differences between summer assistants and program assistants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a summer assistant, becoming a program assistant takes usually requires 6-12 months. Additionally, a program assistant has an average salary of $35,193, which is higher than the $32,878 average annual salary of a summer assistant.

The top three skills for a summer assistant include excellent organizational, educational programs and customer service. The most important skills for a program assistant are patients, customer service, and data entry.

Summer assistant vs program assistant overview

	Summer Assistant	Program Assistant
Yearly salary	$32,878	$35,193
Hourly rate	$15.81	$16.92
Growth rate	10%	12%
Number of jobs	12,693	96,901
Job satisfaction	-	4
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Average age	42	43
Years of experience	4	12

Summer assistant vs program assistant salary

Summer assistants and program assistants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Summer Assistant	Program Assistant
Average salary	$32,878	$35,193
Salary range	Between $26,000 And $40,000	Between $27,000 And $45,000
Highest paying City	Daly City, CA	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	Alaska	Connecticut
Best paying company	DLA Piper	The Aspen Institute
Best paying industry	Energy	Government

Differences between summer assistant and program assistant education

There are a few differences between a summer assistant and a program assistant in terms of educational background:

	Summer Assistant	Program Assistant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Northwestern University	Northwestern University

Summer assistant vs program assistant demographics

Here are the differences between summer assistants' and program assistants' demographics:

	Summer Assistant	Program Assistant
Average age	42	43
Gender ratio	Male, 43.8% Female, 56.2%	Male, 24.8% Female, 75.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.2% Unknown, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 15.4% Asian, 5.1% White, 60.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 13.8% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 19.0% Asian, 6.7% White, 53.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.2%
LGBT Percentage	8%	11%

Differences between summer assistant and program assistant duties and responsibilities

Summer assistant example responsibilities.

Manage company's twitter account and communicate with multiple physical therapy providers around the country
Mentore kids one-on-one on emotional and spiritual development and conflict resolution.
Instruct youth and fellow co-workers on CPR and the benefits.
Provide assistants with mowing, gardening, and janitor obligations over the parks of Monticello.
Assist with cutting out, watering, mowing, and doing maintenance on all baseball fields in the city.
Create a PowerPoint presentation for closing ceremony.

Program assistant example responsibilities.

Lead classes in anatomy/physiology, medical terminology, transcription.
Manage oversight of budget/finance, personnel and continuous program improvement.
Assist in achieving and maintaining DoD certification and national accreditation where applicable.
Instruct students in C++ and Java programming, robot design and construction.
Introduce students to various computer pro- gramming languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
Present information about RSVP to community organizations.

Summer assistant vs program assistant skills

Common summer assistant skills

Excellent Organizational, 22%
Educational Programs, 18%
Customer Service, 11%
CPR, 7%
Front Desk, 6%
County 4-H, 6%

Common program assistant skills

Patients, 12%
Customer Service, 9%
Data Entry, 8%
HR, 6%
Excellent Interpersonal, 6%
Data Collection, 4%